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【ソフト＆ハード週間販売数】『ゼルダの伝説 知恵のかりもの』が20万本を売り上げ首位に！ 『英雄伝説 界の軌跡』『EA SPORTS FC 25』もトップ10入り【9/23～9/29】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com​

[Weekly software and hardware sales figures] "The Legend of Zelda: The Echoes of Wisdom" tops the charts with 200,000 units sold! "The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki" and "EA SPORTS FC 25" also make it into the top 10 [9/23-9/29]​

Sales ranking announced by Famitsu. This time we bring you a summary of the estimated weekly sales figures for video games and hardware from September 23rd to September 29th, 2024.

Seven of the top 10 titles in this week's ranking are new to the list (four titles if counted by platform). Taking the top spot is The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. The latest installment in the Legend of Zelda series, this title has been a hot topic as it is the first in the series to feature "Princess Zelda" as the main character and has recorded strong sales of over 200,000 units. Sales figures from the second week onwards will also be of interest.

Coming in second and third place are the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions of The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki - Farewell, O Zemuria. This is the final title of the Calvard Republic Arc that began with The Legend of Heroes: Rei no Kiseki and the cumulative sales of both versions is 47,392 units.

Coming in fourth, fifth and seventh are the Nintendo Switch, PS5 and PS4 versions of EA SPORTS FC 25. It is the latest installment in the soccer game series played all over the world and has sold a total of 32,976 units across the two platforms. It's a title we'd like to keep an eye on for sales from here on out.

Additionally in ninth place is the romance adventure game Moeyo! Otome Taoist ~Hawaiian Rengo which is also off to a good start.

Famitsu Sales: Week 39, 2024 (Sep 23 - Sep 29)​

Software​

1st [Switch] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
201,210 (total 201,210) New / Nintendo / September 26, 2024

2nd [PS5] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of the World - Farewell, O Zemuria
29,554 (total 29,554) New / Nihon Falcom / September 26, 2024

3rd [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of the World - Farewell, O Zemuria
17,838 (total 17,838) New / Nihon Falcom / September 26, 2024

4th [Switch] EA SPORTS FC 25
13,332 (total 13,332) New / Electronic Arts / September 27, 2024

5th [PS5] EA SPORTS FC 25
13,265 (total 13,265) New / Electronic Arts / September 27, 2024

6th [PS5] Astro Bot
6,381 (total 34,902) -8% / Sony Interactive Entertainment / September 6, 2024

7th [PS4] EA SPORTS FC 25
6,379 (total 6,379) New / Electronic Arts / September 27, 2024

8th [Switch] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
6,030 (total 6,011,624) -23% / Nintendo / April 28, 2017

9th [Switch] Moeyo! Otome Taoist: Hawaiian Rengo
5,396 (total 5,396) New / Idea Factory / September 26, 2024

10th [Switch] Animal Crossing: New Horizons
5,383 (total 7,923,050) -13% / Nintendo / March 20, 2020.

Hardware​

• Switch: 4,963 (total 19,906,981)
• Switch Lite: 34,924 (total 6,098,660)
• Switch Oled: 34,464 (total 7,937,041)
• PS5: 8,978 (total 5,202,821)
• PS5 DE: 1,821 (total 855,321)
• Xbox Series X: 187 (total 307,457)
• Xbox Series S: 370 (total 319,278)
• PS4: 31 (total 7,928,508)

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Damn, I was quite off mark with my predictions in the previous thread on both Echoes of Wisdom and Kai no Kiseki.

For Echoes of Wisdom I'd say the first week sales will be slightly below Link's Awakening (probably around 125k).

As for Kai no Kiseki it should do a tad better than Kuro no Kiseki II since that release was quite divisive (story wise) with the Trails audience from what I heard. So my prediction would be:

[PS4] Kai no Kiseki – Farewell O Zemuria - 27k
[PS5] Kai no Kiseki – Farewell O Zemuria - 35k

 

[Robb]

1st [Switch] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom
201,210 (total 201,210) / Nintendo / September 26, 2024

Pretty good opening for Zelda. At least compared to the last 2D one.

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo, 09/20/19) – 141,375 (New)

 

[pulicat]

September hardware sales
Nintendo Switch - 244k
Playstation 5 - 40k
Xbox series S/X - 3.2k

 

[Luminoth-4545]

 

[Draugoth]

200k copies for zelda is crazy

 

[Interfectum]

Zelda slaying.

 

[Woopah]

Good sales for Falcom, and surprisingly high for Zelda!

Shout out too to Astrobot for yet another soft drop.

Pretty good opening for Zelda. At least compared to the last 2D one.

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo, 09/20/19) – 141,375 (New)

Digital sales should also be higher than LA, given the higher price.

 

[Hookshot]

Well my guess of 123,456 wasn't close to what Zelda did.

 

[Sojiro]

Fuck yeah Zelda! Show em that we still want this style of Zelda games as well!

 

[Hardensoul]

Zelda gave Switch a bump this week. Really liking the gameplay of Echoes!

 

[Hookshot]

Echoes is 24k down on A link between Worlds in physical sales but with digital it's probably easily over 300k

 

[Walter Matthau]

Astro Bot is shaping up to be PS5's first evergreen in Japan

 

[Azelover]

September hardware sales
Nintendo Switch - 244k
Playstation 5 - 40k
Xbox series S/X - 3.2k

Nintendomination..

Pie chart is a Pacman..

 

[mckmas8808]

200k copies for zelda is crazy

That is crazy.

 

[nordique]

Astro Bot is shaping up to be PS5's first evergreen in Japan

But the evergreen shrub, not the evergreen tree

 

[Interfectum]

Astro Bot is shaping up to be PS5's first evergreen in Japan

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Famitsu Sales: 9/23/24 - 9/29/24 has been updated with software sales rankings 11 to 30

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo, 09/26/24) – 200,121 (New)
2. [PS5] The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria (Nihon Falcom, 09/26/24) – 29,554 (New)
3. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria (Nihon Falcom, 09/26/24) – 17,838 (New)
4. [NSW] EA Sports FC 25 (Electronic Arts, 09/27/24) – 13,332 (New)
5. [PS5] EA Sports FC 25 (Electronic Arts, 09/27/24) – 13,265 (New)
6. [PS5] ASTRO BOT (Sony Interactive Entertainment, 09/06/24) – 6,381 (34,902)
7. [PS4] EA Sports FC 25 (Electronic Arts, 09/27/24) – 6,379 (New)
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 6,030 (6,011,624)
9. [NSW] Moeyo! Otome Doushi: Kayuu Koigatari (Idea Factory, 09/26/24) – 5,396 (New)
10. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,383 (7,920,305)
11. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,011 (3,642,155)
12. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 4,760 (1,433,239)
13. [NSW] Disney Epic Mickey: Rebrushed (THQ Nordic, 09/24/26) – 4,683 (New)
14. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 3,794 (3,635,607)
15. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 3,633 (296,022)
16. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,549 (5,591,071)
17. [PS5] Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP (Dragami Games, 09/26/24) – 3,293 (New)
18. [NSW] Kamaitachi no Yoru x3 (Spike Chunsoft, 09/19/24) – 3,220 (26,271)
19. [NSW] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 3,205 (67,782)
20. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 2,753 (5,418,017)
21. [NSW] Lollipop Chainsaw RePOP (Dragami Games, 09/26/24) – 2,577 (New)
22. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,073 (1,331,828)
23. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 1,990 (1,138,954)
24. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 1,874 (4,368,945)
25. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 1,850 (1,931,806)
26. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,828 (1,034,180)
27. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 1,783 (3,027,968)
28. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 1,620 (2,330,825)
29. [NSW] Seifuku Kanojo: Mayoigo Engage (Entergram, 09/26/24) – 1,606 (New)
30. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 1,506 (1,248,225)

 

[zedinen]

Totoki is running PlayStation into the ground.


Japan (YoY)

Jul 148,880 (-39%)

Aug PS5 112,250 (-39%)

Sep PS5 40,658 (-77%)

TOT 301,788 (-50% YoY)

UK (YoY)

(July) PS5 hits 4m UK sales, 31 weeks slower than PS4

Aug PS5 (-57%)



Europe (YoY)

Jul PS5 (-56%)

Aug PS5 (-50%)



Totoki promises his investors outsized returns, but how can he produce these high returns?

Sony Group operating income declined 7% in FY23, while its net cash stands at (-¥589.7 b)

G&NS operating income grew 16% in FY23. It's never enough.

He can’t, without running PlayStation into the ground (selling fewer consoles at higher price, reducing G&NS working capital, winding down R&D spending and acquisition costs)

Record profits & Totoki tax will kill PlayStation in Japan, UK and Europe.



Context

PS4 Slim was ¥29,980 / £259 / €299 / at the time (2017)

PS5 is sold at a loss, but the average PS5 owner is spending $731 on games, services, add-on , and peripherals, while PS4 owners averaged $580



Totoki Tax

PlayStation foots the bill

May ¥8.52 b

Jun ¥35.21 b

Jul ¥53.59 b

Aug ¥60.27 b

Sep ¥36.90 b

 

[Woopah]

Totoki is running PlayStation into the ground.


Japan (YoY)





UK (YoY)

(July) PS5 hits 4m UK sales, 31 weeks slower than PS4

Aug PS5 (-57%)



Europe (YoY)

Jul PS5 (-56%)

Aug PS5 (-50%)



Totoki promises his investors outsized returns, but how can he produce these high returns?

Sony Group operating income declined 7% in FY23, while its net cash stands at (-¥589.7 b)

G&NS operating income grew 16% in FY23. It's never enough.

He can’t, without running PlayStation into the ground (selling fewer consoles at higher price, reducing G&NS working capital, winding down R&D spending and acquisition costs)

Record profits & Totoki tax will kill PlayStation in Japan, UK and Europe.



Context

PS4 Slim was ¥29,980 / £259 / €299 / at the time (2017)

PS5 is sold at a loss, but the average PS5 owner is spending $731 on games, services, add-on , and peripherals, while PS4 owners averaged $580



Totoki Tax

PlayStation foots the bill

May ¥8.52 b

Jun ¥35.21 b

Jul ¥53.59 b

Aug ¥60.27 b

Sep ¥36.90 b

Price has indeed been quite a barrier in Europe, and I'm not sure they'll hit their hardware target.

In Japan, he has to hope that the price rise has made resellers buy the device in their own country. But I'm not sure that is worse further degrading their position in the country just to improve the profitability on those units sold.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

Zelda slaying.

Like you knew she would.

 

[ap_puff]

Price has indeed been quite a barrier in Europe, and I'm not sure they'll hit their hardware target.

In Japan, he has to hope that the price rise has made resellers buy the device in their own country. But I'm not sure that is worse further degrading their position in the country just to improve the profitability on those units sold.

They absolutely will not, that's why these venture capitalist type bros that only care about juicing the stock price are toxic to companies long term.