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Forums - Sales - Famitsu Sales: Week 31, 2025 (Jul 28 - Aug 03)

Phenomajp13 on 07 August 2025
abronn627 said:

Why so much pessimism suddenly?

Its Nintendo, our expectations tend to go up for them more than anyone else.



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kazuyamishima on 07 August 2025

After the announcement of the Switch 1 increase in the US, imports were expected to increase SW1 numbers.



curl-6 on 07 August 2025
Slownenberg said:

Aug/Sept is when I figured sales might slow down to a long term baseline, a baseline very different than what the launch hype would suggest, if the crazy high prices end up being a problem for the market. Can't be sure that is what is happening - maybe just a down week, maybe it's just Japan, maybe it's temporary lack of supply, maybe it'll just be somewhat slow until Pokemon, or maybe we're gonna see the outrage at Nintendo entirely abandoning affordable gaming was the real deal and day 1 buyers simply tried to downplay it during launch month hype.

The price is not "crazy high" nor unaffordable.

abronn627 said:

Why so much pessimism suddenly?

A lot of people really want to see Nintendo fail.



CourageTCD on 07 August 2025
kazuyamishima said:

After the announcement of the Switch 1 increase in the US, imports were expected to increase SW1 numbers.

I didn't get it. How the increase of Switch 1's price in the US can increase Switch's numbers in Japan?



curl-6 on 07 August 2025
kazuyamishima said:

After the announcement of the Switch 1 increase in the US, imports were expected to increase SW1 numbers.

Highly unlikely that a significant number of Americans are importing a Switch 1 from the other side of the world in the system's 9th year.



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znake on 07 August 2025

King Switch 2 will be #1 for the next 5-6 years



curl-6 on 08 August 2025

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-7-28-25-8-3-25-top-30/

1. [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 – 54,491 / NEW
2. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 51,544 / 1,445,628
3. [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza – 25,199 / 207,055
4. [NSW] Hololive Holo’s Hanafuda – 16,200 / NEW
5. [PS5] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 – 12,351 / NEW
6. [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV – 10,250 / 28,419
7. [NSW] Castlevania Advance Collection – 9,101 / NEW
8. [NSW] Minecraft – 7,932 / 3,955,307
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 7,027 / 6,398,596
10. [NSW] Tamagotchi Plaza – 5,574 / 161,597

11. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 5,411 / 8,187,310
12. [PS4] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles – 5,099 / NEW
13. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 4,224 / 1,359,768
14. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 3,887 / 5,590,880
15. [NS2] Ys X: Proud Nordics – 3,436 / NEW
16. [PS5] Wuchang: Fallen Feathers – 2,884 / 17,374
17. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 2,880 / 4,462,296
18. [NSW] Mononoke Chigiri – 2,699 / NEW
19. [NSW] Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time – 2,572 / 152,169
20. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 2,498 / 1,619,849
21. [NS2] Tamagotchi Plaza Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 2,446 / 46,489
22. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 2,320 / 5,781,771
23. [PS5] Death Stranding 2 – 2,027 / 95,144
24. [PS5] Castlevania Advance Collection – 1,928 / NEW
25. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 1,726 / 2,030,048
26. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 1,719 / 1,422,850
27. [NSW] It Takes Two – 1,672 / 145,389
28. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 1,640 / 2,396,721
29. [NS2] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 1,497 / 30,375
30. [NSW] Fuuraiki 5 – 1,496 / NEW

NS - 19
NS2 - 6
PS5 - 4
PS4 - 1



Sephiran on 08 August 2025

I don't understand the talk about weak legs. Switch 2 weekly sales in Japan are only about stock availability. More stock, bigger sales for the week.



RolStoppable on 08 August 2025

Hard to trust Famitsu's Switch 2 weekly numbers right now when they've been off by so much over the course of only the first four weeks.



Legend11 correctly predicted that GTA IV will outsell Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I was wrong.

Norion on 08 August 2025
RolStoppable said:

Hard to trust Famitsu's Switch 2 weekly numbers right now when they've been off by so much over the course of only the first four weeks.

Yeah until now you could basically blindly trust them while keeping in mind that they weren't tracking 10-15% of Switch sales but with this that trust has been damaged. It could very well be a one-off but best to take their numbers with a pinch of salt till the next quarter report shows if they've gotten back on track or not.