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Sales Data Famitsu Week 35, 2022 sales (Aug. 22-28)

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Media Create Sales: Week 34, 2022 (Aug 22 - Aug 28)

Media Create Sales: Week 34, 2022 (Aug 22 - Aug 28) ___ Famitsu Sales: Week 35, 2022 (Aug 22 - Aug 28) 01./00. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 6 (D3Publisher) {2022.08.25} (¥8.164) - 68.341 / NEW 02./00. [NSW] SD Gundam: Battle Alliance (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2022.08.25} (¥7.980) - 38.634 /...
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Software:
1. PS4 Earth Defense Force 6 - 68,341
2. NSW SD Gundam: Battle Alliance - 38,634
3. PS4 Soul Hackers 2 - 31,604
4. PS5 Earth Defense Force 6 - 24,363
5. PS5 Soul Hackers 2 - 20,257
6. PS4 SD Gundam: Battle Alliance - 17,950
7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 11,644/4,802,581
8. Nintendo Switch Sports - 10,576/706,637
9. PS4 Saints Row - 10,013
10. PS5 SD Gundam: Battle Alliance - 9,625

This is definitely a PlayStation dominated week. MK8D reaches 4.8 million. Soul Hackers 2 barely clears 50,000.

Hardware:
Nintendo Switch family (includes OLED Lite and OG) 113,530 (this week), 2,878,418 (YTD)
Switch OLED 87,321 (this week), 1,539,014 (YTD)
PS5 (all varieties) 25,109 (this week), 668,010 (YTD)
Xbox Series 16,726 (this week), 189,616 (YTD)


Massive week for Splatoon 3 OLED, PS5 has a good week, and Xbox had a fantastic week, they're going to sell over 200,000 this year and getting closer to beating Xbox OG.
 
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9-Volt said:
When will that price bump for PS5 get activated? I expect a huge drop in sales, Japanese audience does not respond well to price increases.
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Since availability is still an issue, I'm guessing there will still be enough Japanese players and overseas buyers for the system to sell out each week. Now software in the long run however....
 
HockeyBird said:
Now software in the long run however....
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The PS4 versions this week outselling the PS5 version just doesn’t bode well.

I still don’t think the situation is going to change until Sony either throws down a mandate or the PS4 is no longer a “well we’re making a Switch version so why not?” option.
 
9-Volt said:
When will that price bump for PS5 get activated? I expect a huge drop in sales, Japanese audience does not respond well to price increases.
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Won't make a difference short term because of stock.

Edit: Hardware, software will continue to stay middling.
 
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This was the best week 35 on record for NSW thanks to the Splatoon 3 themed OLED release.
 
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Raccoon said:
Nintendo had to come back down to Earth eventually

hopefully they saved the fuckload of money they made for hard times
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I'm sure they have enough savings to survive this and the next week until friday. If not, Furukawa definitely will take a paycut to help out in this timeframe.
 
shoptroll said:
That pandemic bump wearing off
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Also is the 6th year and there is no hardware mover like Animal Crossing and MH:Rise had in 2020/2021, is the best selling console in it’s 6th year ever (quite better than DS in fact the 2nd best). Nintendo has already used all games that move hardware, only traditional game used to move consoles missing is a new DQ mainline game but DQ userbase is probably already on Switch anyway between DQXIS and spin-offs
 
Raccoon said:
Nintendo had to come back down to Earth eventually

hopefully they saved the fuckload of money they made for hard times
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I like how what was essentially “the hard times” for the majority of the human race was a boom period for Nintendo.
 
MH World feels like the last time there was a 7/10 Sony performance including the #1 spot. Good for them, but every time I see multiple PS4/PS5 games chart, it just raises more question marks about why it's become so rare. It's not like there aren't millions of PS4/PS5 owners in Japan.
 
Aggrocrog said:
MH World feels like the last time there was a 7/10 Sony performance including the #1 spot. Good for them, but every time I see multiple PS4/PS5 games chart, it just raises more question marks about why it's become so rare. It's not like there aren't millions of PS4/PS5 owners in Japan.
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The fact the console is fugly and huge might play a part.
Being new in the Minidisc world and seeing gorgeous designs by Sony it baffles me how they came to the ps5 quite frankly.
 
Maxrunner said:
The fact the console is fugly and huge might play a part.
Being new in the Minidisc world and seeing gorgeous designs by Sony it baffles me how they came to the ps5 quite frankly.
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My assumption is that the size/form factor are a direct function of the cost/manufacture considerations. Making something that powerful that was smaller in Fall 2020 would have been hard to sell for $500.
 
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ILikeFeet said:
wonder how the word of mouth will be for MiA. I've seen some videos of the game being a bit buggy
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wom will probably help this game (in addition to the anime running at the moment, fantastic btw). I have not seen any outlet with reviews or previews (the game comes out tomorrow) and yeah based on footage It looks very janky. Being at 60$ might be steep for some.
 
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Famitsu Week 35, 2022 Top 30 (Aug. 22-28)
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    • Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-8-22-22-8-28-22-top-30/

    1. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 6 – 68,341 / NEW
    2. [NSW] SD Gundam Battle Alliance – 38,634 / NEW
    3. [PS4] Soul Hackers 2 – 31,602 / NEW
    4. [PS5] Earth Defense Force 6 – 24,363 / NEW
    5. [PS5] Soul Hackers 2 – 20,257 / NEW
    6. [PS4] SD Gundam Battle Alliance – 17,950 / NEW
    7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 11,644 / 4,802,581
    8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 10,576 / 706,637
    9. [PS4] Saints Row – 10,013 / NEW
    10. [PS5] SD Gundam Battle Alliance – 9,625 / NEW
    11. [NSW] Minecraft – 8,417 / 2,768,153
    12. [PS5] Saints Row – 7,622 / NEW
    13. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land – 6,803 / 869,546
    14. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set – 5,383 / 255,660
    15. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,772 / 4,960,853
    16. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 4,414 / 3,258,181
    17. [NSW] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge – 4,365 / NEW
    18. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 4,179 / 1,027,240
    19. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 3,950 / 2,707,911
    20. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 3,888 / 7,317,633
    21. [NSW] Kirby’s Dream Buffet (Download Card) – 3,874 / 11,092
    22. [NSW] Live A Live – 3,081 / 114,467
    23. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 3 – 3,019 / 161,990
    24. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 – 2,700 / 223,407
    25. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 2,552 / 1,013,066
    26. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 2,359 / 4,114,681
    27. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 2,299 / 2,070,702
    28. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield – 1,904 / 4,367,814
    29. [NSW] Idol Manager – 1,872 / NEW
    30. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 1,844 / 2,287,806

    NS - 22
    PS4 - 4
    PS5 - 4
     
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    • Maxrunner said:
    Things will only get worse until a new model is released i think.
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    Raccoon said:
    Nintendo had to come back down to Earth eventually

    hopefully they saved the fuckload of money they made for hard times
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    I honestly don't get this kind of doom and gloom posting.
    Is it a desire to see Switch lose steam because you want a Pro/successor ASAP?

    Because the Switch is on track to equal or best 2019, it's third year, in it's 6th year, and that is incredibly strong sales and nothing that calls for concern.
     
    curl-6 said:
    I honestly don't get this kind of doom and gloom posting.
    Is it a desire to see Switch lose steam because you want a Pro/successor ASAP?

    Because the Switch is on track to equal or best 2019, it's third year, in it's 6th year, and that is incredibly strong sales and nothing that calls for concern.
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    I mean, it just went from miracle performance to regular good performance. Nothing wrong with going back to not being untouchably dominant
     
    Raccoon said:
    I mean, it just went from miracle performance to regular good performance. Nothing wrong with going back to not being untouchably dominant
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    But it's still both the bolded. It's so, so much more than "regular good performance"
     
    Raccoon said:
    I mean, it just went from miracle performance to regular good performance. Nothing wrong with going back to not being untouchably dominant
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    You should wait 2 weeks
    Then you'll see what a miracle performance looks like
     
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    PalmasOceania said:
    How can be best third year in Switch history regular performance though?O_O That would mean any other year is just weak performance then.
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    Right, for 2022 Switch will sell close to 5m in Japan and around 21m Global, that is still very high and not regular at all. Consider that PS5 sells around 1m a year in Japan and 21m is Gamecube's lifetime global sales in one year.
     
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    And let's not forget that literally every model has been selling out for more than a month now, it's not even just the OLED anymore that faces shortages.
     
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    Amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do to a piece of hardware, it even made me sell my old Switch and get the SpOLED. Breath of the Wild 2 next with a limited edition Drake, please? Thank you!

    Now I'm very curious what the next 2 weeks will do if hardware is moved in such a way with the game not even being out. Splatoon 3 might end up being the highest selling entry after all (not thanks to its marketing)
     
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    fourfourfun said:
    Oh god make this a thing.

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    Do we know the Xbox breakdown? Curious as to how the S is doing.
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    Yes, Xbox breakdown is:
    Xbox Series X 10,044 (this week), 81,284 (YTD), 154,575 (LTD)
    Xbox Series S 6,682 (this week), 108,332 (YTD), 163,699 (LTD)
     
    I assumed the doom posts were jokes... was I wrong?
     
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