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Sales Data Famitsu Sales: Week 49, 2023 (Nov. 27-Dec. 3)

Credit: Chris1964


Famitsu Sales: Week 49, 2023 (Nov 27 - Dec 03)

01./00. [NSW] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2023.12.01} (¥6.980) - 346.583 / NEW
02./01. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! <TBL> (Konami) {2023.11.16} (¥6.300) - 64.946 / 477.956 (-34%)
03./02. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20} (¥5.980) - 61.794 / 1.150.511 (-2%)
04./03. [NSW] Super Mario RPG <RPG> (Nintendo) {2023.11.17} (¥5.980) - 24.099 / 379.754 (-56%)
05./05. [NSW] Pikmin 4 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.07.21} (¥5.980) - 13.366 / 978.683 (+27%)
06./04. [NSW] WarioWare: Move It! <ETC> (Nintendo) {2023.11.03} (¥4.980) - 9.597 / 74.279 (-15%)
07./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 8.464 / 5.556.552 (+20%)
08./08. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 7.925 / 3.325.906 (+16%)
09./10. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 7.224 / 7.591.150 (+19%)
10./12. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 7.106 / 5.336.148 (+46%)

Top 10

NSW - 10

HARDWARE

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switch won't survive another Christmas.
the successor needs to come sooner rather than later.
Although I believe the Switch can comfortably sell another 10 million units, it’d be displaying a downward trend for a couple of years ago. Investors would explode if Nintendo doesn’t come up with something hardware related to increase hardware sales revenue
 
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If WiiU could survive on nothing for 4 1/2 years.
Switch could easily do two more Christmas with nothing
this is not the comparison you want to make.

now that we are firmly into the holiday season in japan, it is very obvious that this is “not great” for the switch. software is a bright point though. i wonder what the top 30 for switch TY looks like vs prior years.

DQM is honestly surprising. it was doing quite badly on COMG by comparison (though that’s becoming less and less telling.) SMRPG is upsetting me tho :mad: another 50% drop - slow it down!
 
I mean name another platform that had sales like this at it's 7th year
i feel like you continue to make this point and, while it is true, it doesn't negate anything anyone is saying about this being not a great showing for the switch. unless that's not what you're trying to do then nvm, but just this week alone, it sold almost less than half the lowest selling week 49 ever. yes, you can make the concession that it is still "good for a console in it's seventh year" but i don't think nintendo is/should be looking at this and going "well, good for a console in it's seventh year, let's keep riding the negative downturn bc of that!"

i guess what i'm saying is, it can be both things - not great for the switch (quite massively below any prior year) and better than most consoles in their seventh year (or some in any year.)
 
Treasures opened at 143k at number 2. This is quite the bump over that. I guess what kind of spinoff it is matters.
 
I dunno I feel like part of the concern has to due with anxiety that the Switch 2 won't release next year. Otherwise why would people bring up that sales of a console in it's 7th year have slowed down? Especially when there wasn't a big title like Pokemon this November
 
Dragon Quest Monsters did fantastic. Better than anyone probably expected. It seems like it’s the biggest launch for a JRPG this year, even.

i don't think nintendo is/should be looking at this and going "well, good for a console in it's seventh year, let's keep riding the negative downturn bc of that!"
They’re obviously not thinking that. I highly doubt Switch HW sales is affecting their reveal/release schedule for their next console. Especially with SW sales going so strong.

Especially when there wasn't a big title like Pokemon this November
There’s been at least three 300K+ launches these past few weeks. Not Pokemon, but nothing to scoff at.
 
Dragon Quest Monsters did fantastic. Better than anyone probably expected. It seems like it’s the biggest launch for a JRPG this year, even.


They’re obviously not thinking that. I highly doubt Switch HW sales is affecting their reveal/release schedule for their next console. Especially with SW sales going so strong.


There’s been at least three 300K+ launches these past few weeks. Not Pokemon, but nothing to scoff at.
Like Nintendo has proven, their software is what determines their release schedule. The Switch 2’s release, I presume, must have been decided about a year ago.
• Two years ago maybe suggested;
• But a year ago cemented.

If they internally delayed it, it’s because one of its softwares ins’t ready yet, and it’s very important for them to launch alongside the unit next to it, or within the year.

That said, the Switch would have to do catastrophically bad during the Holidays for Nintendo to somehow make a decision based on that.

But they would just ride the negativity out until the successor’s release
 


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