Stranger of Paradise bombed hard. Even the Final Fantasy name couldn't save it.

Switch holding an incredibly strong baseline for a system in its 6th year.

Saturation Comparison (Year 6)

W# — 3DS —— NSW

W1: 122.8k — 195.9k
W2: 51.1k —— 148.7k
W3: 31.4k —— 94.5k
W4: 30.0k —— 77.2k
W5: 24.9k —— 99.1k
W6; 19.8k —— 92.4k
W7: 21.1k —— 118.1k
W8: 18.6k —— 96.9k
W9: 20.0k —— 70.2k
W10: 21.3k — 97.0k
W11: 20.5k — 98.2k
W12: 20.4K — 85.5k
W13: 25.3k

Q1: 427.2k

As of week 11: 3DS: 402k <—_—> NSW: 1273k

Strangers of Paradise flopping is no surprise, such a bizzare mish mash of styles and directions. This being the supposed origin story, the game really should of been developed in-house by Luminous productions and prioritised over forspoken.

As a die hard final fantasy fan I should be all over it, but its an easy skip. Aweful character design, writing, graphics... although the gameplay is supposedly solid its also not really inspiring either. Althouh this was always unlikey, in a sea of action RPGs, this would have been a good time for them to revisit ATB combat and celebrate the series' history.

Its going to bomb even harder in the west if the UK physical charts are anything to go by (No.8)

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-3-14-22-3-20-22-top-30/

1. [PS4] Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin – 28,944 / NEW
2. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 23,067 / 2,177,459
3. [PS4] Elden Ring – 19,487 / 293,628
4. [PS5] Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin – 17,905 / NEW
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 16,078 / 4,499,542
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 9,755 / 2,561,419
7. [PS4] Gran Turismo 7 – 9,447 / 94,818
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 9,111 / 4,813,641
9. [NSW] Triangle Strategy – 8,429 / 112,107
10. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 8,182 / 912,325
11. [NSW] Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – 6,490 / NEW
12. [PS4] Persona 4 Arena Ultimax – 6,194 / NEW
13. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 5,798 / 2,623,946
14. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 5,731 / 1,981,570
15. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 5,495 / 7,214,531
16. [PS5] Elden Ring – 4,733 / 116,563
17. [NSW] Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars – 4,614 / NEW
18. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 4,553 / 3,102,465
19. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 – 4,072 / 87,577
20. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 3,821 / 948,691
21. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 3,788 / 4,050,343
22. [NSW] Gal Gun: Double Peace – 3,482 / NEW
23. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price – 3,334 / 35,588
24. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl – 3,160 / 2,527,247
25. [NSW] Power-Pro-Kun Pocket R – 2,799 / 59,813
26. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury – 2,635 / 1,032,643
27. [PS4] Horizon Forbidden West – 2,583 / 71,492
28. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield – 2,472 / 4,325,007
29. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain – 2,231 / 264,396
30. [NSW] .hack//G.U. Last Recode – 2,162 / 14,069

NS - 22
PS4 - 5
PS5 - 3

Not very good numbers for FFO, I guess Chaos won in the end in Japan :p

Elden Ring on PS4 still in the top 3, and nice to see Triangle Strategy still in the top 10.

Pokemon BD/SP leaves the top 20.

Great Switch numbers as always.