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Famitsu Sales: Week 36, 2024 (Sep 02 - Sep 08)

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Hookshot

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What’s the lowest the PS5 has sold and the most the Series has sold in a week? I’m sure someone will that those stats somewhere
 
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Fafalada

Fafracer forever
Interfectum said:
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Hey now - PSX (The PS2 Pro, not the PS1) sold 100000 in its first week in Japan - and that was like 5Milion* yen adjusted for inflation, so anything's possible 🤷‍♀️

*Ok internet says actually 115000 Yen - but still!!!
 
Woopah

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thicc_girls_are_teh_best said:
Whew, well it was fun while it lasted. Still kind of crazy to me they're basically giving up the Japanese market. They must be counting on growth in markets like Korea & China to make up the difference.

We'll see how well that plays out for them.
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Plus straight after the holiday boost, PS4 will get its Monster Hunter World boost.

So in 2-3 months the PS5 should be behind PS4 launch aligned

The current situation in Japan has come from the strength Nintendo has been building for the last two decades, and there's not a lot Sony can do to turn it around.

They've seen they won't get a lot sales volume from the country, and so are prioritising profitability. They are instead betting on sales volume growth in places like China, India and the Middle East, where they have better distribution networks than Nintendo and are building stronger developer relationships with the Hero projects.
Alexios said:
Dang, why the Switch bump the last weeks?
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Yen situation is likely to be continuing to boost Switch exports. The Direct might have helped a bit too.
Hookshot said:
Astro bot had a 45%-55% physical to digital split in the UK, if it's digital sales percentage is the same here then it's under 30K which is really actually quite good I think
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I think digital could be even higher in Japan given the shortages. Maybe 70%.
 
thicc_girls_are_teh_best

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Woopah said:
Plus straight after the holiday boost, PS4 will get its Monster Hunter World boost.

So in 2-3 months the PS5 should be behind PS4 launch aligned

The current situation in Japan has come from the strength Nintendo has been building for the last two decades, and there's not a lot Sony can do to turn it around.

They've seen they won't get a lot sales volume from the country, and so are prioritising profitability. They are instead betting on sales volume growth in places like China, India and the Middle East, where they have better distribution networks than Nintendo and are building stronger developer relationships with the Hero projects.
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It'll be funny if SIE prioritizing profitability in Japan also ends up meaning less profits from Japan, due to lesser hardware sales AND lower software sales, plus less PS+ subscriptions and MTX in that region. Profit squeezing from hardware won't make up for the profits being lost elsewhere, IMO.

As for them wanting to balance that out with growth in markets like China, India, MENA etc. overall I'm glad for the Hero projects initiative, but it's only a matter of time before Nintendo improves their distribution in those same territories. Xbox may be a non-factor in these places, but if Nintendo gets those pipelines improved during Switch 2's time, they can end up being a very capable challenger to PlayStation in those emerging markets as well.

SIE's main benefit is Nintendo's pretty slow in expanding reach in said markets; it took them seemingly forever to start paying attention to markets like Brazil after SEGA made big inroads there during the Mega Drive days, for example.

pulicat said:
Astro Bot first week sales comparison with other 3d platformers in this generation

Mario Odyssey - 511k
Kirby and the forgotten land - 380k
Mario 3D world + bowser's fury - 250k
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TBF, you're comparing what's to many people a brand new IP (Astro Bot) to the most dominant platformer IP in gaming (Mario). Not a fair comparison.

Also we know Astro Bot was supply-constrained in physical for the launch week, so we'd have to wait until the 2nd week to see what physical demand is really like for the game there. And even so, digital will be a not-insignificant component to its sales in all regions.

Hookshot said:
What’s the lowest the PS5 has sold and the most the Series has sold in a week? I’m sure someone will that those stats somewhere
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Lowest PS5? Probably this week right here TBH (~ 11K)

Highest Xbox? When they released the Diablo 4 bundle (~ 9K).

So a difference of about 2K weekly by those metrics.
 
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Woopah

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pulicat said:
Astro Bot first week sales comparison with other 3d platformers in this generation

Mario Odyssey - 511k
Kirby and the forgotten land - 380k
Mario 3D world + bowser's fury - 250k
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I think we should include other examples for fairness:

Switch: Sonic Frontiers - 26,067
PS5: Sonic Frontiers - 11,111
PS4: Crash Bandicoot 4 - 10,437

Sooner said:
Out of stock because of the previous month and Sony not restocking before the upcoming price increase in Japan.
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They mean Astro out of stock, not PS5.
 
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Porcile

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Bets are on. Astro Bot won't sell another 5k next week. We have seen before how stock shortages kill future game sales in Japan. Sony fucked up.
 
The Chairman

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TheTony316 said:
It's out of stock.
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tkscz said:
Tom Hardy Bait GIF


But I'll bite. This is over a week and only in Japan, being in the tens of thousands is a good thing. Not to mention it sold out.

My question is, if you do actually want to see it fail, why?
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Tiago Rodrigues said:
Digital data. You got that?
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FalsettoVibe said:
You should be embarrassed.
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GigaBowser said:
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Guys stop coping, nobody cares about Astro in Japan, Sony made a big event for that game in Japan and about 4 people showed up lol




 
unlurkified

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Elios83 said:
The impact of the PS5 price increase is far over the relative increase in price.
Sales are less than half with a less than 20% increase.
This means that unless they were selling the console at a loss and they wanted to get rid of these losses at all costs, it was a wrong move that did more harm then benefit.
They will be forced to backtrack in a few months.
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I like your optimism, but unfortunately I think Sony’s all but given up on Japan.
 
Thick Thighs Save Lives

Thick Thighs Save Lives

NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Famitsu Sales: 9/2/24 - 9/8/24 has been updated with software sales rankings 11 to 30

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales):
  1. [NSW] Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Lost (Alliance Arts, 09/05/240 – 16,631 (New)
  2. [PS5] ASTRO BOT (Sony Interactive Entertainment, 09/06/24) – 12,672 (New)
  3. [NSW] Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (Capcom, 09/06/24) – 10,502 (New)
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,883 (5,989,943)
  5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 8,154 (1,415,152)
  6. [NSW] Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Party Dash (Cygames, 08/29/24) – 8,083 (45,022)
  7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,830 (7,901,752)
  8. [NSW] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 7,497 (60,322)
  9. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 7,316 (283,209)
  10. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,142 (3,624,119)
  11. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,863 (3,625,471)
  12. [PS5] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 5,524 (36,220)
  13. [PS5] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 5,266 (37,784)
  14. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,282 (5,407,291)
  15. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,102 (5,579,630)
  16. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 3,161 (4,361,455)
  17. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 3,134 (2,332,002)
  18. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,987 (1,324,261)
  19. [NSW] Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Nintendo, 08/29/24) – 2,981 (28,009)
  20. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 2,737 (1,132,090)
  21. [PS5] NBA 2K25 (2K, 09/06/24) – 2,710 (New)
  22. [PS4] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 2,672 (15,847)
  23. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 2,615 (1,925,070)
  24. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo, 06/27/24) – 2,558 (193,416)
  25. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 2,345 (1,488,683)
  26. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,233 (2,325,252)
  27. [PS4] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 2,139 (12,207)
  28. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 2,052 (1,028,585)
  29. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,036 (3,022,653)
  30. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 2,014 (1,243,076)
www.gematsu.com

Famitsu Sales: 9/2/24 – 9/8/24 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of September 2, 2024 to September 8, 2024.
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com
 
Woopah

Woopah

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thicc_girls_are_teh_best said:
It'll be funny if SIE prioritizing profitability in Japan also ends up meaning less profits from Japan, due to lesser hardware sales AND lower software sales, plus less PS+ subscriptions and MTX in that region. Profit squeezing from hardware won't make up for the profits being lost elsewhere, IMO.
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I'd say you'd be right if Sony were only looking at profitability in Japan.

But I reckon a motivating factor behind the price change is the exports, people in other countries taking advantage of the weak yen to get cheap PS5s (this is something which is affecting Switch too).

So Sony will be hoping that, with the price increase, people will just buy PS5s in their own country instead of from Japan. That way they still get software and subscription revenue, but akso don't lose money on hardware.
As for them wanting to balance that out with growth in markets like China, India, MENA etc. overall I'm glad for the Hero projects initiative, but it's only a matter of time before Nintendo improves their distribution in those same territories. Xbox may be a non-factor in these places, but if Nintendo gets those pipelines improved during Switch 2's time, they can end up being a very capable challenger to PlayStation in those emerging markets as well.

SIE's main benefit is Nintendo's pretty slow in expanding reach in said markets; it took them seemingly forever to start paying attention to markets like Brazil after SEGA made big inroads there during the Mega Drive days, for example.
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It's definitely possible. We've seen Nintendo overtake Sony in places like Taiwan and South Korea, so they could do the same in other emerging markets too. Furukawa has mentioned Mexico and South East Asia as key growth opportunities.

Porcile said:
Bets are on. Astro Bot won't sell another 5k next week. We have seen before how stock shortages kill future game sales in Japan. Sony fucked up.
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Depends on how quickly they can get stock out there. It could have quite a soft drop.
Thick Thighs Save Lives said:
Famitsu Sales: 9/2/24 - 9/8/24 has been updated with software sales rankings 11 to 30

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales):
  1. [NSW] Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Lost (Alliance Arts, 09/05/240 – 16,631 (New)
  2. [PS5] ASTRO BOT (Sony Interactive Entertainment, 09/06/24) – 12,672 (New)
  3. [NSW] Ace Attorney Investigations Collection (Capcom, 09/06/24) – 10,502 (New)
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,883 (5,989,943)
  5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 8,154 (1,415,152)
  6. [NSW] Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Party Dash (Cygames, 08/29/24) – 8,083 (45,022)
  7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,830 (7,901,752)
  8. [NSW] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 7,497 (60,322)
  9. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 7,316 (283,209)
  10. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,142 (3,624,119)
  11. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,863 (3,625,471)
  12. [PS5] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 5,524 (36,220)
  13. [PS5] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 5,266 (37,784)
  14. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,282 (5,407,291)
  15. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,102 (5,579,630)
  16. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 3,161 (4,361,455)
  17. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 3,134 (2,332,002)
  18. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,987 (1,324,261)
  19. [NSW] Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Nintendo, 08/29/24) – 2,981 (28,009)
  20. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 2,737 (1,132,090)
  21. [PS5] NBA 2K25 (2K, 09/06/24) – 2,710 (New)
  22. [PS4] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 2,672 (15,847)
  23. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 2,615 (1,925,070)
  24. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo, 06/27/24) – 2,558 (193,416)
  25. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 2,345 (1,488,683)
  26. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,233 (2,325,252)
  27. [PS4] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 2,139 (12,207)
  28. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 2,052 (1,028,585)
  29. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,036 (3,022,653)
  30. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 2,014 (1,243,076)
www.gematsu.com

Famitsu Sales: 9/2/24 – 9/8/24 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of September 2, 2024 to September 8, 2024.
www.gematsu.com www.gematsu.com
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Happy to see Pikmin 4 still hanging around. Also this chart bodes very very well for the Super Mario Party franchise. It could have 3 games on the chart all at the same time.
 
Woopah

Woopah

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PS5 Japan August downloads, with physical sales:

1 Black Myth: Wukong
2Gundam Breaker 4 - 32,518
3VISIONS of MANA - 30,696
4Exit 8
5Hogwarts Legacy
6Vampire Survivors
7Core Keeper
8Monster Hunter Rise
9Star Wars Outlaws - 10,087
10Street Fighter 6
11Rise of the Ronin
12Grand Theft Auto V
13Unicorn Overlord
14That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tempest Stories - 4,525 < x >10,823
15ARK: Survival Ascended
16Gin: Path of the Goddess
17Castlevania Dominus Collection
18Gran Turismo 7
19ELDEN RING
20Persona 5 The Royal

Anything else was under 10,252 in terms of physical. Obviously some of them like Black Myth Wukong and Monster Hunter Rise don't have physical versions.
 
The Chairman

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Thief1987 said:
Another remainder that japanese have terrible taste. nintenda trash and gacha garbage that's all they want.
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Yup, Japanese gamers can't understand fine art that you can only find with PlayStation, just look at this beautiful sex scene from the last of us for example, i almost cried when i first saw that amazing gameplay and attention to detail, you can even see the sweat shining on Abby's man boobs



Or the creative and fun characters that's lacking "nintenda" games, just look at this beauty lmao



Japanese have terrible taste he said :messenger_tears_of_joy:
 
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