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Famitsu Sales: Week 38, 2022 (Sep 12 - Sep 18)

01./01. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 506.610 / 2.441.290 (-74%)
02./00. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 143.836 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 48.100 / NEW
04./00. [PS5] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 28.371 / NEW
05./02. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 9.661 / 4.837.415 (-23%)
06./04. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 7.463 / 732.175 (-18%)
07./00. [NSW] Trinity Trigger <RPG> (FuRyu) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 6.698 / NEW
08./03. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 6.629 / 2.792.678 (-29%)
09./07. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.03.25} (¥5.980) - 5.027 / 888.934 (-29%)
10./08. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 4.720 / 4.976.532 (-20%)

Top 10

NSW - 8
PS4 - 1
PS5 - 1

HARDWARE

NSW - 127.558
XBS - 14.077
PS5 - 11.180
3DS - 29
PS4 - 12

Model Variants

NSW OLED - 96.889
NSW - 25.683
XBS S - 13.211
PS5 - 8.739
NSW L - 4.986
PS5 D - 2.441
XBS X - 866
N2DSLL - 29
PS4 - 12

Year to Date

NSW - 3.287.020
PS5 - 702.346
XBS - 209.590
3DS - 9.413
PS4 - 651

Lifetime

NSW - 26.206.521
PS5 - 1.925.681
XBS - 338.248
3DS - 24.596.861
PS4 - 9.395.595

Year to date and lifetime numbers include all model variants.

https://www.installbaseforum.com/fo...-week-37-2022-sep-12-sep-18.1069/#post-103963

 

[Luminoth-4545]

 

[Shifty1897]

I wonder when we'll get that Dragon Quest X remake stateside.

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Series S sold over 13k? Damn, what a beast. TGS hype was real, apparently.

Also, something tells me Square won't be skipping the Switch anymore. I hope Switch 2 is somewhat strong, I want the next Dragon Quest to look real good.

 

[Nautilus]

PS5 is in dead last

LOL


Fucking abysmal Sony. Fucking abysmal.


For the Switch, hardware numbers are great. Splatoon should have done an extra million(so total is 4,5 million), continuing its streak as the monster it is. And DQ did... fine?I guess

 

[ElCasual]

But But Jim Ryan Is making the money. LOL

 

[adamsapple]

Famitsu Week 38: Dragon Quest X, Switch above 125k, Xbox Series above PS5​

XBS S - 13.211

The visits are definitely having an effect.

 

[Lognor]

As others said, Phil's visits to Japan are paying off!

Funny to see the Series S doing so well. I would love to see the Game Pass subscriber base in Japan. I wonder if that is playing a big part.

It's really cool to see Xbox competitive in Japan!

 

[ManaByte]

Funny to see the Series S doing so well.

It's not that funny actually. It's low-priced, and a small compact system. It's not going to kill a small child if it gets knocked over.

Sony really needs to get a slim PS5 revision that doesn't weigh 16 pounds ASAP.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Graph from Hiska-kun from InstallBase

Switch YTD Hardware Sales Comparison

After 38 weeks

2022: 3.29 million
2021: 3.82 million
2020: 3.89 million
2019: 2.32 million
2018: 1.72 million
2017: 1.73 million

 

[silent head]

As others said, Phil's visits to Japan are paying off!

Funny to see the Series S doing so well. I would love to see the Game Pass subscriber base in Japan. I wonder if that is playing a big part.

It's really cool to see Xbox competitive in Japan!

The visits are definitely having an effect.

 

[SmokedMeat]

I can’t believe we’re seeing Xbox beating PlayStation in Japan…again.

 

[Lognor]

LOL, very smart of Microsoft! Taking advantage of that bad press from Sony.

 

[ManaByte]

 

[Thief1987]

Famitsu is vastly overestimating xbox sales in Japan tho

 

[64bitmodels]

Nintendo really has a vice grip on Japan.

 

[AJUMP23]

Nintendo looks at you with Dewy eyes.

 

[Dr. Wilkinson]

Decent launch for DQ. Given it’s not a full-on, new installment. I don’t think we were expecting it to make too much of a splash.

Switch sales continue to amaze, I would have thought by now the base would be saturated and there wouldn’t be many new people left that play on console, but don’t have one. I continue to be surprised they haven’t reached near-saturation yet.

 

[Lognor]

Famitsu is vastly overestimating xbox sales in Japan tho

Another way to look at it is that Media Create is vastly underestimating Xbox sales in Japan.

And do you have this week's Media Create numbers? What do they show ahead, Xbox or PS5?

 

[Zathalus]

Famitsu is vastly overestimating xbox sales in Japan tho

Or Media Create is vastly underestimating the numbers. Saying either is right without corresponding evidence to back that up is foolish.

For what it is worth, Ampere Analysis is in line with Famitsu.

 

[TLZ]

Well there it is.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Nintendo looks at you with Dewy eyes.

Zelda, bambi eyes.

 

[adamsapple]

I can’t believe we’re seeing Xbox beating PlayStation in Japan…again.

I don't think this happened a single time in the XBO generation if I'm not mistaken.

 

[DenchDeckard]

This is crazy. Will anyone ever admit, who was/is against it that the series S is a master stroke decision by Microsoft.

Its the perfect japanese console. Tiny, powerful little box.

I never thought i'd see the day and its happened twice this year.

 

[Lognor]

This is crazy. Will anyone ever admit, who was/is against it that the series S is a master stroke decision by Microsoft.

Its the perfect japanese console. Tiny, powerful little box.

I never thought i'd see the day and its happened twice this year.

I wonder if we will ever get a week this gen where the Xbox version of a game charts in the top 10. Does Starfield have a shot at that? Or any other exclusive Xbox game?

 

[johnjohn]

Phil is doing work in Japan, you love to see it.

 

[legacy24]

Famitsu is vastly overestimating xbox sales in Japan tho

a ps5 stan account making xbox look bad geez what a shock

 

[ChiefDada]

This is crazy. Will anyone ever admit, who was/is against it that the series S is a master stroke decision by Microsoft.

Its the perfect japanese console. Tiny, powerful little box.

I don't see how you can say this when PS5 has still outsold Series consoles nearly 6 to 1 in lifetime sales. Let's all be reasonable and just say it had a relatively good week.

 

[Mr Hyde]

I'm actually thinking about buying a Series S myself. That little box is not only a good looking son of a bitch, it would fit perfectly with my PC and monitor. And it's difficult to resist with MS locking down publishers left and right.

 

[Sosokrates]

Hail to the king baby

 

[Hobbygaming]

PS5 is in dead last

LOL


Fucking abysmal Sony. Fucking abysmal.


For the Switch, hardware numbers are great. Splatoon should have done an extra million(so total is 4,5 million), continuing its streak as the monster it is. And DQ did... fine?I guess

Not last in lifetime sales though lol

 

[jshackles]

Dragon Quest X well deserved, I've been enjoying it a lot

 

[DenchDeckard]

I wonder if we will ever get a week this gen where the Xbox version of a game charts in the top 10. Does Starfield have a shot at that? Or any other exclusive Xbox game?

I would be extremely surprised if it happened as I would expect most players are signing up to game pass but we will see.

I think MS must be blown away with the performance this gen.

 

[DarkMage619]

As others said, Phil's visits to Japan are paying off!

Funny to see the Series S doing so well. I would love to see the Game Pass subscriber base in Japan. I wonder if that is playing a big part.

It's really cool to see Xbox competitive in Japan!

The XSS really paid off. It really goes to show that this forum is not the best indicator of what will be successful for sure. I hope Xbox continues to make inroads in Japan and other Asian markets.

 

[Nautilus]

Not last in lifetime sales though lol

Yay?

 

[Bernd Lauert]

 

[Bernd Lauert]

Famitsu is vastly overestimating xbox sales in Japan tho

You mean Media Create is vastly underestimating Xbox sales in Japan.

 

[Mr Moose]

Damn, so it's about 27,000 yen with this offer? That's about $189.

 

[onesvenus]

If I'm reading this right, these last 4 weeks have been either the highest or second highest weeks compared to same weeks last years?

 

[tmlDan]

this is the cringiest thread ive read in a while, the absolute joy from some fans over a few thousand unit sales when switch is a million times better.

these numbers are irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

 

[remember_spinal]

Sony is probably shipping the majority of its units to the US and UK because of Daddy of War and MW2

Sony is still leading xbox in japan 9:1 and they will still sell out everything they ship there. Selling a couple thousand units more 3 weeks out of the entire year is not a major victory

And they’re both getting crushed by the Switch. Japan is pretty much Nintendo land at this point. Which is why Sony has done nothing to stop the scalping going on there.

 

[jm89]

Sony is probably shipping the majority of its units to the US and UK because of Daddy of War and MW2

And fifa for europe.

These numbers for ps5 are so boring comparing when sony aren't even interested in the market right now.

 

[Rac3r]

Which is why Sony has done nothing to stop the scalping going on there.

The scalping is so bad in Japan despite their lottery system. I know a guy who has entered the lottery 10 times and still hasn’t gotten a PS5.

Japanese people are generally sticklers for the rules, so that amount of scalping was surprising to me; but it shows that there’s still massive hype for the PS5 despite Nintendos dominance.

 

[remember_spinal]

The scalping is so bad in Japan despite their lottery system. I know a guy who has entered the lottery 10 times and still hasn’t gotten a PS5.

Japanese people are generally sticklers for the rules, so that amount of scalping was surprising to me; but it shows that there’s still massive hype for the PS5 despite Nintendos dominance.

Yeah, but its all over Asia and they’re paying super premium prices for them in China. Thats why the price could increase 5000 more yen and nothing would change because the demand for them is just far too great even outside the country.


Software will continue to look terrible in Japan, but im assuming at this point Sony probably doesn’t care as long as its being sold somewhere. Unfortunately we don’t get solid numbers from China or some other territories so its hard to track.

Series S are gonna sell right now because they’re practically giving them away with the gift cards

 

[hemo memo]

Happy for Xbox and Phill doing great in Japan when Sony dropped the ball hard there. I mean the mere thought that Xbox can compete with Sony in Japan was funny but here we are. Good job. They deserve it.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

If I'm reading this right, these last 4 weeks have been either the highest or second highest weeks compared to same weeks last years?

Yeah, since the Splatoon 3 OLED model released 4 weeks ago the Switch has been on fire, massively up on last year and higher than any other year from week 35 to 38. But also remember the reason September 2021 sales were so low was because people were waiting for the Switch OLED to release in October.

 

[Three]

Famitsu is vastly overestimating xbox sales in Japan tho

It could just be different reporting periods?

Software will continue to look terrible in Japan, but im assuming at this point Sony probably doesn’t care as long as its being sold somewhere. Unfortunately we don’t get solid numbers from China or some other territories so its hard to track.

Series S are gonna sell right now because they’re practically giving them away with the gift cards

Western games like HFW have never done well there AFAIK but I suspect they still care about sales of Japanese games there even with that huge gulf in sales between NSW and PS4/5 versions of Dragon quest. Japanese games are still selling there for them.

02./00. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 143.836 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 48.100 / NEW
04./00. [PS5] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 28.371 / NEW

 

[Banjo64]

XBS S - 13.211
XBS X - 866

That’s a huge gap. I have the Series S and love it. Is this down to stock levels, or is the famed ‘small spaces plus they like small and cute electronics’ actually holding true?

Personally we can all laugh at the numbers, but they are doing much better in Japan than I would ever have guessed.

 

[remember_spinal]

XBS S - 13.211
XBS X - 866

That’s a huge gap. I have the Series S and love it. Is this down to stock levels, or is the famed ‘small spaces plus they like small and cute electronics’ actually holding true?

Personally we can all laugh at the numbers, but they are doing much better in Japan than I would ever have guessed.

Its because they are giving away gift cards with them, so the Series S they have already in stock at retailers are now being sold in conjunction to newly shipped models

 

[Banjo64]

Series S are gonna sell right now because they’re practically giving them away with the gift cards

The 5000 yen? It’s about 30 quid. Hardly giving them away.