So thanks to Chris we also have the annual Software & Hardware for Taiwan and South Korea in 2020,
Media Create Sales (Taiwan): CY 2020 (2019 Dec 30 - 2021 Jan 03)
01./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.31}
02./00.
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
03./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
04./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
05./00.
[PS4] The Last of Us Part II <ADV> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.06.19}
06./00.
[PS4] Final Fantasy VII Remake <RPG> (Square Enix) {2020.04.10}
07./00.
[PS4] Ghost of Tsushima <ADV> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17}
08./00.
[NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.03.26}
09./00. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15}
10./00. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe <New Super Mario Bros. U \ New Super Luigi U> <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.01.11}
Top 10
NSW - 7
PS4 - 3
SOFTWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+
|System | This CY | Last CY |
+-------+------------+------------+
| NSW | 1.304.139 | 1.136.238 |
| PS4 | 863.897 | 1.060.802 |
| PS5 | 10.692 | |
| XBS | 1.262 | |
+-------+------------+------------+
| ALL | 2.179.990 | 2.213.418 |
+-------+------------+------------+
HARDWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+
|System | This CY | Last CY |
+-------+------------+------------+
| NSW # | 330.558 | 196.570 |
| PS4 # | 34.206 | 80.719 |
| PS5 # | 10.168 | |
| XBS # | 2.130 | |
+-------+------------+------------+
| ALL | 377.062 | 227.961 |
+-------+------------+------------+
| PS5 | 9.214 | |
| PS5DE | 954 | |
| XBS X | 1.852 | |
| XBS S | 278 | |
| NSW L | 34.524 | 12.844 |
| NSW | 296.034 | 183.726 |
|PS4 Pro| 25.504 | 62.706 |
| PS4 | 8.702 | 18.013 |
+-------+------------+------------+
Media Create Sales (South Korea): CY 2020 (2019 Dec 30 - 2021 Jan 03)
01./00.
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
02./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18}
03./00. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15}
04./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
05./00. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild <ADV> (Nintendo) {2018.02.01}
06./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
07./00.
[NSW] Minecraft <ADV> (Nintendo) {2020.01.16}
08./00.
[NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2020.11.20}
09./00. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.12.01}
10./00. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07}
Top 10
NSW - 10
SOFTWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+
|System | This CY | Last CY |
+-------+------------+------------+
| NSW | 2.738.421 | 1.564.125 |
| PS4 | 576.879 | 844.641 |
| 3DS | 41.945 | 57.676 |
| PS5 | 18.270 | |
+-------+------------+------------+
| ALL | 3.375.515 | 2.466.442 |
+-------+------------+------------+
HARDWARE
Code:
+-------+------------+------------+
|System | This CY | Last CY |
+-------+------------+------------+
| NSW # | 762.953 | 386.251 |
| PS4 # | 42.350 | 149.754 |
| PS5 # | 37.689 | |
| 3DS # | 6.381 | 20.645 |
+-------+------------+------------+
| ALL | 849.373 | 556.650 |
+-------+------------+------------+
| PS5 | 33.317 | |
| PS5DE | 4.372 | |
| NSW L | 151.922 | 31.290 |
| NSW | 611.031 | 354.961 |
|PS4 Pro| 34.550 | 118.374 |
| PS4 | 7.800 | 31.380 |
|n-2DSLL| 6.381 | 20.645 |
+-------+------------+------------+
Switch Hardware in the two countries has surpassed
1 million units in for the year which makes the two markets comparable to France's Total in 2019 for Nintendo.
Overall there are pretty big differences in the two markets both in terms of software and console splits. In South Korea the trend is very similar to Japan last year. While in Taiwan PS4/PS5 software has been able to have a better hold while Switch software hasn't seen a exponential growth compared to 2019.
Ring Fit &
New Horizon were the Top selling games in both nations.
Taiwan Software in 2019 was Switch
51.33% while the PS4
47.93% of the market, in 2020 Switch is at
59% while PS4/PS5 is at
40%
Taiwan Hardware in 2019 was Switch
70% while the PS4
29% of the market, in 2020 Switch is at
87% while the PS4/PS5 is at
13%
South Korea Software in 2019 was Switch
63% while the PS4 was
34% of the market, in 2020 Switch is at
81% while the PS4/PS5 is at
18%
South Korea Hardware in 2019 was Switch
69% while the PS4 was
27% of the market, in 2020 Switch is at
90% while the PS4/PS5 was
9%
This year the only PS4/PS5 games to chart in Taiwan are:
The Nioh Collection / #3, Demon's Souls / #4, Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War / #5 (Week 11),
NieR Replicant / #1 (Week 16)
,
This year the only PS4/PS5 games to chart in South Korea are:
NieR Replicant / #4 (Week 16)
So overall there was a big restock of PS5 in Taiwan at the time
Nioh Collection launched and
Nier Replicant managed to chart in both countries. I expect
Resident Evil: Village to also chart but we can see that the presence of PS games in the chart has further declined compared to last year, when especially in Taiwan you had
Final Fantasy VII Remake & Resident Evil 3, Nioh 2, Persona 5 Royal, Ys IX: Monstrum Nox, Yakuza: Like a Dragon claiming the
#1 spot in the country during the week of their releases. While in South Korea you had at least a bunch of games charting in the Top 5.
Meanwhile here is the trend in Japan in terms of Software 2019 Switch
62%, PS4
34%, Japan 2020 Switch
75%, PS4/PS5
24%
This year we are heading towards over
90% of all physical software sold on the Switch, I anticipate the end result it might be closer to
95% unless some major PS4/PS5 game gets slatted for the fall.