Most likely, but this certainly was the most expensive game in the series to date and, as far as I know, it was decently publicized over there, and yet it didn't seem to reach too many people outside of the core fanbase. They were probably betting on the West (like most JRPGs nowadays), and well, they caught my attention enough to buy two Premium editions, it had a good opening in the UK, so I'm confident the game will end up doing good. 

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-11-8-21-11-14-21-top-30/

1. [NSW] Shin Megami Tensei V – 143,247 / NEW
2. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 45,045 / 289,700
3. [NSW] Dragon Quest X Heroes of the Heavenly Stars Online – 22,702 / NEW
4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 12,921 / 2,909,153
5. [PS4] Dragon Quest X Heroes of the Heavenly Stars Online – 11,791 / NEW
6. [PS4] Call of Duty: Vanguard – 11,719 / 40,040
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 9,286 / 6,934,540
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 8,886 / 4,132,260
9. [NSW] Minecraft – 8,798 / 2,269,592
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 8,608 / 4,498,118
11. [NSW] Megaton Musashi – 7,730 / NEW
12. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 6,768 / 4,189,639
13. [NSW] Laid-Back Camp: Have a Nice Day! – 6,683 / NEW
14. [NSW] Super Robot Wars 30 – 4,383 / 87,311
15. [NSW] Danganronpa Decadence – 4,305 / 25,243
16. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 4,270 / 2,418,022
17. [PS4] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles – 3,726 / 129,052
18. [PS4] Megaton Musashi – 3,648 / NEW
19. [NSW] Fortnite Minty Legend Pack – 3,645 / 15,812
20. [PS5] Call of Duty: Vanguard – 3,470 / 16,224
21. [PS4] Super Robot Wars 30 – 3,275 / 72,003
22. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 3,214 / 919,131
23. [PS4] Laid-Back Camp: Have a Nice Day! – 3,083 / NEW
24. [NSW] Labyrinth of Galleria: Coven of Dusk – 2,962 / NEW
25. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 2,603 / 826,104
26. [NSW] WarioWare: Get It Together! – 2,244 / 163,022
27. [NSW] Metroid Dread – 2,152 / 130,409
28. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town – 2,002 / 309,722
29. [PS4] Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water – 1,991 / 28,322
30. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 1,936 / 3,965,433


NS - 22

PS4 - 7

PS5 - 1

Not gonna lie, I was expecting much more from SMTV.

Hope it does better in the west.

The game sold through it's stock. Sega should have shipped more: https://www.famitsu.com/ranking/game-sales/

Now that the PS5 is one year old in Japan, does anyone have a chart comparing the first year of the PS4 to the first year of the PS5?

Nintendo better has tons of Switches ready for Pokemon week and later or Team 2021 is over.

Not bad numbers for SMTV, probably similar to SMTIV when including digital sales, though I guess it was not unreasonable to expect it to do more given the install base. Maybe a higher shipment would've helped but who knows :P

Metroid Dread about to drop the top 30 :/

It is common for JRPGs to ship very low stock, because legs are often nonexistent compared with other genres.

But yes, I think SMTV could use another hefty shipment.

That just makes me feel even more sorry for Blue Reflection.

We've seen in quite a few examples that this doesn't correlate with much growth in Japan but has a much bigger impact in other markets.

Kind of off topic, but this just reminded me how criminal it is that Yokai Watch 4 didn't come to the west. Would of easily been the biggest entry by a huge margin, especially now that its multiplat (Swicth+PS4). Hopefully they're paying attention to the record sales lots of JRPGs are having in the west. Although I'd prefer to play it on PS5, I'd also take Nintendo exclusively publishing it if its the only way to get it over. 

I don't know what that mostly black bar means, but I know it looks a lot like the bar next to Ring Fit Adventure.  I'm guessing that it somehow communicates stock left available?