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[Luminoth-4545]

Famitsu Sales: Week 48, 2023 (Nov 20 - Nov 26)​

Software​

1st Switch Momotaro Dentetsu World : Electric Railway ~The earth revolves around hope!
98,311 (total 413,010) -69% / KONAMI / November 16, 2023

2nd Switch Super Mario Bros. Wonder
62,896 (total 1,088,717) +24% / Nintendo / October 20, 2023

3rd Switch Super Mario RPG
54,321 (total 355,655) -82% / Nintendo / November 17, 2023

4th Switch Wario Ware: Move it!
11,271 (total 64,682) +7% / Nintendo / November 3, 2023

5th Switch Pikmin 4
10,510 (total 965,317) +59% / Nintendo / July 21, 2023

6th Switch Hogwarts Legacy
9,345 (total 57,062) -80% / WB Games / November 14, 2023

7th Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
7,058 (total 5,548,088) +40% / Nintendo / April 28, 2017

8th Switch Minecraft
6,858 (total 3,317,981 books) +50% / Microsoft Japan / June 21, 2018

9th PS4 Ryu ga Gotoku 7 Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
6,253 (total 77,922) -46% / Sega / November 9, 2023

10th Switch Animal Crossing: New Horizons
6,070 (7,583,926 total) +29% / Nintendo / March 20, 2020

Hardware​

• Switch - 8,940 (total 19,617,062)
• Switch Lite - 13,364 (total 5,596,140)
• Switch Oled - 49,380 (total 6,138,114)
• PS5 - 49,833 (total 4,120,306)
• PS5 Digital Edition - 9,402 (total 632,180)
• Xbox Series X - 1,834 (total 238,997)
• Xbox Series S - 299 (total 293,774)
• PS4 - 2,080 (total 7,908,755)
• New Nintendo 2DS LL - 33 (total 1,192,660)

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Xbox Series - 2 133
PS4 - 2,080

 

[Tsaki]

I wonder how many PS4s still exist in the channels. OLED was a genius move really; get in on the double dippers. With Valve doing it now, I expect the Portal to follow suit.

 

[Saber]

Mario Wonder still holding up. Same as Pikimin, holy molly.

 

[Woopah]

Good drop for Momotaro and rise for Wonder and Pikmin 4

As I said last week, the stars of this holiday season will be Switch software and PS5 hardware. I expect Switch hardware and PS5 software to be disappointing.

 

[Fake]

Good list. Mario dominate the market, HL in top 10, Pikmin still selling good, PS4 selling more than Xbox.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

I always wondered where the hell do they still find new 2DS' to sell lol!?

 

[Mitsurugi Reiji]

The earth revolves around hope. Good quote. No idea what the game is though

 

[SmokedMeat]

Nintendo dominating game sales.

 

[Mownoc]

PS5 still on track to beat PS2's 2004 sales. 2.37m for PS5 this year with December to go to beat 2.57m. Then they can officially say this is the best year for a PS console's sales in Japan for 20 years.

 

[Duchess]

Switch is popular in Japan, eh?

Would definitely be the console I'd choose if I weren't a PlayStation devotee.

 

[DeltaPolarBear]

Xbox Series - 2 133
PS4 - 2,080

I always pointed out that Sony had no need of a Series S of their own, because they have a PS4. The predecessor console is a perfectly valid product for those who want to game on a budget. Sure, the games are old, but if you never played them before then it is new to you. This isn't even a shocking thing; they have done this for their entire history except when they failed to make a truly cheap PS3.

 

[Physiognomonics]

PS5 still on track to beat PS2's 2004 sales. 2.37m for PS5 this year with December to go to beat 2.57m. Then they can officially say this is the best year for a PS console's sales in Japan for 20 years.

This shows that even in a mobiles and PC world a dedicated device can still find its place if the price is correct for the specs. In many cases I guess PS5 is used to play free games or even cheap PS4 games. Consoles are far from being dead even in Japan. If the hardware / software is enticing compared to PC, then people will still buy it.

 

[Bernoulli]

Nice to see X selling more than S

 

[Woopah]

The earth revolves around hope. Good quote. No idea what the game is though

Its a bit like Mario Party, a popular board game with an emphasis on local multiplayer.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

 

[MrA]

Its a bit like Mario Party, a popular board game with an emphasis on local multiplayer.

Dude you're burying the lead, the title is a pun and you know how the Japanese love their puns.

 

[Woopah]

Dude you're burying the lead, the title is a pun and you know how the Japanese love their puns.

Ah of course! The power of puns must never be underestimated.

 

[Ronin_7]

PS5 still on track to beat PS2's 2004 sales. 2.37m for PS5 this year with December to go to beat 2.57m. Then they can officially say this is the best year for a PS console's sales in Japan for 20 years.

Do you have all the years?? From PlayStation Consoles?

 

[Mownoc]

Do you have all the years?? From PlayStation Consoles?

Sure do:

PS1 (1994) - 0.28m
PS1 (1995) - 1.37m
PS1 (1996) - 2.69m
PS1 (1997) - 4.89m
PS1 (1998) - 4.30m
PS1 (1999) - 3.04m
PS1 (2000) - 1.28m
PS1 (2001) - 0.68m

PS2 (2000) - 3.75m
PS2 (2001) - 3.60m
PS2 (2002) - 3.73m
PS2 (2003) - 2.91m
PS2 (2004) - 2.57m
PS2 (2005) - 2.13m
PS2 (2006) - 1.55m
PS2 (2007) - 0.82m

PS3 (2006) - 0.47m
PS3 (2007) - 1.21m
PS3 (2008) - 0.99m
PS3 (2009) - 1.73m
PS3 (2010) - 1.56m
PS3 (2011) - 1.47m
PS3 (2012) - 1.33m
PS3 (2013) - 0.82m

PS4 (2014) - 0.93m
PS4 (2015) - 1.21m
PS4 (2016) - 1.79m
PS4 (2017) - 1.94m
PS4 (2018) - 1.70m
PS4 (2019) - 1.20m
PS4 (2020) - 0.54m

PS5 (2020) - 0.26m
PS5 (2021) - 0.97m
PS5 (2022) - 1.15m

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

PS1 (1997) - 4.89m
PS1 (1998) - 4.30m

Playstation as a brand peaked in 1997 / 1998 in Japan basically. Interesting to see this data. I had no idea.

 

[Mownoc]

Playstation as a brand peaked in 1997 / 1998 in Japan basically. Interesting to see this data. I had no idea.

The PS2/PSP both sold more than the PS1 lifetime but never beat those two years so yeah this might be the time when the brand was strongest. Japan has a very strong affinity for Handhelds which may be part of the reason for the decline. I mean the Wii sold 12.7m, the PS2 sold 22m but the 3DS sold 24.6m. A console that sold over 155m globally was beaten by a console that sold around 76m. Half the global sales but stronger Japan sales.

The DS, 3DS and Switch have sold more than any Home Console has ever sold in Japan and the PSP sold almost double the PS3 despite their global sales being very similar.

 

[Robb]

Pikmin is doing a lot better than I thought it would.

 

[Celine]

Japan has a very strong affinity for Handhelds which may be part of the reason for the decline. I mean the Wii sold 12.7m, the PS2 sold 22m but the 3DS sold 24.6m.

A handheld console tends to have a higher chance to be purchased in multiple quantity in a household than a TV console cause the latter tend to be shared among the people in a household whereas handheld consoles tend to be more personal.
In Japan the adoption of the Wii was heavily impaired by the soft support by the local third-party publishers:

In US third-party software on Wii performed much much better:

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Playstation as a brand peaked in 1997 / 1998 in Japan basically. Interesting to see this data. I had no idea.

My data is slightly different, PS5 and PS4 are Famitsu, PS1 is Game Data Library and the rest are Media Create numbers.

 

[blacktout]

Oh look, it's the status quo. Welcome back, status quo!

 

[Kerotan]

Mega week for ps5 taking top spot again.

Ps4 / Xbox battle for second heating up with Xbox taking it this week.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

This weeks Famitsu sales as reported on a certain safe space site for the mentally disturbed.

 

[Raonak]

Good stuff PS5

 

[Kerotan]

This weeks Famitsu sales as reported on a certain safe space site for the mentally disturbed.

Wingardium Leviosa!

 

[Hardensoul]

Good drop for Momotaro and rise for Wonder and Pikmin 4

As I said last week, the stars of this holiday season will be Switch software and PS5 hardware. I expect Switch hardware and PS5 software to be disappointing.

I disagree with Switch Hardware being a disappointment. It’s still regularly top hardware, that’s great especially coming into 6-7yr or possibly its last holiday before Switch 2.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

This weeks Famitsu sales as reported on a certain safe space site for the mentally disturbed.

The biggest irony is there’s always confused users that don’t know what’s up and the game ends up getting even more mentions than if they just left the name in.

 

[Kerotan]

I disagree with Switch Hardware being a disappointment. It’s still regularly top hardware, that’s great especially coming into 6-7yr or possibly its last holiday before Switch 2.

Yeah there's zero negative narrative for switch.

 

[Woopah]

I disagree with Switch Hardware being a disappointment. It’s still regularly top hardware, that’s great especially coming into 6-7yr or possibly its last holiday before Switch 2.

Its doing very well for its age, but its abit disapppointing relative to what it was doing ealrier in the eyar. In late Summer and early Autumn, it was selling noticeably above its 2017 / 2018 levels.

I thought it would carry that strength into the holiday season. But on the contrary, November 2023 was the Switch's worst November ever in terms of hardware.

The real highlight for Switch this holiday will be software, expesically since it actually got two major third party releases during a holiday period.

 

[Woopah]

Top 30 is now out. Switch software starting to get its holiday boost.

[NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 98,311 (413,010)
[NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 62,896 (1,088,717)
[NSW] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 11/17/23) – 54,321 (355,655)
[NSW] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 11/03/23) – 11,271 (64,682)
[NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 10,510 (965,317)
[NSW] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 11/14/23) – 9,345 (57,062)
[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,058 (5,548,088)
[NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,858 (3,317,981)
[PS4] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (SEGA, 11/09/23) – 6,253 (77,922)
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 6,070 (7,583,926)
[NSW] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 5,922 (88,355)
[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,876 (5,329,042)
[PS5] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (SEGA, 11/09/23) – 4,572 (76,703)
[NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,402 (5,184,118)
[NSW] Persona 5 Tactica (ATLUS, 11/17/23) – 4,357 (31,151)
[NSW] Fashion Dreamer (Marvelous, 11/02/23) – 3,741 (47,375)
[NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 11/03/23) – 3,621 (16,176)
[NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 3,558 (1,892,707)
[NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,487 (1,207,845)
[PS5] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Activision, 11/10/23) – 3,200 (31,318)
[NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 3,185 (2,193,772)
[NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 3,124 (4,141,225)
[NSW] Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm CONNECTIONS (Bandai Namco, 11/16/23) – 3,106 (12,110)
[PS5] STRAY (Happinet, 11/22/23) – 2,958 (New)
[PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 10/20/23) – 2,902 (105,396)
[NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,819 (235,960)
[NSW] Detective Pikachu Returns (The Pokemon Company, 10/06/23) – 2,790 (125,148)
[NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 2,688 (1,334,001)
[NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,660 (3,493,571)
[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 2,522 (17,887)