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[Weekly software and hardware sales] "Super Mario Party Jamboree," which is also getting a Switch 2 upgrade, tops the charts for the 11th time! "Monster Hunter Wilds" also continues to sell well [3/31 - 4/6]​

Sales ranking announced by Famitsu. This time we bring you a summary of the estimated weekly sales of game software and hardware from March 31 to April 6, 2025 in Japan.

Super Mario Party Jamboree in which you can control characters from the Super Mario series and play more than 110 different mini-games sold 11,487 units. It has topped the charts for the 11th time.

Super Mario Party Jamboree Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV is scheduled to be released for the Nintendo Switch 2 on July 24, 2025. Users who already own the Nintendo Switch version of Super Mario Party Jamboree can upgrade for a fee so we can expect continued sales.

Monster Hunter Wilds ranked second and is also one of the titles that can be played for a long time thanks to regular updates.

On April 4, 2025 the first free title update was released which included new monsters and elements that enhance communication with other hunters. Since then many limited-time event quests have been released which have also been well received.

Famitsu Sales, Week 14 (Mar 31 - Apr 06)​

Software​

1st [Switch] Super Mario Party Jamboree
11,487 (+34%) total 1,257,843 / Nintendo / October 17, 2024

2nd [PS5] Monster Hunter Wilds
11,002 (-15%) total 787,397 / Capcom / February 28, 2025

3rd [Switch] Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition
8,565 (-41%) total 97,655 / Nintendo / March 20, 2025

4th [Switch] Minecraft
6,927 (+8%) total 3,852,184 / Microsoft Japan / June 21, 2018

5th [Switch] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD
6,728 (+26%) total of 249,921 / Nintendo / January 16, 2025

6th [Switch] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
5,798 (+20%) total of 6,299,275 / Nintendo / April 28, 2017

7th [Switch] Animal Crossing: New Horizons
4,954 (+7%) total of 8,103,113 / Nintendo / March 20, 2020

8th [Switch] Nintendo Switch Sports
4,092 (+17%) total of 1,573,166 / Nintendo / April 29, 2022

9th [Switch] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
3,720 (+15%) total of 5,742,676 / Nintendo / December 7, 2018

10th [Switch] Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
3,387 (+6%) total 5,548,286 / Pokémon / November 18, 2022

Hardware​

• Switch: 3,754 (total 20,086,604)
• Switch Lite: 11,391 (total 6,516,342)
• Switch Oled: 19,896 (total 8,927,410)
• PS5: 7,274 (total 5,631,753)
• PS5 DE: 1,771 (total 963,763)
• PS5 Pro: 3,473 (total 192,781)
• Xbox Series X: 23 (total 319,669)
• Xbox Series X DE: 14 (total 20,091)
• Xbox Series S: 111 (total 333,782)
• PS4: 21 (total 7,929,408)

 

[LordOcidax]

Ever green titles making a comeback after the Switch 2 announcement, also The Switch 1 UP WoW despite the announcement.

 

[Baemono]

• Xbox Series X: 23 (total 319,669)
• PS4: 21 ( 7,929,408)

Come on, so close

 

[Deerock71]

I might pick that game up for the Switch 2. It really sounds more fun than the guided tour of the Switch 2.

 

[Woopah]

The Direct effect is clear.

As expected, the third party approach to Switch 2 is like night and day compared to Switch.

Physical third party sales in Switch 2's first calendar year in Japan could be up to 3x the amount Switch had in its first year. Depending on what other 2025 third party games get announced.

 

[Impotaku]

So even with switch 2 announced and only months away switch one still selling great Another week of 30k lol, switch keeps winning.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Sorry for being late, i completely forgot.

 

[daclynk]

Nintendo right now

Switch 2 is going to be huge.

thanks as always Luminoth-4545

 

[mckmas8808]

Come on, so close

I was thinking the same thing LOL!

 

[Loomy]

Come on, so close

I think April might be the month.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Nintendo right now

Switch 2 is going to be huge.

thanks as always Luminoth-4545

Specially at that price. Nintendo has Japan and will "always" have Japan.

 

[Warspite]

So apart from Xenoblade, all things Nintendo are up, despite its successor coming in 8 weeks time

 

[Loomy]

That Nvidia tax.

 

[RomanceDawn]

Happy to see Donkey Kong carrying on in the top 5.

 

[Physiognomonics]

Wait they are saying Monster Hunter Wilds sells well because it has updates? They have no clue. Why would newcomers would buy that game because of an update they would not been aware of?

It's the main Monster Hunter game which obviously will sell for months and will be updated until the next one.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Looks like a quiet week with no notable releases so not much to say.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Famitsu Sales: 3/31/25 - 4/6/25 has been updated with software sales rankings 11 to 30.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo, 10/17/24) – 11,487 (1,257,843)
2. [PS5] Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom, 02/28/25) – 11,002 (787,397)
3. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (Nintendo, 03/20/25) – 8,565 (97,655)
4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,927 (3,852,184)
5. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Nintendo, 01/16/25) – 6,728 (249,921)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 5,798 (6,299,275)
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 4,954 (8,103,113)
8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 4,092 (1,570,316)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,720 (5,742,676)
10. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 3,387 (5,548,286)
11. [NSW] Winning Post 10 2025 (Koei Tecmo, 03/27/25) – 2,909 (13,206)
12. [NSW] Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (Koei Tecmo, 03/21/25) – 2,576 (33,570)
13. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,435 (1,396,042)
14. [PS5] Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft, 03/20/25) – 2,430 (25,696)
15. [PS5] Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (Koei Tecmo, 03/21/25) – 2,244 (34,768)
16. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 1,959 (361,478)
17. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 1,810 (1,309,512)
18. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 1,786 (4,435,264)
19. [NSW] The Exit 8 / Platform 8 (PLAYISM, 11/28/24) – 1,727 (30,258)
20. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 1,619 (2,004,363)
21. [NSW] Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars (Konami, 03/06/25) – 1,575 (52,125)
22. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,552 (251,502)
23. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 1,521 (424,200)
24. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set Best Price (Capcom, 11/16/23)- 1,477 (77,572)
25. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 1,435 (3,709,174)
26. [PS5] The First Berserker: Khazan (Nexon, 03/27/25) – 1,432 (5,736)
27. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,430 (1,195,555)
28. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,404 (2,560,982)
29. [PS5] Winning Post 10 2025 (Koei Tecmo, 03/27/25) – 1,402 (7,595)
30. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 1,253 (1,004,981)

Famitsu Sales: 3/31/25 – 4/6/25 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of March 31, 2025 to April 6, 2025.

www.gematsu.com

 

[DenchDeckard]

Looks like the switch 2 announcement took sales from the ps5 and not og switch.

That's not the way it's supposed to be, Japan!

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Looks like the switch 2 announcement took sales from the ps5 and not og switch.

That's not the way it's supposed to be, Japan!

The Switch OLED is equivalent to 264 dollars with tax... That's basically an MSRP of 250 dollars (before tax).

The regular switch is equivalent to 229 dollars with tax... again that's 215 dollars...

The Switch Lite is equivalent to 153 dollars with tax... MSRP of 143 dollars...

That is such short money that of course you're going to see high sales.

The standard PS5 is 545 USD with tax... You can buy two Switch OLEDs for less money than a PS5, not to get into the weeds with the PS5 Pro...which is 830 USD...

The Switch provides the easiest access to software in Japan and gives you a portable form factor. Graphics aren't the top selling point in Japan, so of course the Switch is going to outsell the PlayStation 5, but even at the low price of the Switch 2, I expect it won't sell as well as the Switch and not everyone will simply upgrade overnight and in fact I still expect people will continue to buy the Switch.

The PS5 originally launched for 54,978 yen in Japan. This would be 383 dollars. It would be interesting to see if Sony tries to emulate what Nintendo has done and release a firmware locked region locked Japan only PS5 that only works with Japanese accounts for a cheaper price, but I don't see how they would restrict it from playing games from other regions physically. It would have to be a digital only model most likely and we can see that, that model isn't as popular.

 

[DenchDeckard]

The Switch OLED is equivalent to 264 dollars with tax... That's basically an MSRP of 250 dollars (before tax).

The regular switch is equivalent to 229 dollars with tax... again that's 215 dollars...

The Switch Lite is equivalent to 153 dollars with tax... MSRP of 143 dollars...

That is such short money that of course you're going to see high sales.

The standard PS5 is 545 USD with tax... You can buy two Switch OLEDs for less money than a PS5, not to get into the weeds with the PS5 Pro...which is 830 USD...

The Switch provides the easiest access to software in Japan and gives you a portable form factor. Graphics aren't the top selling point in Japan, so of course the Switch is going to outsell the PlayStation 5, but even at the low price of the Switch 2, I expect it won't sell as well as the Switch and not everyone will simply upgrade overnight and in fact I still expect people will continue to buy the Switch.

The PS5 originally launched for 54,978 yen in Japan. This would be 383 dollars. It would be interesting to see if Sony tries to emulate what Nintendo has done and release a firmware locked region locked Japan only PS5 that only works with Japanese accounts for a cheaper price, but I don't see how they would restrict it from playing games from other regions physically. It would have to be a digital only model most likely and we can see that, that model isn't as popular.

Great points. These price hikes in Japan to stop China from buying consoles has really back fired or hindered sales in Japan. It helped massively up until the prices went up as so many sales were going to China. At least Sony are supporting China better now and growing the market their officially.

Still, I did see comments that the PS5 will still end up doing a good number in Japan, matching PS4 or PS3? I cant quite remember. That doesnt seem bad to me.

 

[Vaquilla]

Nintendo continues to dominate Japan; Switch 2 will take the country by storm.
Sony seem to have basically given up trying to compete there, with the price hikes and their games almost exclusively targeting Western audiences.

 

[Juja]

More and more I'm beginning to believe an article I read about how the Switch 2's biggest competition will be Switch 1.

I'm very excited for Switch 2 myself, and initial sales will be good no matter what because of enthusiasts, but 6 months to a year in... We'll see. If there's ever a week where Switch outsells Switch 2, then that will be a scary situation for Nintendo.

On the bright side, for everybody that wants Switch to shatter PS2's record, it seems all but guaranteed at this point.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Great points. These price hikes in Japan to stop China from buying consoles has really back fired or hindered sales in Japan. It helped massively up until the prices went up as so many sales were going to China. At least Sony are supporting China better now and growing the market their officially.

Still, I did see comments that the PS5 will still end up doing a good number in Japan, matching PS4 or PS3? I cant quite remember. That doesnt seem bad to me.

The PS5 will probably outsell both the PS4 and PS3 (not combined obviously). It's not bad, but obviously there is room for improvement, but Sony's not willing to eat the cost in order to sell more units because they don't have to.

I think eventually Sony will price the PS5 Digital around 61,000 yen and that should help with sales and it might even get as low as 53,000 yen, but the digital system isn't the selling point in Japan that we'd think it would be. People at least want the option to play discs.

It'll be interesting to see the competition in Japan over the next 3 years.

 

[LordOcidax]

More and more I'm beginning to believe an article I read about how the Switch 2's biggest competition will be Switch 1.

I'm very excited for Switch 2 myself, and initial sales will be good no matter what because of enthusiasts, but 6 months to a year in... We'll see. If there's ever a week where Switch outsells Switch 2, then that will be a scary situation for Nintendo.

On the bright side, for everybody that wants Switch to shatter PS2's record, it seems all but guaranteed at this point.

The Switch 2 price in Japan is perfectly fine, lower than i expected and even lower than the base PS5 by a good margin also the strategy to stop the international scalpers is really good, i think that the Switch 2 sales are going to be massive.

 

[Baemono]

but Sony's not willing to eat the cost in order to sell more units because they don't have to.

They kinda did that last year when they wanted to sell 25 million consoles, it was heavily discounted for the holiday season. At the end it was a good call, selling 20.8 million in one year is an exceptionnal feat.

 

[LordOcidax]

Great points. These price hikes in Japan to stop China from buying consoles has really back fired or hindered sales in Japan. It helped massively up until the prices went up as so many sales were going to China. At least Sony are supporting China better now and growing the market their officially.

Still, I did see comments that the PS5 will still end up doing a good number in Japan, matching PS4 or PS3? I cant quite remember. That doesnt seem bad to me.

That was not the reason for the price increase at all… Supposedly they were selling the PS5 at loss before + Sony doesn’t care about the Japanese market anymore. This is bad not matter how you look at it, the PS5 is going to be one of the worst selling PS home console ever in Japan and the fact the Switch 2 is probably going to surpass the PS5 LTD sales in the first year tells a lot.

 

[Juja]

The Switch 2 price in Japan is perfectly fine, lower than i expected and even lower than the base PS5 by a good margin also the strategy to stop the international scalpers is really good, i think that the Switch 2 sales are going to be massive.

Oh yeah, that Japanese only price for Switch 2 is crazy... Maybe just crazy enough to work. I told a coworker yesterday about it and the USD equivalent, and his jaw dropped.

I guess only time will tell, but it's pretty damn impressive how will the Switch is still selling, despite the fact that the release of its successor is imminent.

 

[Woopah]

That was not the reason for the price increase at all… Supposedly they were selling the PS5 at loss before + Sony doesn’t care about the Japanese market anymore. This is bad not matter how you look at it, the PS5 is going to be one of the worst selling PS home console ever in Japan and the fact the Switch 2 is probably going to surpass the PS5 LTD sales in the first year tells a lot.

Stopping exports (not just to China) was exactly the reason for last year's price increase for PS goods. It's also the reason for Nintendo having a region-locked version of Switch 2.

Both companies have to deal with the weakness of the yen.

 

[Mibu no ookami]

They kinda did that last year when they wanted to sell 25 million consoles, it was heavily discounted for the holiday season. At the end it was a good call, selling 20.8 million in one year is an exceptionnal feat.

Not at all... It's funny how people can fall into perception over facts...

The PS5 launched at 400 dollars for digital and 500 for standard. The PS5 was not heavily discounted from this price during the year they were attempting to sell 25 million units.

In fact it was more heavily discounted this holiday season when it was sold for as cheap as 375 dollars, but raising the price of the PS5 digital to 450 and then discounting the price to 400 and 450 respectively is not "heavy discounting".

 

[Mibu no ookami]

Oh yeah, that Japanese only price for Switch 2 is crazy... Maybe just crazy enough to work. I told a coworker yesterday about it and the USD equivalent, and his jaw dropped.

I guess only time will tell, but it's pretty damn impressive how will the Switch is still selling, despite the fact that the release of its successor is imminent.

Will be interesting to see how long it takes for someone to crack the region lock and how successful that will be with playing future games.

 

[Baemono]

Not at all... It's funny how people can fall into perception over facts...

The PS5 launched at 400 dollars for digital and 500 for standard. The PS5 was not heavily discounted from this price during the year they were attempting to sell 25 million units.

In fact it was more heavily discounted this holiday season when it was sold for as cheap as 375 dollars, but raising the price of the PS5 digital to 450 and then discounting the price to 400 and 450 respectively is not "heavy discounting".

Not the digital version, but the disc version, and its bundles were discounted, like I recall Spider-Man 2 bundles selling for 499 or even lower, same for CoD bundle, while the console alone was at 550.

I'm talking about Europe, I don't recall what happened in the US.

 

[LordOcidax]

Stopping exports (not just to China) was exactly the reason for last year's price increase for PS goods. It's also the reason for Nintendo having a region-locked version of Switch 2.

Both companies have to deal with the weakness of the yen.

The reason according to some reports was that Sony were losing money with every console sold in the Japanese territory due the low prices, the gray market in China was making it worse due te volume of exports. But the exports was not the main reason of the price increase. Nintendo just found a really good solution with the Japanese lenguaje only systems… Not region locked, because you still can play international games.

 

[Juja]

The reason according to some reports was that Sony were losing money with every console sold in the Japanese territory due the low prices, the gray market in China was making it worse due te volume of exports. But the exports was not the main reason of the price increase. Nintendo just found a really good solution with the Japanese lenguaje only systems… Not region locked, because you still can play international games.

The Japanese language only system is a bold kinda crazy move, but it could actually work. Only time will tell.

I'm hopeful for Switch 2, but if/when Switch 1 sells above it in the weekly sales data, we may be looking at a Wii U (Switch U?) situation.

 

[Woopah]

The reason according to some reports was that Sony were losing money with every console sold in the Japanese territory due the low prices, the gray market in China was making it worse due te volume of exports. But the exports was not the main reason of the price increase. Nintendo just found a really good solution with the Japanese lenguaje only systems… Not region locked, because you still can play international games.

The reason they lost money is because people/retailers around the world were importing PS products from Japan for a cheaper price then in their own country.

That's why the price increase was Japan specific and wasn't just for PS5, it was for the whole PS product range. They wanted people around the world to pay the normal prices, not the cheaper prices that the weakened yen had created.

And yes you are right that Switch 2 is not technically region locked.

 

[LordOcidax]

The reason they lost money is because people/retailers around the world were importing PS products from Japan for a cheaper price then in their own country.

That's why the price increase was Japan specific and wasn't just for PS5, it was for the whole PS product range. They wanted people around the world to pay the normal prices, not the cheaper prices that the weakened yen had created.

And yes you are right that Switch 2 is not technically region locked.

No, even without the exports they were losing money with every system sold… That’s why it’s not the main reason of the price increase… Like i said the Grey market just made everything worse for Sony in Japan.

 

[Woopah]

No, even without the exports they were losing money with every system sold… That’s why it’s not the main reason of the price increase… Like i said the Grey market just made everything worse for Sony in Japan.

Do you think they were losing money on every controller, headset and pair of headphones sold?

 

[Hookshot]

Switch up PS5 down after showing off the Switch 2? Guess some liked what the saw and want to upgrade their games at a later time.

 

[LordOcidax]

Do you think they were losing money on every controller, headset and pair of headphones sold?

No, i am just stating what i read in a report and that’s why i say that Sony has lost all the interest in the Japanese market… look what Nintendo is going to do to increase the Switch 2 user base as fast as possible, they found a way to avoid the exports without sacrificing the Japanese market. Sony could do the same too, but they don’t want to invest in Japan anymore and take loses in a short term. They are avoiding to lose money in Japan because they don’t see Japan as important anymore.

 

[Woopah]

No, i am just stating what i read in a report and that’s why i say that Sony has lost all the interest in the Japanese market… look what Nintendo is going to do to increase the Switch 2 user base as fast as possible, they found a way to avoid the exports without sacrificing the Japanese market. Sony could do the same too, but they don’t want to invest in Japan anymore and take loses in a short term. They are avoiding to lose money in Japan because they don’t see Japan as important anymore.

Right, which is why the reason Sony incressed the price of headsets, headphones, controllers etc. in Japan was mainly to stop exports ,and not because they were losing money on every unit sold.

Japan isn't as important to Sony as it used to be and it definitely isn't as important as it is to Nintendo.

 

[Woopah]

These are the top March 2025 PS5 games with their physical sales:

1. Monster Hunter Wilds - 175,216
2. Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist and the Land of Phantasmagoria - 32,524
3. Assassin's Creed: Shadows - 23,266
4. Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Crest War / Dunan Unification War - 11,990 - 14,858
5. Minecraft
6. Street Fighter 6
7. Venus Vacation PRISM – DEAD OR ALIVE Xtreme - 9,568
8. BLEACH Rebirth of Souls - 8,047
9. SAGA FRONTIER 2 REMASTER
10. Palworld
11. AI LIMIT Infinite Machine Soldier- 3,402
12. Winning Post 10 2025 - 6,193
13. Yakuza 8 Gaiden: Pirates in Hawaii - 5,925 - 7,535
14. Split Fiction - 7,348
15. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
16. EA SPORTS FC 25
17. The First Berserker: Khazan - 4,304
18. Dynasty Warriors: Originals
19. Urban Legend Dismantling Center
20. Professional Baseball Spirits 2024-2025

Supports what we've seen in other months. If a game does 15,000 in physcial sales in a month, that game will probably be pretty high up in the digital charts. The monthly physical data gives us a fairly good idea of what the monthly digital rankings will be.

For lower selling games however, the unit numbers are closer together and so there's more of a disconnect. Plus games can get a digital boost for various reasons like SF6 did,.

Looks like the switch 2 announcement took sales from the ps5 and not og switch.

That's not the way it's supposed to be, Japan!

It's just an average weekly fluctuation, not an impact of the Direct.

The main impact of Switch 2 on PS5 will come after launch, but it will depend a lot on what the Japanese third party support is like. We don't have enough clarity on that yet.

The Switch OLED is equivalent to 264 dollars with tax... That's basically an MSRP of 250 dollars (before tax).

The regular switch is equivalent to 229 dollars with tax... again that's 215 dollars...

The Switch Lite is equivalent to 153 dollars with tax... MSRP of 143 dollars...

That is such short money that of course you're going to see high sales.

The standard PS5 is 545 USD with tax... You can buy two Switch OLEDs for less money than a PS5, not to get into the weeds with the PS5 Pro...which is 830 USD...

In think the trouble with the comparison in $ is that it makes the products look more affordable than they are.

In $ terms, the price of Switch has gone down noticeably since 2017 but the average Japanese salary has has gone down noticeably as well. So for people actually living in Japan, the Switch is not much more affordable now than it used to be.

The Switch provides the easiest access to software in Japan and gives you a portable form factor. Graphics aren't the top selling point in Japan, so of course the Switch is going to outsell the PlayStation 5, but even at the low price of the Switch 2, I expect it won't sell as well as the Switch and not everyone will simply upgrade overnight and in fact I still expect people will continue to buy the Switch.

The PS5 originally launched for 54,978 yen in Japan. This would be 383 dollars. It would be interesting to see if Sony tries to emulate what Nintendo has done and release a firmware locked region locked Japan only PS5 that only works with Japanese accounts for a cheaper price, but I don't see how they would restrict it from playing games from other regions physically. It would have to be a digital only model most likely and we can see that, that model isn't as popular.

What are your rough expectations for Switch 1+2 sales this year in terms of numbers? I think the Switch Lite will stay pretty steady as the budget model, but the other two versions' sales will fall as those new buyers move to Switch 2. And then on top of that you'll have the current Switch owners upgrading to Switch 2 (though as you said not everyone will do it overnight).

 

[Mibu no ookami]

In think the trouble with the comparison in $ is that it makes the products look more affordable than they are.

In $ terms, the price of Switch has gone down noticeably since 2017 but the average Japanese salary has has gone down noticeably as well. So for people actually living in Japan, the Switch is not much more affordable now than it used to be.

I think you missed my point a bit here. The focus is that they're by far the easiest and affordable method to access software. The PS5 is twice the price. Even with decreased buying power, the Switch is still short money especially when compared to the PS5.

What are your rough expectations for Switch 1+2 sales this year in terms of numbers? I think the Switch Lite will stay pretty steady as the budget model, but the other two versions' sales will fall as those new buyers move to Switch 2. And then on top of that you'll have the current Switch owners upgrading to Switch 2 (though as you said not everyone will do it overnight).

Any expectations would be wildly inaccurate at this point. So I'll reserve any prognostications. The rate of upgrade for example is difficult the ascertain. I also think it's not impossible that we see leaks of a Sony handheld within that year time frame with a release by holiday season 2026. Depending on how far ahead an actual reveal is, that could also have an impact on sales. I think the next pokemon game is cross gen, which might slow Switch 2 sales.

I think the next 18 or so months will be one of the most interesting in gaming history.

• Switch 2 launch
• Marathon could be the next big live service franchise
• GTA6
• Xbox handheld probably releases next year
• PS handheld probably releases next year
• Probably see a PS5 price cut next year
• Might get an announcement of a new Xbox console next year

 

[Woopah]

I think you missed my point a bit here. The focus is that they're by far the easiest and affordable method to access software. The PS5 is twice the price. Even with decreased buying power, the Switch is still short money especially when compared to the PS5.

I think that point can still made using yen, and that way it's less open to being misinterpreted

Any expectations would be wildly inaccurate at this point. So I'll reserve any prognostications. The rate of upgrade for example is difficult the ascertain. I also think it's not impossible that we see leaks of a Sony handheld within that year time frame with a release by holiday season 2026. Depending on how far ahead an actual reveal is, that could also have an impact on sales. I think the next pokemon game is cross gen, which might slow Switch 2 sales.

Pokémon is cross gen, but cross gen titles can still be major releases. Especially Legends ZA which has the potential to cross 1 million in Japan just on Switch 2.

I think the next 18 or so months will be one of the most interesting in gaming history.

Switch 2 launch
Marathon could be the next big live service franchise
GTA6
Xbox handheld probably releases next year
PS handheld probably releases next year
Probably see a PS5 price cut next year
Might get an announcement of a new Xbox console next year.

Agreed. Going to be lots for us to discuss!

 

[Mibu no ookami]

I think that point can still made using yen, and that way it's less open to being misinterpreted

Most people don't know how much yen is. Most of the forum is in the US or is familiar with US currency.

Pokémon is cross gen, but cross gen titles can still be major releases. Especially Legends ZA which has the potential to cross 1 million in Japan just on Switch 2.

It can be, but those who have a switch 2 casually, might not see the need to upgrade because they can play ZA on Switch 1. It'll be interesting to see what happens here.

 

[Woopah]

Most people don't know how much yen is. Most of the forum is in the US or is familiar with US currency.

That's the issue though, people think a dollar in Japan is the same as a dollar in the US. From the other Japan prices thread we have people not realising that a dollar gets you more in Japan.

It can be, but those who have a switch 2 casually, might not see the need to upgrade because they can play ZA on Switch 1. It'll be interesting to see what happens here.

That's true, we'll have to see Nintendo's software pricing strategy in Japan.