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Forums - Sales - Famitsu sales: Week 4, 2022 - (17th Jan - 23rd Jan)

archbrix on 27 January 2022
refutableport said:

Ouch the OLED model really isn't stopping the bleeding.



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curl-6 on 27 January 2022

It needs to be remembered that the Switch is coming up on 5 years old now. Of course it's not going to be selling like it was at its peak.
All things considered, it's doing really well.



zorg1000 on 27 January 2022
curl-6 said:

It needs to be remembered that the Switch is coming up on 5 years old now. Of course it's not going to be selling like it was at its peak.
All things considered, it's doing really well.

Yeah people need to get it out of their heads that 2020/2021 were some run of the mill years, they rank high among the best selling years regardless of platform.

As far as I know, these are only the 4th & 5th times a console has sold over 5 million in a single year in Japan. DS did it twice and 3DS did it once.



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curl-6 on 27 January 2022
zorg1000 said:
curl-6 said:

It needs to be remembered that the Switch is coming up on 5 years old now. Of course it's not going to be selling like it was at its peak.
All things considered, it's doing really well.

Yeah people need to get it out of their heads that 2020/2021 were some run of the mill years, they rank high among the best selling years regardless of platform.

As far as I know, these are only the 4th & 5th times a console has sold over 5 million in a single year in Japan. DS did it twice and 3DS did it once.

Exactly, being lower than some of the biggest years ever is hardly cause for doom and gloom. Context is key.



curl-6 on 27 January 2022

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-1-17-22-1-23-22-top-30/

1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 20,340 / 814,023
2. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl – 13,696 / 2,468,151
3. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 13,347 / 4,726,811
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,340 / 4,387,139
5. [NSW] Minecraft – 9,892 / 2,485,415
6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 9,257 / 7,158,271
7. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 7,668 / 3,052,106
8. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – 6,994 / 230,422
9. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 6,948 / 2,577,427
10. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 5,301 / 911,313
11. [PS4] Rainbow Six Extraction – 5,217 / NEW
12. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 4,691 / 1,939,242
13. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 4,338 / 1,005,727
14. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 4,065 / 4,297,172
15. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 3,706 / 4,018,837
16. [NSW] Dying Light Platinum Edition – 3,119 / 8,618
17. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 2,928 / 1,149,226
18. [PS5] Rainbow Six Extraction – 2,651 / NEW
19. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (New Price Version) – 2,506 / 180,094
20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! – 2,420 / 689,769
21. [NSW] Splaton 2 + Octo Expansion – 2,139 / 63,909
22. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat – 2,126 / 230,165
23. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 – 2,006 / 1,191,663
24. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey – 1,944 / 2,317,963
25. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 – 1,796 / 178,649
26. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild + Expansion Pass – 1,701 / 59,125
27. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies – 1,559 / 959,632
28. [NSW] Super Mario Party – 1,547 / 2,054,912
29. [NSW] Disney Magical World 2 Enchanted Edition – 1,533 / 53,740
30. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 1,503 / 825,376

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Kakadu18 on 27 January 2022

Extremely low sell through for Rainbow Six doesn't look good.

Kirby and Luigi's Mansion are back!



Metallox on 27 January 2022
tbone51 said:

Hardware pre Pokémon launch —> Launch

118k —> 243k: XY (3DS / Y3)
51k —> 83k: ORAS (3DS / Y4)
30k —> 114k : SUMO (3DS / Y6)
19k —> 41k: USUM (3DS / Y7)
53k —> 181k: LGPE (NSW / Y2)
89k —> 180k: SWSH (NSW / Y3)
87k —> 168k: BDSP (NSW / Y5)
77k —> ???k: PLA (NSW / Y6)

Between 130 and 150K. 



My bet with The_Liquid_Laser: I think the Switch won't surpass the PS2 as the best selling system of all time. If it does, I'll play a game of a list that The_Liquid_Laser will provide, I will have to play it for 50 hours or complete it, whatever comes first. 

Link_Nines.XBC on 27 January 2022

BotW would be top 10 if both SKUs were combined, amazing. Nice to see Dragon Quest XI S in the top 20.



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noshten on 28 January 2022

Famitsu Top 30 2022 (Unofficial Ranking)

  1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo) - 185.485
  2. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (Pokemon Co) - 155.036
  3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) - 114.782
  4. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) - 102.673
  5. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) – 77.927
  6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) - 76.034
  7. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain Vs. Brain (Nintendo) - 75.399
  8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) - 73.824
  9. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) – 60.416
  10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild + EP (Nintendo) - 56.885
  11. [NSW] Splatoon 2 + EP (Nintendo) - 45.214
  12. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) - 39.531
  13. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield + EP (Pokemon Co.) - 34.734
  14. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury (Nintendo) - 34.309
  15. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) - 19.497
  16. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 18.913
  17. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) - 18.526
  18. [NSW] Disney Magical World 2 (Bandai Namco) - 17.388
  19. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo) - 16.802
  20. [NSW] Fortnite: Minty Legends Pack (Epic Games) - 16.727
  21. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) - 16.518
  22. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 16.352
  23. [NSW] The Battle Cats Unite! (Ponos) - 13.368
  24. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix - 11.777
  25. [NSW] Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 11.237
  26. [NSW] Super Bomberman R (Konami) - 10.880
  27. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (Pokemon Co.) - 9.714
  28. [NSW] Dying Light: Platinum Edition (Spike Chunsoft) - 8.618
  29. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 8.006
  30. [NSW] FIFA 22: Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts) - 5.362

TOTAL: 1.351.934

Next week Software sales will double, Arceus will reign supreme until Splatoon 3 launches 

First PS4/PS5 game to enter the chart will be Elden Ring at the end of February



Kai_Mao on 28 January 2022
curl-6 said:

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-1-17-22-1-23-22-top-30/

1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 20,340 / 814,023
2. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl – 13,696 / 2,468,151
3. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 13,347 / 4,726,811
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 13,340 / 4,387,139
5. [NSW] Minecraft – 9,892 / 2,485,415
6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 9,257 / 7,158,271
7. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 7,668 / 3,052,106
8. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – 6,994 / 230,422
9. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 6,948 / 2,577,427
10. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 5,301 / 911,313
11. [PS4] Rainbow Six Extraction – 5,217 / NEW
12. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 4,691 / 1,939,242
13. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 4,338 / 1,005,727
14. [NSW] Pokemon Sword/Shield – 4,065 / 4,297,172
15. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 3,706 / 4,018,837
16. [NSW] Dying Light Platinum Edition – 3,119 / 8,618
17. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 2,928 / 1,149,226
18. [PS5] Rainbow Six Extraction – 2,651 / NEW
19. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S (New Price Version) – 2,506 / 180,094
20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! – 2,420 / 689,769
21. [NSW] Splaton 2 + Octo Expansion – 2,139 / 63,909
22. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat – 2,126 / 230,165
23. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 – 2,006 / 1,191,663
24. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey – 1,944 / 2,317,963
25. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2 – 1,796 / 178,649
26. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild + Expansion Pass – 1,701 / 59,125
27. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies – 1,559 / 959,632
28. [NSW] Super Mario Party – 1,547 / 2,054,912
29. [NSW] Disney Magical World 2 Enchanted Edition – 1,533 / 53,740
30. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 1,503 / 825,376

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PS5 -1

It feels weird knowing that the PS4/5 need some compelling software just to avoid getting shutout in the weekly top 30. I’m not sure if even games like FFXVI will suddenly create significant momentum for the PS5 in Japan, considering that the recent FF games did well the first few weeks or so then drop significantly after (especially compared to JRPGs like Pokemon and Dragon Quest that appear to have pretty good legs for JRPGs).

For one reason or another, the PlayStation is just not able to come up with compelling software that can sell for weeks or months while the Switch has that in spades. CoD, Halo, and Battlefield are supposed to be the biggest shooters in the world, but Splatoon is like a religion in Japan compared to those 3 when they release in Japan. A Monster Hunter or a Ghost of Tsushima appear to be the very few games that Sony can get to gain some appeal in Japan and even then Nintendo will get their own MH game and Ghost is just one game out of how many IPs Sony has that has significant appeal in Japan?