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Famitsu Sales: 11/18/19 – 11/24/19

Shenmue III opens at 17,857 retail sales, and Switch moves 179,992 units.

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of November 18, 2019 to November 24, 2019.

Shenmue III for PlayStation 4 was the best selling new release last week, opening at 17,857 retail copies sold. It was not the top seller of the week, however, with Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield for Switch maintaining its number one position following its launch the previous week with an additional 382,540 units.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold a massive 179,992 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 7,073 units, and the 3DS family sold 1,073 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 382,540 (1,747,084)
2. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 26,141 (290,081)
3. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 23,872 (258,919)
4. [PS4] Shenmue III (Deep Silver, 11/21/19) – 17,857 (New)
5. [PS4] Death Stranding (Limited Editions Included) (SIE, 11/08/19) – 12,520 (235,811)
6. [PS4] Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Deluxe Edition Included) (Electronic Arts, 11/15/19) –
   10,321 (37,082)
7. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Sega, 11/01/19) – 8,826 (51,582)
8. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 8,576 (1,154,354)
9. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,512 (1,011,672)
10. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,360 (2,533,458)
11. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,005 (3,338,699)
12. [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (SIE, 10/25/19) – 6,186 (187,351)
13. [NSW] Tsuri Spirits Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 5,663 (224,818)
14. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 5,209 (700,152)
15. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 09/27/19) – 3,913 (435,719)
16. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 3,759 (3,190,263)
17. [NSW] Fortnite Darkfire Bundle (Warner Bros. Japan, 11/07/19) – 3,680 (13,718)
18. [PS4] Need for Speed: Heat (Electronic Arts, 11/08/19) – 3,604 (27,548)
19. [NSW] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Bandai Namco, 10/10/19) – 3,466 (67,156)
20. [PS4] Persona 5 Royal (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 10/31/19) – 3,461 (232,217)
21. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (The Pokemon Company, 11/16/18) – 3,324 (1,664,479)
22. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 3,273 (1,442,852)
23. [PS4] Deemo Reborn (Unties, 11/21/19) – 2,752 (New)
24. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous, 10/17/19) – 2,440 (101,760)
25. [PS4] Civlization VI (2K Games, 11/21/19) – 2,039 (New)
26. [PS4] Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Master Edition (Capcom, 09/06/19) – 2,010 (397,646)
27. [NSW] Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Tobidasu Ehon to Himitsu no Ko – Game de Asobou! Ehon no Sekai (Nippon Columbia, 11/07/19) – 1,959 (7,249)
28. [PS4] Tokyo Ghoul re: Call to Exist (Bandai Namco, 11/14/19) –
29. [NSW] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu (Konami, 06/27/19) – 1,827 (180,169)
30. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 1,725 (385,924)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 102,294 (9,617,560)
2. Switch Lite – 77,698 (628,229)
3. PlayStation 4 – 4,213 (7,175,553)
4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 2,860 (1,322,785)
5. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 992 (1,675,014)
6. New 3DS LL – 81 (5,885,147)
7. Xbox One S – 61 (91,523)
8. Xbox One X – 49 (17,387)
9. PS Vita – 23 (5,862,809)

Source: Gematsu

 

[mckmas8808]

The Switch is killing it!

 

[Azelover]

Wow. Pokemon is killing it..

I know this is probably normal for the franchise, but I never take it for granted. I mean, it's not often that you see any brand have such staying power for such a long time. People grow older, they change, they find new hobbies..it's never a given that a franchise will remain so popular for so many years.

 

[iconmaster]

Pokémon sales at almost 15 times the second place. (Two SKUs, brand new release, etc. But 15 times.)

What would have been a good debut number for Shenmue?

 

[Mato]

PS4 is super dead. Switch hardware sales are great.

 

[Azelover]

Pokémon sales at almost 15 times the second place. (Two SKUs, brand new release, etc. But 15 times.)

What would have been a good debut number for Shenmue?

The first one was number one, and around 300k sales first week. Which was pretty good for a new franchise I thought.

17k is terrible.

 

[kunonabi]

The first one was number one, and around 300k sales first week. Which was pretty good for a new franchise I thought.

17k is terrible.

Keep in mind crowdfunding doesnt make for a 1:1 comparison. Still probably not great though.

 

[Bodatan]

Keep in mind crowdfunding doesnt make for a 1:1 comparison. Still probably not great though.

Only 69k in crowdfunding and most of it were from the Western part of the markets.

 

[Elektro Demon]

This kinda sucks for Shenmue, the story is again with no proper conclusion and judging by the sale, who knows if we're ever gonna see a sequel.

 

[Bodatan]

Switch is a beast. Nearly 3 years on the market and yet to receive any price cut like 3ds but the momentum isn't slowing down at all.

 

[CatLady]

PS4 is super dead. Switch hardware sales are great.

Not as dead as Xbox. 110 combined total for both models. I know it's not popular in Japan but that's hilarious.
And yes Switch is killing it.

 

[Polygonal_Sprite]

Switch continues to dominate.

Very interesting that the standard Switch is outselling the Lite there.

 

[lingpanda]

I assume great Switch sales prevents Nintendo from offering a Pro version anytime soon?

 

[Bodatan]

Not as dead as Xbox. 110 combined total for both models. I know it's not popular in Japan but that's hilarious.
And yes Switch is killing it.

At this rate PS5 future isn't looking good at all. Next year is going to be Switch peak year in term of sales. PS4 was very fortunate with WiiU failures.

 

[CatLady]

At this rate PS5 future isn't looking good at all. Next year is going to be Switch peak year in term of sales. PS4 was very fortunate with WiiU failures.

I think the future for PS5 is very bright. There are much bigger markets that will buy millions & millions of PS5s.

 

[Heinrich]

At this rate PS5 future isn't looking good at all. Next year is going to be Switch peak year in term of sales. PS4 was very fortunate with WiiU failures.

yup, especially with all the exclusives being dogshit, shenmue, gone home, death stranding.. software quality wise its going downhill with sony

 

[jdforge]

I assume great Switch sales prevents Nintendo from offering a Pro version anytime soon?

They’ll be under no real pressure to update their hardware SKUs or offer discounted pricing until after PS5 launches.

 

[Bodatan]

I think the future for PS5 is very bright. There are much bigger markets that will buy millions & millions of PS5s.

We're discussing within the Japan market here, Nintendo Switch market share is expanding at a monstrous rate even without any help from a price drop.

PS4 with full support from AAA third party games and WiiU castrophe still struggling to reach PS3 LTD sales.

We're looking at PSVita situation for PS5 in Japan with Switch's taking 3ds role and PS5 as PSVita.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Shenmue 3 flopping even in Japan is quite a surprise, I thought it wouldn't do well "only" in Western markets.

 

[Azelover]

Shenmue 3 flopping even in Japan is quite a surprise, I thought it wouldn't do well "only" in Western markets.

Yeah, I think it's over, probably.

There's no way they're gonna get publisher funding now, and I don't think a second kickstarter campaign will carry as much weight as last time.

Oh well. I think Yu should have focused on telling the story, instead of making the world. For starters, I wouldn't have the game voiced in two languages. And I would get rid of the in-game clock. It would have made the game better imo, and it would save a lot of money. And enabled to tell a more complete story. Shenmue3 likely covers about three chapters, judging from the scenery. And they probably ended up cutting off the whole thing.

What a pity.

 

[noqtic]

I don't really follow these sales threads but I'm surprised that the Switch has outsold the PS4 in Japan so quickly.

Nintendo is in prime position to dominate in Japan for years to come, PS5 better bring some heat.

 

[Freedom Gate Co.]

At this rate PS5 future isn't looking good at all. Next year is going to be Switch peak year in term of sales. PS4 was very fortunate with WiiU failures.

Wii U was a success in Japan and it took the PS4 nearly 4 years to outsell it.

 

[Fake]

At this rate PS5 future isn't looking good at all. Next year is going to be Switch peak year in term of sales. PS4 was very fortunate with WiiU failures.

Is this a new kind of Astroturfing?

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[mckmas8808]

Geez