Famitsu Sales: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21 [Update]
Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of October 11, 2021 to October 17, 2021.
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Famitsu Sales: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21 (Via Gematsu)
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Given how evergreen Nintendo titles are, Metroid Dread is going to outsell Demon Slayer in Japan I'd guess.
Demon Slayer should have been on Switch wow.
Demon Slayer should have been on Switch wow.
Can I just say it's nice seeing "Famitsu" instead of "Media Create" in the title. 99% of the sales data was from Famitsu, so I don't get why it was called MC save for history. Not only that but there wasn't even a link from where the data was sourced (Gematsu). Not a big deal or anything, just wanted to point it out.
Steamcharts just measures concurrent users. Normally a ballpark between peak ccu at launch and sales can be like x10, but that might be a bit different with games that are more popular in specific regions (such as Japan + SEA + China) as they might be online at the same time. What you can say is that it sold at least more than 6k and probably way more than 10k.
Also if you want to do normal data analysis for launches, it is better to use Steamdb graphs as they have a much higher resolution (steamdb pings every 10 minutes vs every 60 minutes from steamcharts). This time the difference is minimal, but it can be more significant in other games.
How much should it have sold? Seems about right for the type of game it is but I'm not an expert.
Oh hoho OH HO BOY. Have you not been here the last few months for that bullshit. Some people were fucking hyping this game up on the IP alone going for like 250k-300k fw.
There's been a consistent amount of releases on PS4 that have been in top 10 the last few weeks.
Feel like a lot of estimates would have had the PS4 version sell at least 100K and that the PS5 version would do better. I was always of the opinion that Dread would eventually outsell both versions combined just because it's a good game plus it's on the Switch.
DS hasn't been received well and it's not on the Switch, so that doesn't bode well lol.
What anime games do big numbers like that though?
Dragon Ball obviously
Gundam?
One Piece?
Naruto?
Yes. And the argument is because Demon Slayer is currently the number one anime/manga in the country (broke a sales record previously held by One Piece), it should have the same sort of sales.
Naruto is IMO the most interesting comparison. Since these games are being developed by same company (CyberConnect2) and belong to exactly same genre (arena fighters). FW sales of latest Naruto games were always lower than 100k, and probably digital ratio below 10%. Demon Slayer fw is over 100k and the Deluxe Edition included early access, which should have helped digital sales this time.
[PS3, 2013] Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: 84.140 units fw
[PS3, 2014] Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution: 41.547
[PS4, 2016] Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: 55.414
[PS4+PS5, 2021] Demon Slayer The Hinokami Chronicles: 115.036
[PS3, 2013] Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: 84.140 units fw
[PS3, 2014] Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution: 41.547
[PS4, 2016] Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm 4: 55.414
[PS4+PS5, 2021] Demon Slayer The Hinokami Chronicles: 115.036
Thanks for doing the thread. Had a little emergency today and couldn't do it. 😒Famitsu Sales: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21 [Update]
Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of October 11, 2021 to October 17, 2021.
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Right, I think it was a historical thing. Media Create used to be more available or something like that.
Gematsu is providing the translations, but this weekly Famitsu's information is publicly available, which is where Gematsu is getting it. I think you generally find it here:
ゲームソフト販売本数ランキング | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
PS5、PS4、Switch、3DS等の推定ゲーム販売本数ランキング30件です。2024年4月1日～2024年4月7日に集計された店舗データが元になっています。
www.famitsu.com
Although that's a previous week, so I guess it's published as an article first.
【ソフト＆ハード週間販売数】『鬼滅の刃 ヒノカミ血風譚』がPS5版/PS4版合算で11.5万本を売り上げ首位。 『アイドルマスター』最新作も好調【10/11～10/17】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
ファミ通発表の売上ランキング。今回は2021年10月11日～10月17日のゲームソフト＆ハード週間推定販売数まとめをお届け。
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What does that matter though in an analysis? I'm sure there were even more claiming it would bomb because "not on switch". Anime arena fighters have waned in popularity for years now. Demon Slayers sales seem about right based on recent trends.
top 30 is out.
www.famitsu.com
- lots of unsold Demon Slayer stock on ps5
- Zelda out of the top 30
ゲームソフト販売本数ランキング | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
PS5、PS4、Switch、3DS等の推定ゲーム販売本数ランキング30件です。2024年4月1日～2024年4月7日に集計された店舗データが元になっています。
www.famitsu.com
I feel like even most Dragonball and One Piece games don't sell that well. Like a few have, but most aren't selling gangbusters either and those are series with long defined periods of being super popular whereas Demon Slayer's growth was so fast that we haven't had time to see if it was just a fad or not yet
I don't know which big shot thought it was a good idea to release a Demon Slayer game on PS4/PS5 exclusively when the entire Demon Slayer audience (kids) have Nintendo Switches! Who makes these business decisions?!
they did it to themselves, I think. there's two skus now, one with the DLC and one without, splitting the numbers
The source was never Gematsu, it was always media create and/or famitsu.
Women also make up a sizeable chunk of Demon Slayers audience and they too mostly console game on Switch.
Demon Slayer did about 20k better than I thought it would. Pretty happy with Metroid. I hope we see another classic Metroid in the near future.
What? It looks to have outsold Metroid Dread so far, on hardware with about 40% as large an installed base. They both seem to be doing reasonably well. I guess you could hope either one would be a huge breakthrough hit but I don't think there was a compelling reason to expect it.
It was still called MC thread for searching purposes going back to 20 years of threads.
No, it wasn't sourced from Gematsu at all, it was straight from Famitsu.
Yikes at Demon Slayer. What happened?top 30 is out.
- lots of unsold Demon Slayer stock on ps5
- Zelda out of the top 30
ゲームソフト販売本数ランキング | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com
PS5、PS4、Switch、3DS等の推定ゲーム販売本数ランキング30件です。2024年4月1日～2024年4月7日に集計された店舗データが元になっています。
Nothing really happened, the game performed in line with other anime-themed CyberConnect2 games.
Some may have thought that the licence would propel sales but since the announcemnt the game didn't gather any hype. Arena-fighter games are not really interesting, content is laughable and the game is very obviously made to cash-in with the upcoming second season of the TV series.
I think anime-based games have a hard time now that Dragon Ball FighterZ exists and shows that you can create something great if you give it to a developer who is not only focused on visuals but also gameplay.
Comparing recent Naruto sales is sort of missing the point, what you should be looking at is games released during the franchise peak in the mid 00s. And even then keep in mind at it's peak Naruto wasn't as big as Demon Slayer is now.
I don't agree. For example, MH Rise sold ten times more than Stories 2 and both belong to the same IP. The reason is obviously the genre.
But Stories 2 sold better than most JRPG these days, thanks to the IP Monster Hunter.
The same happened in case of Demon Slayer, it sold better than recent arena fighters thanks to the popularity of the IP.
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Monster Hunter Rise is mainline Monster Hunter.
Stories 2 is a spinoff.
They're not licensed off of the Monster Hunter anime, one is the main source material.