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[kazuyamishima]

I don't think it has anything to do with "punishing". It's just their reaction to the yen weakness and reselling.

The Yen is going downhill without brakes, and there are no signs of getting better.

 

[Walter Matthau]

Those Mario Party numbers are surprising. I was expecting much lower due to Switch/Mario Party fatigue. Glad to see a good effort go rewarded.

 

[Woopah]

The Yen is going downhill without brakes, and there are no signs of getting better.

Then potentially the price might go up again in the future.

 

[pulicat]

There's no such thing as PS5 stock problem currently in Japan.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Famitsu Sales: 10/14/24 - 10/20/24 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) – 227,569 (New)
2. [PS5] Professional Baseball Spirits 2024-2025 (Konami, 10/17/24) – 69,078 (New)
3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo, 09/26/24) – 13,273 (281,312)
4. [PS5] Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Bandai Namco, 10/11/24) – 12,928 (76,850)
5. [PS5] Metaphor: ReFantazio (ATLUS, 10/11/24) – 12,492 (95,319)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,605 (6,033,177)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,408 (3,657,912)
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 4,665 (7,935,333)
9. [PS4] Metaphor: ReFantazio (ATLUS, 10/11/24) – 4,610 (29,995)
10. [PS5] Silent Hill 2 (Konami, 10/08/24) – 4,287 (33,661)
11. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 4,183 (1,447,163)
12. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 3,875 (1,147,105)
13. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,697 (5,602,119)
14. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 3,036 (1,040,739)
15. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 3,029 (5,426,837)
16. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 2,917 (305,936)
17. [NSW] EA Sports FC 25 (Electronic Arts, 09/27/24) – 2,526 (23,244)
18. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,032 (3,645,612)
19. [NSW] It Takes Two (Electronic Arts, 12/08/22) – 1,969 (90,860)
20. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 1,777 (1,937,155)
21. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 1,659 (1,337,313)
22. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 1,621 (4,374,321)
23. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,616 (2,515,125)
24. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 1,516 (3,033,673)
25. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 1,378 (2,335,489)
26. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 1,298 (1,252,041)
27. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! Festival (Bandai Namco, 11/09/23) – 1,297 (358,041)
28. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2: Special Price (SEGA, 03/11/22) – 1,291 (200,536)
29. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,289 (1,151,564)
30. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 1,280 (2,020,925).

Famitsu Sales: 10/14/24 – 10/20/24 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of October 14, 2024 to October 20, 2024.

www.gematsu.com

 

[DenchDeckard]

I don't buy the narrative of low stock in Japan. Ps5 is readily available in all major markets. There are hundreds of thousands been stripped of usa numbers since last year. So they've either cut production considerably or more stock should be freed up for other regions.

It just doesn't make sense for it to be in constraint this far into its life with 0 covid.

 

[kazuyamishima]

So they've either cut production considerably or more stock should be freed up for other regions.

It just doesn't make sense for it to be in constraint this far into its life with 0 covid.

No more exports, the system is ¥80k yen.

Exports do continue for the Switch tho.

 

[DenchDeckard]

No more exports, the system is ¥80k yen.

Exports do continue for the Switch tho.

I remember a few years ago where there were many users that called bullshit on stock being exported to China, although everyone knew it was happening.

The PS5 will drastically fall behind PS4 in Japan if Sony doesn't do something.

 

[LordOcidax]

I remember a few years ago where there were many users that called bullshit on stock being exported to China, although everyone knew it was happening.

The PS5 will drastically fall behind PS4 in Japan if Sony doesn't do something.

Buying a PS5 in Japan to resell it on other regions at this moment doesn’t make sense, is too expensive. Before, yes.

 

[Woopah]

Famitsu Sales: 10/14/24 - 10/20/24 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) – 227,569 (New)
2. [PS5] Professional Baseball Spirits 2024-2025 (Konami, 10/17/24) – 69,078 (New)
3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo, 09/26/24) – 13,273 (281,312)
4. [PS5] Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Bandai Namco, 10/11/24) – 12,928 (76,850)
5. [PS5] Metaphor: ReFantazio (ATLUS, 10/11/24) – 12,492 (95,319)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,605 (6,033,177)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,408 (3,657,912)
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 4,665 (7,935,333)
9. [PS4] Metaphor: ReFantazio (ATLUS, 10/11/24) – 4,610 (29,995)
10. [PS5] Silent Hill 2 (Konami, 10/08/24) – 4,287 (33,661)
11. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 4,183 (1,447,163)
12. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 3,875 (1,147,105)
13. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,697 (5,602,119)
14. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 3,036 (1,040,739)
15. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 3,029 (5,426,837)
16. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 2,917 (305,936)
17. [NSW] EA Sports FC 25 (Electronic Arts, 09/27/24) – 2,526 (23,244)
18. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,032 (3,645,612)
19. [NSW] It Takes Two (Electronic Arts, 12/08/22) – 1,969 (90,860)
20. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 1,777 (1,937,155)
21. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 1,659 (1,337,313)
22. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 1,621 (4,374,321)
23. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,616 (2,515,125)
24. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 1,516 (3,033,673)
25. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 1,378 (2,335,489)
26. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 1,298 (1,252,041)
27. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! Festival (Bandai Namco, 11/09/23) – 1,297 (358,041)
28. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2: Special Price (SEGA, 03/11/22) – 1,291 (200,536)
29. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,289 (1,151,564)
30. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 1,280 (2,020,925).

Famitsu Sales: 10/14/24 – 10/20/24 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of October 14, 2024 to October 20, 2024.

www.gematsu.com

Nice to see evergreens like Pikmin 4, Kirby ATFL and Taiko still chugging along.

Luigi getting a Halloween boost!

 

[pulicat]

Mario party series is a behemoth in Japan and it's safe to say that Mario Party has replaced Final Fantasy series in term of sales relevancy in that country.

 

[Hookshot]

I remember a few years ago where there were many users that called bullshit on stock being exported to China, although everyone knew it was happening.

The PS5 will drastically fall behind PS4 in Japan if Sony doesn't do something.

We will never know how much it affected it there. There's a possibility even with those extra sales it still falls behind the PS3, but it would have to stall at this rate for a long time.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Whilst the official data is that there are over 6mil PS5's in circulation in Japan, I'm willing to bet it's quite a bit less than this.

Whilst the yen was super weak for so long and before the price cut the hardware sales were booming, as was foreign tourism and so there must have been people snagging them for way less than they could in their own countries.

Prior to the price cut the digital PS5 was ¥59,980 and disc ¥66,980. Both around £100 cheaper thant they would cost in the UK or Europe.

As soon as they increased the price and took away that discrepency the sales have absolutely cratered. Sure this is expected, but the drop looks to be significant.

Couple that with how low PS5 software sales are (I think the highest selling game is FF7 Rebirth which last tracked at around 350k physical copies sold, so maybe around 500-600k with digital), it's just a big gulf between that and the hardware total.

I'm a Sony Pony, so I'd like to see the PS5 sell like crazy in Japan and the software too, but something don't add up! I've been following Famitsu threads since the early PS3 days way back in the 2000s and you would get 1mil+ selling software then and plenty between 400k-1mil. Now you get games like Silent Hill 2 and Astro Bot struggling to get to 50-100k.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Found this comment on install base about Kiwami sales on Switch being higher than RGG expected:

According to yesterday's live broadcast with Yokoyama from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, the Switch version of "Yakuza Kiwami" has sold much better than expected.

Here’s a long transcription in Japanese.

横山：まず「極」馬鹿売れらしいっすよ。よかった。なんか、会社の幹部陣で本数予想してたんですよ。激外しました、僕。ちょっとね、コンサバティブに見過ぎたらしい。マーケティング担当の加藤くんが当ててましたけど、非常に盛り上がって。いやでも、いいですね。20年前ですよ、作ったの、龍が如くの1作目って。で、それが「極」に変わっているけど、「極」だって、もう出してたじゃないですか。わりともう出してから長いし、世界中の人が触れているものだと思ってたんですけど、ま、今回ね、Amazonプライムのドラマとか色んなきっかけがある中で、Switchに。まあもう移植ですからね、あれね。しかもダウンロード専売なんですよ。ていう中で、またもう1回やってもらえるっていうのは、もう、なんかゲーム作っている人間としては嬉しいなって。ゲームのリメイクって難しいですからね。もう1回売るというのは中々。だから、あーよかったと思って。非常に嬉しい気分ですよ。もう1回Switchっていう人も多いんじゃないですかね。俺もダウンロードしちゃいましたからね。なんか持ち運べるっていいですね。

I guess we can expect more Yakuza ports coming to Switch ASAP.

 

[Woopah]

Whilst the official data is that there are over 6mil PS5's in circulation in Japan, I'm willing to bet it's quite a bit less than this.

Whilst the yen was super weak for so long and before the price cut the hardware sales were booming, as was foreign tourism and so there must have been people snagging them for way less than they could in their own countries.

Prior to the price cut the digital PS5 was ¥59,980 and disc ¥66,980. Both around £100 cheaper thant they would cost in the UK or Europe.

As soon as they increased the price and took away that discrepency the sales have absolutely cratered. Sure this is expected, but the drop looks to be significant.

Couple that with how low PS5 software sales are (I think the highest selling game is FF7 Rebirth which last tracked at around 350k physical copies sold, so maybe around 500-600k with digital), it's just a big gulf between that and the hardware total.

I'm a Sony Pony, so I'd like to see the PS5 sell like crazy in Japan and the software too, but something don't add up! I've been following Famitsu threads since the early PS3 days way back in the 2000s and you would get 1mil+ selling software then and plenty between 400k-1mil. Now you get games like Silent Hill 2 and Astro Bot struggling to get to 50-100k.

FF16 is the highest game sold game on PS5 (with a physical release). Could be at around 800,000 with digital.

Found this comment on install base about Kiwami sales on Switch being higher than RGG expected:






I guess we can expect more Yakuza ports coming to Switch ASAP.

Them having stupidly low expectations is probably why it took them so long to bring the series over.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Automaton West is checking my posts on GAF.

Yeah, I'm actually really looking forward to see how big the launch will be, since it's been topping the pre-orders charts for months now in Japan.

Current best sellers on Amazon JP for PS5 and Switch games (ignore the prices as I use € because it's easier for me to shop on Amazon JP).