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Famitsu Sales: Week 32, 2023 (Jul 31 - Aug 06)

Luminoth-4545

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Famitsu Sales: Week 32, 2023 (Jul 31 -Aug 06)

Software​

1st Switch Pikmin 4
78,838 (total 596,388) -32% / Nintendo / July 21, 2023

2nd Switch The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom
14,673 (total 1,804,457) -1% / Nintendo / May 12, 2023

3rd Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
14,143 (total 5,410,605) +24% / Nintendo / April 28, 2017

4th Switch Natsumon! 20th century summer vacation
13,172 (total 31,439) -28% / Spike Chunsoft / July 28, 2023

5th Switch Minecraft
8,486 (total 3,216,083) +12% / Microsoft Japan / June 21, 2018

6th Switch Splatoon 3
6,921 (total of 4,078,880) +23% / Nintendo / September 9, 2022

7th Switch Nintendo Switch Sports
6,491 (total 1,143,918) +12% / Nintendo / April 29, 2022

8th Switch Super Smash Bros. SPECIAL
6,044 (total 5,250,701) +17% / Nintendo / December 7, 2018

9th Switch Mario Party Super Stars
4,951 (total 1,273,753) +30% / Nintendo / October 29, 2021

10th Switch Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
4,799 (total 5,085,843) +9% / Pokemon / November 18, 2022

Hardware​

  • Switch: 11,467 (total of 19,483,778)
  • Switch Lite: 8,117 (total of 5,441,552)
  • Nintendo Switch OLED: 73,626 (total of 5,241,389)
  • PS5: 48,463 (total of 3,543,790)
  • PS5 Digital Edition: 1,895 (total of 553,134)
  • Xbox Series X: 3,132 (total of 209,686)
  • Xbox Series S: 144 (total of 269,006)
  • PS4: 789 (total of 7,891,739)
  • New Nintendo 2DS LL: 56 (total of 1,192,024)

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thicc_girls_are_teh_best

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Curious to see where the demand for Series X actually is in Japan. But to test that, we'd have to see MS ship at least 50K for a week, or at least 35K, and see what amount actually sold out.

I don't think demand is as abysmal as people think, but I also don't feel it's around PS5 or Switch levels, either. I'd probably put them at a cap of 15K - 18K Series Xs if they could get the supply there. Series S would probably be lower, which is ironic. Maybe 5K.
 
mckmas8808

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thicc_girls_are_teh_best said:
Curious to see where the demand for Series X actually is in Japan. But to test that, we'd have to see MS ship at least 50K for a week, or at least 35K, and see what amount actually sold out.

I don't think demand is as abysmal as people think, but I also don't feel it's around PS5 or Switch levels, either. I'd probably put them at a cap of 15K - 18K Series Xs if they could get the supply there. Series S would probably be lower, which is ironic. Maybe 5K.
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I actually think it'll be around 5-8K at best if supply was there. I think MS knows this too, hence why there's not much supply.
 
thicc_girls_are_teh_best

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mckmas8808 said:
I actually think it'll be around 5-8K at best if supply was there. I think MS knows this too, hence why there's not much supply.
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You're probably right. They did around 8K for Diablo 4's launch, and that's a pretty massive release. If demand were higher they would've pushed for more systems in that game's launch week in Japan.

I'm guessing for Starfield they will try getting 5K for Japan...maybe 8K-9K if they actually do a bundle (doesn't look like they will). Still it would be kinda funny to see what sold-through rate would be if they did supply 30K - 50K (mostly of the X) for a week. Maybe with some kind of Minecraft bundle :/
 
Hardensoul

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What is up with the Switch hardware sales, I didn't think Pikmin would be a system seller to keep the momentum going. Damn!
 
Sojiro

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It fills my heart with immense joy to see Pikmin still going strong. Such a great game, and it deserves every sale it gets. Holy shit switch approaching 100k sales again for no reason lol, the machine is a monster.
 
Kerotan

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It warms my heart to see a traditional home console selling 50k in back to back weaks. What have we done to deserve such sales. I thank the gaming gods every Thursday at 2pm.

What's next for ps5? Baldurs gate and armoured core? Followed by a ps5 slim?
 
Woopah

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Kerotan said:
It warms my heart to see a traditional home console selling 50k in back to back weaks. What have we done to deserve such sales. I thank the gaming gods every Thursday at 2pm.

What's next for ps5? Baldurs gate and armoured core? Followed by a ps5 slim?
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Armoured Core, Spiderman and DQ Dai should be the biggest 3 games for PS for the rest of this year .
 
Thick Thighs Save Lives

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Woopah

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Things will be a bit slow for the next two weeks, but then we get Armoured Core followed by many interesting games in September to December.

So there will be lots to discuss!
 
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PlayStation Store JP: July Top Downloads

PS5
01/01. Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)

02/03. Street Fighter VI (Capcom)

03/NEW. Exoprimal (Capcom)

04/NEW. Remnant II (Gearbox)

05/08. Grand Theft Auto V (Take Two Interactive Japan)

06/04. Monster Hunter: Rise (Capcom)

07/02. Diablo IV (Blizzard)

08/11. Resident Evil 3 (Capcom)

09/09. Elden Ring (From Software)

10/NEW. Crystar (FuRyu)

11/15. Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Entertainment Japan)

12/NEW. Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg (Koei Tecmo)

13/00. Resident Evil: Village (Capcom)

14/00. Like a Dragon: Ishin! (Sega)

15/00. Cyberpunk 2077 (Spike Chunsoft)

16/NEW. Front Mission 1st: Remake (Forever Entertainment)

17/00. Persona 5: Royal (Atlus)

18/00. Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix)

19/12. Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)

20/00. Marfusha (Hinyari9)
 
Woopah

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cartman414 said:
PS3 < PS4? Wow. Mobile really did a number on them.
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But PS3 sold more than PS4...
zeldaring said:
Seems like japan is content with switch forever.
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As long as it gets good software support I think Switch could have a couple of good years left in Japan. But Nintendo knows they will get better software support if they release a more powerful successor.
Kerotan said:
Isn't OBON soon?
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Yes you're right.

I was just thinking in terms of new releases, but the holidays should have a very positive effect on hardware and evergreens.
 
Woopah

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Top 30 is out. Key highlights:

  • TOTK crosses 1.8 million
  • Mario Kart8 crosses 5.4 million
  • Momotaro Dentetsu crosses 2.9 million
  • Street Fighter VI back in the top 30 and outsold Final Fantasy XVI
  • Super Mario Party and Luigi’s Mansion 3 also back in the top 30


  1. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 78,838 (596,388)
  2. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 14,673 (1,804,457)
  3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 14,143 (5,410,605)
  4. [NSW] Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation (Spike Chunsoft, 07/28/23) – 13,172 (31,439)
  5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,486 (3,216,083)
  6. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 6,921 (4,078,880)
  7. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 6,491 (1,143,918)
  8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 6,044 (5,250,701)
  9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,951 (1,273,753)
  10. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,799 (5,085,843)
  11. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 4,688 (7,506,737)
  12. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 4,342 (3,432,358)
  13. [NSW] Alice in the Country of Spades: Wonderful Black World (Idea Factory, 08/03/23) – 3,898 <strong(New)
  14. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 3,480 (2,902,376)
  15. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 3,275 (468,451)
  16. [NSW] Disney Illusion Island (Disney Games, 07/28/23) – 3,034 (10,206)
  17. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix, 06/22/23) – 2,991 (407,880)
  18. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,796 (197,268)
  19. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,670 (1,144,903)
  20. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 2,616 (284,783)
  21. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,437 (2,232,955)
  22. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 2,323 (1,173,351)
  23. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 2,104 (2,165,108)
  24. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 1,911 (1,280,673)
  25. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,804 (1,047,119)
  26. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,781 (79,929)
  27. [PS5] Street Fighter 6 (Capcom, 06/02/23) – 1,566 (52,277)
  28. [PS4] Street Fighter 6 (Capcom, 06/02/23) – 1,514 (39,015)
  29. [NSW] CRYMACHINA (FuRyu, 07/27/23) – 1,511 (8,928)
  30. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,501 (912,238)
 
Woopah

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cartman414 said:
Whoops. That's what I meant.

I also posit that Switch had something to do with it.
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Switch getting several former PS exclusives definitely didn't help, but the bigger issue is that a lot of the third party franchises that PS used to rely on (like Final Fantasy and Resident Evil) are in decline with not enough to replace them.
 
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zedinen said:
PlayStation Store JP: July Top Downloads

PS5
01/01. Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix)

02/03. Street Fighter VI (Capcom)

03/NEW. Exoprimal (Capcom)

04/NEW. Remnant II (Gearbox)

05/08. Grand Theft Auto V (Take Two Interactive Japan)

06/04. Monster Hunter: Rise (Capcom)

07/02. Diablo IV (Blizzard)

08/11. Resident Evil 3 (Capcom)

09/09. Elden Ring (From Software)

10/NEW. Crystar (FuRyu)

11/15. Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Entertainment Japan)

12/NEW. Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg (Koei Tecmo)

13/00. Resident Evil: Village (Capcom)

14/00. Like a Dragon: Ishin! (Sega)

15/00. Cyberpunk 2077 (Spike Chunsoft)

16/NEW. Front Mission 1st: Remake (Forever Entertainment)

17/00. Persona 5: Royal (Atlus)

18/00. Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix)

19/12. Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco)

20/00. Marfusha (Hinyari9)
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Not one Sony game. Sony have really a big problem in Japan, they have no games that sell in this country. It's not like they sell tons of their own games in western countries too...
 
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Physiognomonics said:
Not one Sony game. Sony have really a big problem in Japan, they have no games that sell in this country. It's not like they sell tons of their own games in western countries too...
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Japan is a lost cause for 95% of developers lol, so why even try. Nintendo is a monopoly in japan. Sony does pretty good on software sales in western countries.
 
Woopah

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mckmas8808 said:
GTA5 is still selling.......even in Japan. CRAZY!
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Very popular game in Japan, in terms of phsyical sales it the 6th best selling PS4 game,
Physiognomonics said:
Not one Sony game. Sony have really a big problem in Japan, they have no games that sell in this country. It's not like they sell tons of their own games in western countries too...
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That's becuase they havn't released anything this year, last year Sony was the biggest publisher on PS5 in Japan.
zeldaring said:
Japan is a lost cause for 95% of developers lol, so why even try. Nintendo is a monopoly in japan. Sony does pretty good on software sales in western countries.
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Third parties can find success in Japan (Monster Hunter, Dragaon Quest, Elden Ring, Momotaro etc.) but they are not going to get it if they don't try. Its a big and growing market so trying is definitely worth doing.
 
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mckmas8808

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Physiognomonics said:
Not one Sony game. Sony have really a big problem in Japan, they have no games that sell in this country. It's not like they sell tons of their own games in western countries too...
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Yall will never stop trying to push the narrative that software sales don't matter huh? So let me guess.............the best thing for PlayStation to do is to allow every 1st party game to be on a subscription service of some kind on Day One?
 
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mckmas8808 said:
Yall will never stop trying to push the narrative that software sales don't matter huh? So let me guess.............the best thing for PlayStation to do is to allow every 1st party game to be on a subscription service of some kind on Day One?
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No at all. The best thing for Playstation would do to develop the games they were doing during PS3 and PS4 era.
 
zeldaring

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Woopah said:
Very popular game in Japan, in terms of phsycial sales it the 6th best selling PS4 game,

That's becuase they havn't released anything this year, last year Sony was the biggest publisher on PS5 in Japan.

Third parties can find success in Japan (Monster Hunter, Dragaon Quest, Elden Ring, Momotaro etc.) but they are not going to get it if they don't try. Its a big and growing market so trying is definitely worth doing.
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You named 2 huge franchises that have sold for decades, one of the best games ever made, and momotaro i never heard of. A developer hitting big in japan not named Nintendo is like hitting the lotto.
 
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