Rllmuk's Official Sales Figures

[dataDave]

10 minutes ago, Broker said:

Absolutely fair point about third party support, that does transform the software catalogue. But in terms of first party Nintendo games, it took several years for the Switch to receive anything that wasn’t an almost identical Wii U port.

 

[Shimmyhill]

5 minutes ago, Broker said:

Mario Kart 8 is exactly the same on switch as it was on Wii U, except the DLC is included.

 

I dunno, it’s 1080/60 vs 720/59…… it does look a fair chunk better on Switch and not just the res - i think i have 6 copies across Wii U and Switch and the Switch is a much better experience, its hard to improve on perfection

 

I loved the Wii U to be fair, remote play that worked properly just on the pad and I even liked that - some how playing Super Metroid was better on the Wii U pad than on a Switch handheld IMO and that was the same for many retro games…. I really should pick one up as the kids have claimed my original one!

[Stanley]

29 minutes ago, dataDave said:

 

And Xenoblade Chronicles 2, all came out in 2017, as did Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle, which whilst technically third party relies heavily on Nintendo IP.

 

Oh, and classic 1, 2 Switch 

 

 Christ I’m forgetting Splatoon 2 - so all in all it had a pretty healthy selection of Switch exclusives in the first 12 months. 

[Shimmyhill]

8 minutes ago, Stanley said:

And Xenoblade Chronicles 2, all came out in 2017, as did Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle, which whilst technically third party relies heavily on Nintendo IP.

 

Oh, and classic 1, 2 Switch 

 

 Christ I’m forgetting Splatoon 2 - so all in all it had a pretty healthy selection of Switch exclusives in the first 12 months. 

 

Far more the Xbox series or PS5 that at best had some DLC, a remake and some cross gen stuff….. maybe thats why the Switch is still killing it, only console to get new game experience first party stuff  

[Stanley]

I mean this is becoming a bit of a love in but so what, Splatoon 3 is further proof if any were needed of a company at the height of their powers, it’s an incredible game that demonstrates clearly just what they do so well. 

[fat flatulent git]

13 hours ago, Broker said:

Mario Kart 8 is exactly the same on switch as it was on Wii U, except the DLC is included. SM3DW has a small extra DLC campaign. As someone who played both originally on Wii U, the Switch versions are not a great value upgrade. Then there’s BOTW which is the same, and things like Mario Maker 2 which would be classed as the laziest sequels ever if they were on the same hardware as the previous game.

 

Absolutely fair point about third party support, that does transform the software catalogue. But in terms of first party Nintendo games, it took several years for the Switch to receive anything that wasn’t an almost identical Wii U port.

 

 

It's years since I last played the Wii U Mario Kart 8 but from memory it had fewer characters and only allowed one weapon at a time, and didn't have 200cc races.  And by the end of next year even with its dlc Mario Kart 8 deluxe will have double its number of tracks.

 

As others have pointed out, there were first party games on the Switch in its first year, including the celebrated Mario Odyssey and the underrated Arms.  And now there are many more Nintendo games on Switch that weren't on Wii U.

 

Edited - research shows that Wii U Mario Kart 8 did have 200cc races.

[fat flatulent git]

I mean, you actually said that they are so similar, not that they were similar four years ago, so there's no need to omit first party games that came out more recently.

 

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they’re so similar.

 

So there's also Fire Emblem (Warriors and Three Houses), various Kirby games, Game Builder Garage, Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario, Ring Fit Adventure, Mario Home Circuit, Splatoon 2 and 3, several Xenoblade games, Metroid Dread, Odyssey, Yoshi's Crafted World, Animal Crossing, Miitopia and Warioware Get It Together, which AFAIK didn't come out on Switch.

 

The Wii U is very underrated and it is frustrating that the Switch hasn't had original Donkey Kong and NSMB games (I used to include Mario Kart before the booster packs).  But to suggest its software line up is comparable to the Switch is just wrong.

[layten]

10 minutes ago, fat flatulent git said:

So there's also Fire Emblem (Warriors and Three Houses), various Kirby games, Game Builder Garage, Luigi's Mansion, Paper Mario, Ring Fit Adventure, Mario Home Circuit, Splatoon 2 and 3, several Xenoblade games, Metroid Dread, Odyssey, Yoshi's Crafted World, Animal Crossing, Miitopia and Warioware Get It Together

Yes, but apart from all those. What have Nintendo ever done for us?

[Mr. Gerbik]

I just want Nintendo to make a game that *I* like, not one that is hugely commercially successful, critically acclaimed, and popular! Goddammit

[HarMGM]

I think that outside of the quality of similarity of the software catalogue, what really wound up killing the Wii U was just the enormous gaps between software releases.

 

Did the Wii U have some great games that only found an audience when they were brought to the Switch? Sure.

But what got in the way was Nintendo's awful planning of the software line-up on the Wii U.

 

On the Switch we've had 1 year where we didn't have a 1st party release once a month: 2020. Every other year we've had close to 1 Nintendo developed/published game a month.

 

The Wii U had a much harder time on the market right from its first year where it took Nintendo 8 months to finally publish a new game after launch. 2014 and 2015 were a bit better in that regard but not by much.

 

I often wonder why so many Wii U owners forget about that little issue when discussing the console or its line-up. It killed interest not just in terms of sales, but as an owner of it myself its the only Nintendo console ive ever regretted owning.

[the_debaser]

Also, wiiu launched with Nintendoland, which was a 10 minute diversion at best, switch launched with the best game ever. And when wiiu was announced no-one knew what it was, one short advert for switch and you knew immediately what the proposition was. It’s like the company and it’s messaging was transformed in a few years. 

[Stanley]

3 hours ago, layten said:

Yes, but apart from all those. What have Nintendo ever done for us?

Labo! 

[HarMGM]

3 hours ago, Stanley said:

Labo! 

Don't forget about the sequel to the best game ever made: Clubhouse Games!

[Giles]

I imagine Nintendo HQ to be like Wonka's factory. I suspect they're holding back a dozen games.

[mushashi]

On 16/09/2022 at 11:33, Shimmyhill said:

 

While I have some love for the Vita they released it at the wrong time and it was the wrong product - it was clearly meant to be a remote play device but didnt have enough buttons to do it but it did have a folly of a back pad. They got schooled by Nintendo making the same mistakes Sega made with the GG - wrong product at the wrong time aiming at a market that didnt exist.

 

Streaming wasn't exactly something anybody in their right mind was thinking was a mainstream idea back in 2009 when Sony were designing the Next Generation Portable. It was designed as an evolution of the philosophy behind the original PlayStation Portable, a handheld device aiming to deliver high-end home console-type experiences primarily. The backtouch was an interesting gimmick, the sort of thing Nintendo loves shoving into new hardware.

 

Sony's US marketing man described the reasons behind its existence as thus:

 

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“We firmly believe that PlayStation Vita will supersede the mobile market when launched, and have grand ambitions for a product that is really at the forefront of innovation,” said hardware marketing man John Koller. “The mobile market in the U.S. offers consumers extremely light gaming options. We developed PlayStation Vita after observing a significant addressable market that demands rich, deep handheld gaming.”

 

 

 

Unfortunately, unlike the PSP, the addressable market had shrunk significantly and publishers couldn't be convinced to support it like they did the PSP initially so no point throwing good money after bad.

[Shimmyhill]

54 minutes ago, mushashi said:

 

Streaming wasn't exactly something anybody in their right mind was thinking was a mainstream idea back in 2009 when Sony were designing the Next Generation Portable. It was designed as an evolution of the philosophy behind the original PlayStation Portable, a handheld device aiming to deliver high-end home console-type experiences primarily. The backtouch was an interesting gimmick, the sort of thing Nintendo loves shoving into new hardware.

 

Sony's US marketing man described the reasons behind its existence as thus:

 

 

Unfortunately, unlike the PSP, the addressable market had shrunk significantly and publishers couldn't be convinced to support it like they did the PSP initially so no point throwing good money after bad.

 

Really? Given the PSP did it with PS3 prior to 2009 and Sony pushed the Vita & PS4 combo very early doors it seems that it was defi part of their plans.

 

I guess it was the ‘DualShock in your hand’ experience they went on about and then didnt give it the same number of buttons that grates - they wanted a portable PlayStation to play the same games on the move and then crippled that with bad design, it was more apparent when the streaming stuff became a potential USP to push sales. 

[Stanley]

It was part of their plan, definitely, there’s an interview with Mark Cerny, system architect for both machines, saying as much. It was even in their marketing, playing PS4 games on the move. 

[HarMGM]

I just can't fathom how Sony let Nintendo, of all companies, run away with the Monster Hunter IP. The series that essentially created the software market for the PSP in Japan, that got other third parties interested in making more PSP games and cancelling existing projects for the PS2 and the Wii. All of that and the company that snagged away Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest under Nintendo's nose, let's Nintendo do something very similar to them.

 

Did nobody ever consider that Nintendo had already shown they were ready to do just that when they heavily embraced and pushed MH3 for the Wii? Or when Reggie Fils-Aime said pretty explicitly that Nintendo's target for the 3DS was to merge the DS and PSP software market?

 

It just winds up looking like Sony keeps underestimating one of their competitors. I just don't understand why.

[thesnwmn]

8 minutes ago, HarMGM said:

It just winds up looking like Sony keeps underestimating one of their competitors. I just don't understand why.

 

Because that's how market dynamics often work isn't it. The market leader rest on their laurels or assumes their position is stronger or thinks they know the market best. They forget what it took to get them where they are and risk throwing it in the toilet at every opportunity. At some point most successful people and organisations think they know better than others. Occasionally they look like visionaries but mostly they look like fools.

 

Same reason MS watched Sony spunk their early chances with the PS3 pitching a media machine and then did the same the very next generation. (Although in this case I think the non-media part and the digital licencing thing was fine, they just needed to shut up and let it happen rather than putting it centre stage).

 

Or Nintendo made Wii U assuming that the gamepad was a good idea or that they understood how to market it.

 

Or Intel suddenly find themselves allowing AMD back into the consumer CPU market.

[SMD]

Not quite, a lot of it is promoting the wrong people due to faulty numbers.

 

For example, one particular cycle that often happens (the best example of this was Boeing) is that sales and marketing staff get the credit for good performance as their KPIs or targets will reflect the greater volume or profitability of the company.

 

They then get into decision making roles and so make choices that reflect their backgrounds e.g reducing costs (and likely quality) or misunderstanding the technical aspects and alienating the engineering side.

 

Once you've got a bunch of number nonces in decision making roles, that's when it's easy for them to both think they're truly the reason for the previous success and that their reading of the market tea leaves will be infallible.

 

Hence you get execs who definitely know that 3D is the next fad to capitalise on or that the key to securing long term success is dominating the living room, because the numbers say so.

 

Meanwhile, the engineers either have no say or have already moved on. Without that healthy balance, you're always at a bit risk of heading down a business cul de sac.

 

These companies aren't really living and breathing entities but complex organisations that can easily be undone by the wrong metrics or interpretation of data. I don't think it's a coincidence that the departure of several key figures at Sony plus the rise of Jim Ryan see them heading down a path that could quite easily see the PS6 do weaker numbers. At the moment their brand loyalty is doing the heavy work but they're getting dangerously closed to being pinched by MS and Nintendo.

[Stanley]

I think the PS Vita and Wii U are similar in that respect; they were both marketed around a similar idea of a home console/portable hybrid - the idea being you could stream your PS4 games to your Vita, and Wii U to use off screen play with the game pad. Neither were very successful. 
 

The difference being this lead Sony to abandon the handheld market altogether losing even more market share in Japan, whilst Nintendo stuck with its hybrid formula for Switch, and, well, the rest is history. 
 

It does seem incredibly short sighted of Sony. 

[HarMGM]

Well, might as well start doing the US numbers.

 

August 2022 NPD results for North America.

 

Top 20

 

2022 YTD software sales

 

Platform specific charts:

Nintendo

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Playstation:

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Xbox:

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In terms of hardware sales it goes like this:

 

(Units)

1) PS5

2) Switch

3) Xbox Series

 

(Revenue)

1) PS5

2) Xbox Series

3) Switch

 

PS5 and Xbox both experienced double digit growth in terms of sales.

[thesnwmn]

Madden... New thus month and straight into #5 YTD. Still a powerhouse 

[Stanley]

It’s their FIFA. 

[HarMGM]

Another week, another update from Japan. It's Famitsu's software charts again. Coming to you from Install Base as always.

 

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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

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |    127.558 |    182.876 |     40.068 |  3.287.020 |  3.818.354 |  26.206.521 |
| XBS # |     14.077 |        459 |      4.376 |    209.590 |     60.942 |     338.248 |
| PS5 # |     11.180 |      2.864 |     16.084 |    702.346 |    790.565 |   1.925.681 |
| 3DS # |         29 |         74 |        643 |      9.413 |     22.727 |  24.596.861 |
| PS4 # |         12 |         11 |        747 |        651 |     94.765 |   9.395.595 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    152.856 |    186.284 |     61.918 |  4.209.020 |  4.787.353 |  63.651.615 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |      8.739 |      2.227 |     13.289 |    629.304 |    668.935 |   1.658.430 |
| PS5DE |      2.441 |        637 |      2.795 |      3.078 |    121.630 |     267.251 |
| XBS X |        866 |        175 |      2.792 |     86.500 |     36.467 |     159.791 |
| XBS S |     13.211 |        284 |      1.584 |    123.090 |     24.475 |     178.457 |
|NSWOLED|     96.889 |    148.377 |            |  1.850.722 |            |   2.622.850 |
| NSW L |      4.986 |      6.640 |      8.778 |    480.444 |    989.662 |   4.891.228 |
|  NSW  |     25.683 |     27.859 |     31.290 |    955.854 |  2.828.692 |  18.692.443 |
|  PS4  |         12 |         11 |        747 |        651 |     94.541 |   7.819.872 |
|n-2DSLL|         29 |         74 |        643 |      9.413 |     22.727 |   1.201.916 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

A big drop for Splatoon 3 but that's to be expected after its massive opening last week. It has effectively crossed the 4 million mark.

 

The bigger release this week is the offline version of DQX which has sold out on every platform. After that we have a surprise result from the hardware side where we can see that Xbox has once again crossed the PS5 in terms of sales. Oh, and the Switch had a second 100k+ week this month.

[Vemsie]

On 13/09/2022 at 07:36, mwaawm said:

Does that hold true if you combine oled/standard/light iterations of the switch?

I think so. Sorry for the late reply, it's been some busy weeks.

[HarMGM]

And we have another week with Splatoon 3 in the lead and what a lead it is.

 

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Famitsu Sales: Week 39, 2022 (Sep 19 - Sep 25)

01./01. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 301.845 / 2.743.135 (-40%)
02./00. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival <ACT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2022.09.22} (¥5.980) - 31.085 / NEW
03./13. [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West # <RPG> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2022.02.18} (¥7.900) - 10.263 / 81.479 (+153%)
04./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 9.617 / 4.847.032 (+0%)
05./08. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 8.829 / 2.801.507 (+33%)
06./02. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 8.554 / 152.390 (-94%)
07./06. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 8.538 / 740.713 (+14%)
08./00. [NSW] The DioField Chronicle <SLG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.22} (¥6.980) - 6.415 / NEW
09./03. [PS4] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 5.642 / 53.742 (-88%)
10./10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 5.079 / 4.981.611 (+8%)

Top 10

NSW - 8
PS4 - 1
PS5 - 1

That's Splatoon 3 posting what is the 9th highest week for a game on its 3rd week of release. Elsewhere we have a new Taiko with a rather soft launch and Diofield Chronicle doing a bit meh-ish. Last week's DQ remake has completely sold out on all platforms, hence only the Switch version charting here with such low numbers. S-E underestimated demand by quite a bit.

 

Next up, hardware:

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|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     86.572 |    127.558 |     46.297 |  3.373.592 |  3.864.651 |  26.293.093 |
| PS5 # |     29.522 |     11.180 |     26.481 |    731.868 |    817.046 |   1.955.203 |
| XBS # |     12.179 |     14.077 |      2.643 |    221.769 |     63.585 |     350.427 |
| 3DS # |         41 |         29 |        588 |      9.454 |     23.315 |  24.596.902 |
| PS4 # |         10 |         12 |      1.641 |        661 |     96.406 |   9.395.605 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    128.324 |    152.856 |     77.650 |  4.337.344 |  4.865.003 |  63.779.980 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |     26.380 |      8.739 |     22.545 |    655.684 |    691.480 |   1.684.810 |
| PS5DE |      3.142 |      2.441 |      3.936 |     76.184 |    125.566 |     270.393 |
| XBS X |        544 |        866 |      1.042 |     87.044 |     37.509 |     160.335 |
| XBS S |     11.635 |     13.211 |      1.601 |    134.725 |     26.076 |     190.092 |
|NSWOLED|     55.646 |     96.889 |            |  1.906.368 |            |   2.678.496 |
| NSW L |      3.982 |      4.986 |     10.003 |    484.426 |    999.665 |   4.895.210 |
|  NSW  |     26.944 |     25.683 |     36.294 |    982.798 |  2.864.986 |  18.719.387 |
|  PS4  |         10 |         12 |      1.641 |        661 |     96.182 |   7.819.882 |
|n-2DSLL|         41 |         29 |        588 |      9.454 |     23.315 |   1.201.957 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

A drop for the Switch and PS5 rises once more. It has now finally passed the Wii U at a similar point in that systems lifespan. We also have Xbox doing incredibly at the moment. Microsoft might actually wind up outselling the 360 with the Series X/S.

 

On another note: word on the street in Japan is that the Switch Lite has all but sold out in most stores nation wide. Regular and OLED versions are also beginning to sell out.

[HarMGM]

New top ten for Japan, covering week 39/40 of 2022

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Famitsu Sales: Week 40, 2022 (Sep 26 - Oct 02)

01./01. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 157.348 / 2.900.483 (-48%)
02./00. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Dark II - Crimson Sin # <RPG> (Nihon Falcom) {2022.09.29} (¥7.800) - 36.261 / NEW
03./00. [PS4] Valkyrie Elysium <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.29} (¥7.800) - 23.295 / NEW
04./00. [PS4] FIFA 23 <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2022.09.30} (¥7.909) - 21.721 / NEW
05./00. [PS5] Valkyrie Elysium <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.29} (¥7.800) - 17.067 / NEW
06./06. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) - 14.484 / 166.874 (+69%)
07./00. [PS5] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Dark II - Crimson Sin # <RPG> (Nihon Falcom) {2022.09.29} (¥7.800) - 14.446 / NEW
08./00. [NSW] FIFA 23: Legacy Edition <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2022.09.30} (¥3.909) - 11.783 / NEW
09./02. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival <ACT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2022.09.22} (¥5.980) - 8.911 / 39.996 (-71%)
10./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 8.126 / 4.855.158 (-16%)

Top 10

NSW - 5
PS4 - 3
PS5 - 2

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     70.385 |     86.572 |     40.463 |  3.443.977 |  3.905.114 |  26.363.478 |
| PS5 # |     18.076 |     29.522 |     12.822 |    749.944 |    829.868 |   1.973.279 |
| XBS # |     13.064 |     12.179 |      4.135 |    234.833 |     67.720 |     363.491 |
| 3DS # |         27 |         41 |        474 |      9.481 |     23.789 |  24.596.929 |
| PS4 # |         14 |         10 |        933 |        675 |     97.339 |   9.395.619 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    101.566 |    128.324 |     58.827 |  4.438.910 |  4.923.830 |  63.881.573 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |     15.101 |     26.380 |     11.041 |    670.785 |    702.521 |   1.699.911 |
| PS5DE |      2.975 |      3.142 |      1.781 |     79.159 |    127.347 |     273.368 |
| XBS X |      3.401 |        544 |      1.372 |     90.445 |     38.881 |     163.736 |
| XBS S |      9.663 |     11.635 |      2.763 |    144.388 |     28.839 |     199.755 |
|NSWOLED|     47.042 |     55.646 |            |  1.953.410 |            |   2.725.538 |
| NSW L |      2.549 |      3.982 |      8.377 |    486.975 |  1.008.042 |   4.897.759 |
|  NSW  |     20.794 |     26.944 |     32.086 |  1.003.592 |  2.897.072 |  18.740.181 |
|  PS4  |         14 |         10 |        933 |        675 |     97.115 |   7.819.896 |
|n-2DSLL|         27 |         41 |        474 |      9.481 |     23.789 |   1.201.984 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

 

Splatoon 3 is holding out quite nicely despite the double digit drops. It closes out September being just under 3 million at retail alone. Add in digital and it should be just above 5 million. Essentially matching the LTD sales of Splatoon 2 in just a month.

 

A quick little note: Install Base, the forum where these figures come from, is about to open up publicly. So if you want to follow sales discussions about Japan or elsewhere and want to despair at the insane hot takes you find nowhere else on the internet, give it a visit.

[Mallet]

Is Splatoon that big every where or is it just huge in Japan? 

[HarMGM]

Mostly Japan. But if 2 is any indication, even in the west its a series that's good for 7/8 million units across Europe and America.