Rllmuk's Official Sales Figures

[layten]

Petition: Rename Japan to Nintendo Land.

[Mr. Gerbik]

Yakuza Land, surely? Oh no wait that sounds all kinds of wrong 

[SMD]

On 23/06/2022 at 18:01, layten said:

Petition: Rename Japan to Nintendo Land.

 

[Dig Dug]

3DS outselling the ps4 is not bad considering the system is officially discontinued and is about to have the digital store closed.

[HarMGM]

Another week, another update courtesy of Install Base. Brought to you once more by Chris1964.

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Famitsu Sales: Week 26, 2022 (Jun 20 - Jun 26)

01./00. [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2022.06.24} (¥7.200) - 97.538 / NEW
02./02. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 19.255 / 512.301 (+2%)
03./01. [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles # <FTG> (Aniplex) {2022.06.09} (¥6.800) - 10.663 / 122.512 (-49%)
04./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 9.261 / 4.691.651 (+10%)
05./04. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.03.25} (¥5.980) - 8.239 / 777.810 (-5%)
06./03. [NSW] Mario Strikers: Battle League <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.06.10} (¥5.980) - 7.688 / 52.863 (-41%)
07./08. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 7.437 / 3.188.728 (+36%)
08./06. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 7.095 / 2.684.472 (+3%)
09./12. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 4.621 / 7.272.811 (+48%)
10./10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 4.449 / 4.909.639 (+2%)

Top 10

NSW - 10
 

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     56.549 |     50.405 |     72.951 |  2.197.857 |  3.001.457 |  25.117.358 |
| PS5 # |      9.181 |      3.035 |     23.438 |    479.849 |    603.433 |   1.703.184 |
| XBS # |      8.915 |      6.695 |      4.113 |    119.316 |     25.200 |     247.974 |
| 3DS # |        141 |        215 |        519 |      7.903 |     15.863 |  24.595.351 |
| PS4 # |         17 |         18 |      2.548 |        497 |     80.183 |   9.395.441 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     74.803 |     60.368 |    103.569 |  2.805.422 |  3.726.136 |  62.246.507 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |      7.257 |      2.371 |     20.031 |    429.926 |    511.829 |   1.459.052 |
| PS5DE |      1.924 |        664 |      3.407 |     49.923 |     91.604 |     244.132 |
| XBS X |      4.881 |      3.272 |      2.672 |     40.573 |     17.122 |     113.864 |
| XBS S |      4.034 |      3.423 |      1.441 |     78.743 |      8.078 |     134.110 |
|NSWOLED|     28.267 |     22.860 |            |  1.155.295 |            |   1.927.423 |
| NSW L |      9.193 |      7.638 |     14.087 |    360.304 |    845.018 |   4.771.088 |
|  NSW  |     19.089 |     19.907 |     58.864 |    682.258 |  2.156.439 |  18.418.847 |
|  PS4  |         17 |         18 |      2.548 |        497 |     79.959 |   7.819.718 |
|n-2DSLL|        141 |        215 |        519 |      7.903 |     15.863 |   1.200.406 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

 

[HarMGM]

Quick and dirty, from the usual place.

 

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Famitsu Sales: Week 27, 2022 (Jun 27 - Jul 03)

01./00. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set <Monster Hunter Rise \ Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak> <ACT> (Capcom) {2022.06.30} (¥7.990) - 104.315 / NEW
02./02. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 20.169 / 532.470 (+5%)
03./01. [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2022.06.24} (¥7.200) - 17.841 / 115.379 (-82%)
04./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 9.937 / 4.701.588 (+7%)
05./05. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.03.25} (¥5.980) - 8.887 / 786.697 (+8%)
06./00. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 # <RCE> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2022.03.04} (¥7.900) - 8.169 / 117.694 (+690%)
07./03. [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles # <FTG> (Aniplex) {2022.06.09} (¥6.800) - 7.872 / 130.384 (-26%)
08./08. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 7.444 / 2.691.916 (+5%)
09./07. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 7.101 / 3.195.829 (-5%)
10./06. [NSW] Mario Strikers: Battle League <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.06.10} (¥5.980) - 5.953 / 58.816 (-23%)

Top 10

NSW - 9
PS5 - 1

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     84.281 |     56.549 |     84.494 |  2.282.138 |  3.085.951 |  25.201.639 |
| PS5 # |     24.361 |      9.181 |     16.354 |    504.210 |    619.787 |   1.727.545 |
| XBS # |     12.530 |      8.915 |      3.470 |    131.846 |     28.670 |     260.504 |
| 3DS # |        214 |        141 |        732 |      8.117 |     16.595 |  24.595.565 |
| PS4 # |         15 |         17 |      1.159 |        512 |     81.342 |   9.395.456 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    121.401 |     74.803 |    106.209 |  2.926.823 |  3.832.345 |  62.368.122 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |     20.028 |      7.257 |     13.655 |    449.954 |    525.484 |   1.479.080 |
| PS5DE |      4.333 |      1.924 |      2.699 |     54.256 |     94.303 |     248.465 |
| XBS X |      9.756 |      4.881 |      2.716 |     50.329 |     19.838 |     123.620 |
| XBS S |      2.774 |      4.034 |        754 |     81.517 |      8.832 |     136.884 |
|NSWOLED|     43.789 |     28.267 |            |  1.199.084 |            |   1.971.212 |
| NSW L |     12.429 |      9.193 |     14.093 |    372.733 |    859.111 |   4.783.517 |
|  NSW  |     28.063 |     19.089 |     70.401 |    710.321 |  2.226.840 |  18.446.910 |
|  PS4  |         15 |         17 |      1.159 |        512 |     81.118 |   7.819.733 |
|n-2DSLL|        214 |        141 |        732 |      8.117 |     16.595 |   1.200.620 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

 

[Stanley]

All consoles seeking much more this week! 

[the_debaser]

Close to zero chance Nintendo will release a new Switch anytime soon then. 

[Stanley]

What’s going on with the OLED? Crazy numbers and outselling the normal Switch and Lite combined 

[the_debaser]

Well it’s the best version of the best console. I didn’t realise they were still selling non oled models. 

[HarMGM]

2 hours ago, Stanley said:

What’s going on with the OLED? Crazy numbers and outselling the normal Switch and Lite combined 

Probably owners of the earlier models upgrading + new customers choosing the latest and best model.

[layten]

I wonder how many Japanese developers who tied their flag to the PS5 mast look at those numbers and wonder how their game will work with shit graphics. 

[SMD]

20 minutes ago, layten said:

I wonder how many Japanese developers who tied their flag to the PS5 mast look at those numbers and wonder how their game will work with shit graphics. 

 

Has there been many of those? Genuinely asking cos I don't really know of many PS5 exclusives.

[Uzi]

I would gather the bigger jap dev titles that are PS5 or Sony exclusive sell significantly more in the west than Japan so its probably not that relevant. FFVII remake series will probably be the most obvious examples. 

[HarMGM]

Has it been a week? Time moves fast this time of year. Anyway, courtesy of Installed Base from the ever reliable Chris1964.

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Famitsu Sales: Week 28, 2022 (Jul 04 - Jul 10)

01./01. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set <Monster Hunter Rise \ Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak> <ACT> (Capcom) {2022.06.30} (¥7.990) - 44.071 / 148.386 (-58%)
02./02. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 19.527 / 551.997 (-3%)
03./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 10.983 / 4.712.571 (+11%)
04./09. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 9.849 / 3.205.678 (+39%)
05./00. [NSW] Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series <Klonoa: Door to Phantomile \ Klonoa 2: Lunatea's Veil> <ACT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2022.07.07} (¥4.980) - 9.602 / NEW
06./05. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.03.25} (¥5.980) - 8.864 / 795.561 (+0%)
07./08. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 8.426 / 2.700.342 (+13%)
08./03. [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2022.06.24} (¥7.200) - 8.039 / 123.418 (-55%)
09./06. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 # <RCE> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2022.03.04} (¥7.900) - 7.759 / 125.453 (-5%)
10./07. [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles # <FTG> (Aniplex) {2022.06.09} (¥6.800) - 5.682 / 136.066 (-28%)Top 10

NSW - 9
PS5 - 1

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     66.243 |     84.281 |     69.283 |  2.348.381 |  3.155.234 |  25.267.882 |
| PS5 # |     13.361 |     24.361 |     14.404 |    517.571 |    634.191 |   1.740.906 |
| XBS # |      4.944 |     12.530 |      1.066 |    136.790 |     29.736 |     265.448 |
| 3DS # |        206 |        214 |        628 |      8.323 |     17.223 |  24.595.771 |
| PS4 # |         12 |         15 |        678 |        524 |     82.020 |   9.395.468 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     84.766 |    121.401 |     86.059 |  3.011.589 |  3.918.404 |  62.453.094 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |     12.469 |     20.028 |     12.271 |    462.423 |    537.755 |   1.491.549 |
| PS5DE |        892 |      4.333 |      2.133 |     55.148 |     96.436 |     249.357 |
| XBS X |        509 |      9.756 |        579 |     50.838 |     20.417 |     124.129 |
| XBS S |      4.435 |      2.774 |        487 |     85.952 |      9.319 |     141.319 |
|NSWOLED|     26.257 |     43.789 |            |  1.225.341 |            |   1.997.469 |
| NSW L |     14.029 |     12.429 |     16.416 |    386.762 |    875.527 |   4.797.546 |
|  NSW  |     25.957 |     28.063 |     52.867 |    736.278 |  2.279.707 |  18.472.867 |
|  PS4  |         12 |         15 |        678 |        524 |     81.796 |   7.819.745 |
|n-2DSLL|        206 |        214 |        628 |      8.323 |     17.223 |   1.200.826 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

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On another note:

On 09/07/2022 at 15:45, layten said:

I wonder how many Japanese developers who tied their flag to the PS5 mast look at those numbers and wonder how their game will work with shit graphics. 

On 09/07/2022 at 16:30, Uzi said:

I would gather the bigger jap dev titles that are PS5 or Sony exclusive sell significantly more in the west than Japan so its probably not that relevant. FFVII remake series will probably be the most obvious examples. 

Playstation's position in the JP market has been a discussion point for quite some time. An interesting perspective came up in one of the Media Create threads on Install Base around the beginning of this year from someone who works at a smaller publishers of Japanese games.

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2021 was a disaster for the system. a shocking, surprising, and unprecedented disaster for the playstation brand. the ps4's userbase exists, but it isn't growing. there are no new fans getting consoles in a way that will drive software sales. that means all you can draw from are an existing userbase of customers. the ps5 could technically take on that growth... but a year in, it really looks like there's a problem beyond scalpers. there's just a lack of interest in the platform in general.

you'll see falcom on switch next year with nayuta. unlike what capcom does, this isn't a test. falcom doesn't have resources for testing. this is a training tool. they're going to use this to get their developers to build experience with switch. they're going to be on switch with the next big thing after the current kiseki story is over (because hajimari/kuro were planned before any switch development started internally for them).

some atlus fellas will need to swallow pride and port over more persona. ps5/ps4 for persona 6 in 2023 or whatever is possible, but at that point, atlus and sega themselves would be ceding all of the japanese sales to focus exclusively on a western marketing deal. considering the history of dragon quest and nintendo, i doubt dragon quest xii was going to be skipping switch, but if there was any chance of that, then it was dashed this year (similar to how dqxi came to 3ds).

some companies squandered an entire generation to get anything going. level-5 gave up a pretty good partnership to due to their own hubris, believing their success was purely on their own backs. idea factory kinda stumbled around after the vita died and didn't have anything prepped for new platforms. spike chunsoft is only now getting their biggest internal brand on switch with a bit of a delayed success.

in general it feels like things will settle into a new normal in 2022 and 2023. past success does not guarantee future success, but i doubt anyone is going to take a wait and see approach to the switch's successor hardware.

 

[Vemsie]

Crazy.

 

 

 

[Kevvy Metal]

…and well deserved! 

[SMD]

i wonder how xenoblade 3 will do, feels like it's been given more of a push by nintendo (at least in europe) than any of the others and technically this year you haven't got any major competition on the switch in that genre. it's got 2 clear months before splatoon 3 and that has 2 clear months from pokemon. i suppose there's still time for nintendo to announce and release metroid prime remake by november but i don't see that as something that would impact xenoblade 3's legs.

[dataDave]

I want Bayonetta 3, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, and Splatoon 3. As much as I'd love a Metroid Prime HD I can't imagine a worse time to drop it, other than on the same day BotW2 comes out.

[bear]

On 09/07/2022 at 14:45, layten said:

I wonder how many Japanese developers who tied their flag to the PS5 mast look at those numbers and wonder how their game will work with shit graphics. 

How many Japanese developers have tied their flag to the PS5 mast without (a) getting a lovely big bag of cash from Jim Ryan or (b)making a game that's intended to target Western markets heavily? 

 

[SMD]

It's been rumoured for ages and on top of that you're surely expecting these new games to be close to release:

 

- new Mario 3D title

- new Mario 2D title

- new Donkey Kong

- sequel to 1,2 Switch

- whatever the Mario Kart team have been doing that isn't MK9

- new Yoshi game

- Pikmin 4

 

plus we have no idea if Nintendo are working on a new Captain Toad, Starfox, F-Zero, 2D Zelda, Punch Out or Chibi Robo.

 

at the very least you'd expect one major Mario release next year alongside BOTW 2 and a new original title from Nintendo. they like to have their major titles spaced out but a remaster of Metroid Prime isn't going to get the same consideration that MP4 will. It's a big if but MP4 being a year away would mean I could see Nintendo throwing as much resources as they could to get it out before Christmas 2023. You'd want a Metroid Prime remake to have enough time to sell and generate buzz, they're not going to drop it in the summer.

 

Of course if it doesn't come out this year then we know that we're not seeing MP4 before 2024...

[bear]

Prime is twenty (good god) years old this November which seems like a perfect time to release the rumoured remaster/remake if it's going to happen.

 

With that said, I don't think Prime 4 comes out on the Switch. If it's going to be a late 2023 or early 2024 game then I feel like it makes sense for it to be an early showcase for a Switch 2. I know I'm running the risk of people posting that obnoxious beacon gif by mentioning a Switch 2 but that's my hot take. Which isn't all that hot. 

[SMD]

I struggle to see a Switch successor next year mostly due to the chip situation as well as the sales of the current models. If it was starting to flag I'd see the sensibility behind pushing forward even with potentially restricted production but if they can get through to 2024 with a cheaper cost of build, more availability of components and the chance to bump up some specs then I think Nintendo would be mad not to hold on.

 

Plus I think Nintendo will intend on cross gen support. A lot of games have already been designed with dynamic resolution and frame rate, being able to have the same titles release a la Xbox without needing to put out different versions would make Nintendo's transition as painless and seamless as possible.

 

Being able to put out a premium Switch 2 while having a Switch 1 lite as close to $99 as possible would be a hell of a move to tie up the market in the medium future.

[dataDave]

That’s a big hope. They’ve never done a console sequel before, and I can’t personally ever see a £99 Switch 1 in production (with 110M units, and climbing, already out there) at the same time as they try to generate Switch 2 buzz.

 

It’d be more like them to let the Switch platform stagnate for the final year before throwing something completely different out with a whole new approach. At best it’ll be backwards compatible with Switch software, maybe.

[SMD]

since the latter days of Iwata they've reiterated that they want the Switch line to be a family of products and keep referring to iOS/Apple as an example. Facilitating a clean break from both their home and handheld lines was understood as a necessary step towards that. Maybe the Wii U wasn't worth keeping around but the 3/DS line at least had a rich library to draw from.

 

I'd be surprised if they spent all this time fostering the Switch brand only to go for a clean break between generations again. I don't expect there to be massive changes in the form factor or experience, I think all the new stuff will be under the hood so it'll look like a Switch and function like one but with a generation step up in innards. I don't think it'll be a radical departure since they're continuing with nVidia, not to mention that they already have the proprietary cart figured out. They've been trying to get that cost down for years, changing that would be business folly.

 

They might do some kind of Pro Joycon or something but even then I think they'll just work on tweaking it to make sure they can cut costs on production and packaging. Having joycons supported across Switch 1 and 2 makes everything easier.

 

I hope that they just develop patches for their older titles to take advantage of the new hardware but keep the transition seamless cos honestly there's still a lot of mileage in the hybrid model IMO. More current gen stuff but handheld is pretty much the appetite of the market and I don't think they'll go wrong if they can keep getting the majority of Japanese devs on board while aiming for something in the window of the Series S for Western support.

[mushashi]

21 hours ago, Kevvy Metal said:

…and well deserved! 

 

It's apparently incorrect as it was based on an incomplete data set. So it's not currently in the Top 10 highest grossing list.

 

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Correction:The NPD previously stated that Elden Ring was among the top ten best-selling games of all time in the US, but has since retracted this statement, clarifying that it was based on an incomplete data set. We have removed the reference to this in the article.

 

[the_debaser]

Seemed unlikely, there are probably 10 Madden and 10 COD and 3 GTA games ahead of it at least. 

[mushashi]

CoD has been the highest grossing branch of McDonald's/Subway in the US for the past 13 years purely based on revenue of copies sold annually.

 

But as they don't release any of the actual commercially valuable data, we'll never now how much money you have to generate to get a Top 10 All-Time placing currently.

[mushashi]

The NPD did release some charts a few years ago showing which games had generated the most revenue in the US since 2000. The plastic tat fad unsurprisingly dominated until 2009 as they cost a lot and sold a lot of units too, while the 2010s was dominated by 2 brands, Rockstar Games and Call of Duty:

 

 

2010 to 2019 highest grossing games in the US:

1. Grand Theft Auto V
2. Call of Duty: Black Ops
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
4. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
6. Call Of Duty: Ghosts
7. Red Dead Redemption II
8. Call of Duty: WWII
9. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
10. Minecraft
11. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
12. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2019
13. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
14. Mario Kart 8
15. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
16. Battlefield 1
17. Battlefield 4
18. Destiny
19. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
20. Star Wars Battlefront 2015

 

2000 to 2009 highest grossing games in the US:

 

1. Guitar Hero III Legends Of Rock
2. Wii Fit
3. Rock Band
4. Wii Play W/ Remote
5. Guitar Hero World Tour
6. Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
7. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
8. Mario Kart Wii
9. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
10. Call Of Duty: World At War
11. Guitar Hero 2
12. Rock Band 2
13. Madden NFL 07
14. Halo 3
15. Madden NFL 08
16. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
17. Madden NFL 09
18. Halo 2
19. Grand Theft Auto IV
20. Madden NFL 06

[the_debaser]

20 minutes ago, mushashi said:

Call Of Duty: Ghosts

Never even heard of that one, must’ve missed it. I’ll have to check it out.