100% a million seller.
Cant imagning rotw + digital in japan being below 460k.
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100% a million seller.
Cant imagning rotw + digital in japan being below 460k.
27./00. [PS4] Doraemon: Story of Seasons <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.07.30} (¥6.100) - 2.015 / NEW <20-40%>
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Famitsu Sales: Week 31, 2020 (Jul 27 - Aug 02) - New Milestones
+5.300.000
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 56.730 / 5.337.128 <80-100%> (-40%)
+1.500.000
[NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 6.257 / 1.505.977 <80-100%> (-22%)
+100.000
[PS4] Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.07.30} (¥8.200) - 123.147 / NEW <60-80%>
Previous milestones
Animal Crossing (Famitsu numbers)
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 1.880.626 / 5.337.128
[NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World - 335.425 / 5.241.655
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf [All Versions] - 721.786 / 5.108.733 (4.476.663+118.463+513.607)
[3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer - 516.381 / 1.479.329
[WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk - 303.204 / 1.221.459
Mario Party (Famitsu numbers)
[NDS] Mario Party DS - 242.195 / 2.113.599
[NSW] Super Mario Party - 126.275 / 1.505.977
[WII] Mario Party 8 - 282.389 / 1.470.332
[NGC] Mario Party 4 - 177.605 / 902.348
[N64] Mario Party 2 - 131.155 / 884.249
Mobile Suit Gundam Vs. Series (Famitsu numbers)
[PS2] Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation Vs. Zeon DX - 348.242 / 807.699
[PS2] Mobile Suit Z Gundam: AEUG Vs. Eugo Titans - 314.508 / 638.667
[PS3] [Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. - 345.053 / 555.160
[PS2] Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Federation Vs. Z.A.F.T. II Plus - 328.019 / 516.538
[PSP ]Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus - 237.652 / 456.798
[PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. - 345.053 / 555.160
[PS3[ Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost - 266.297 / 372.827
[PS4] Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On - 123.147 / NEW
+5.300.000
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 56.730 / 5.337.128 <80-100%> (-40%)
+1.500.000
[NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 6.257 / 1.505.977 <80-100%> (-22%)
+100.000
[PS4] Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.07.30} (¥8.200) - 123.147 / NEW <60-80%>
Previous milestones
Animal Crossing (Famitsu numbers)
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 1.880.626 / 5.337.128
[NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World - 335.425 / 5.241.655
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf [All Versions] - 721.786 / 5.108.733 (4.476.663+118.463+513.607)
[3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer - 516.381 / 1.479.329
[WII] Animal Crossing: City Folk - 303.204 / 1.221.459
Mario Party (Famitsu numbers)
[NDS] Mario Party DS - 242.195 / 2.113.599
[NSW] Super Mario Party - 126.275 / 1.505.977
[WII] Mario Party 8 - 282.389 / 1.470.332
[NGC] Mario Party 4 - 177.605 / 902.348
[N64] Mario Party 2 - 131.155 / 884.249
Mobile Suit Gundam Vs. Series (Famitsu numbers)
[PS2] Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation Vs. Zeon DX - 348.242 / 807.699
[PS2] Mobile Suit Z Gundam: AEUG Vs. Eugo Titans - 314.508 / 638.667
[PS3] [Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. - 345.053 / 555.160
[PS2] Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Federation Vs. Z.A.F.T. II Plus - 328.019 / 516.538
[PSP ]Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam Vs. Gundam Next Plus - 237.652 / 456.798
[PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. - 345.053 / 555.160
[PS3[ Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme Vs. Full Boost - 266.297 / 372.827
[PS4] Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On - 123.147 / NEW
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this was on sale on the eshop right?
i hope it makes it to the holidays to get some boost then, before leaving the top 30 forever.
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it is, but it got rebranded and now has a single player mode as well. old rivals has been on switch since last year.
Looking good! Did about the same as the one released last year.
I guess people did not enjoy Root Letter or its enhanced version enough to buy the new game in the Root series.
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Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (PS4/PS3/PSV) shipped 500.000 at 24 August 2016, 4 months after release (28 April 2016).
For Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 (PS4/PSV - 26 April 2018 release) there wasn't official announcement for when the milestone was passed, Playstation Awards 2018 had is half million seller in Asia.
eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (PS4/NSW) shipped 500.000 at 7 August 2020, 1 month after release (9 July 2020).
For Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 (PS4/PSV - 26 April 2018 release) there wasn't official announcement for when the milestone was passed, Playstation Awards 2018 had is half million seller in Asia.
eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (PS4/NSW) shipped 500.000 at 7 August 2020, 1 month after release (9 July 2020).
NA is probabily closer to half of total sales.
First month it was bigger than FF XV in revenue (which did almost 1.8 million in units sales), and that's just USA, not even NA.
Also 200k in the rest of the world seem a bit too low.
the anime and manga are both over. it's not too terribly off from gust's other titles, but i guess it could have done better based on the property.
gust went a little hard on the atelier in the last couple of years. if it wasn't a new game, it was a 'plus' or dx version. then they had nelke + lula + ryza in the span of a year. they could be varying their lineup with a mana khemia or nosurge. it's not like those had sold significantly less than current atelier games.
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YW4++ wasn't a simple late port. It had a lot of extra content and came out same day for both Switch and PS4.
A simplistic comparison is something like Persona 5 Royal getting a simultaneous PS4/Switch release but with PS4 owners having also the option to download only the additional stuff at cheaper price.
I didnt know Wild world outsold New leaf in japan. I guess the overall growth New leaf got was from international territories
Monster Hunter Switch
Conspiracies at Namco and Sega to keep games off of Switch.
Square Enix repeatedly undershipping games on Nintendo consoles so they will sell better on PlayStation.
Nintendo running out of games in the pipeline.
Sony buying all the third parties with soft money.
Conspiracies at Namco and Sega to keep games off of Switch.
Square Enix repeatedly undershipping games on Nintendo consoles so they will sell better on PlayStation.
Nintendo running out of games in the pipeline.
Sony buying all the third parties with soft money.
NL was supply constrained for quite some time and had a significant amount of digital sales. It sold around 6m and outsold WW in the end.
Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 shipped 500k including digital. Probably includes the new shipments of the Switch version.
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Awesome. Let's see if they can get PES on the right track now.
This reminds be that it's bit weird how sales of football games have declined so much in Japan. Sure Switch version of PES would help but I doubt we would see anywhere near PS2 era sales even in that case. Compare this to rest of the world where FIFA is more popular than ever.
Oh right, i forgo there were a few 3ds games that had sigificant digital sales in japan
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5m+ sellers in Japan
* Animal Crossing: New Horizons is as of June 2020
* Animal Crossing: New Leaf is as of December 2018
[GMB] Pokemon Red |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.02.27} (¥3.900) - 4.180.000
[GMB] Pokemon Green |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.02.27} (¥3.900) - 4.040.000
[GMB] Pokemon Blue |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.10.15} (¥3.000) - 2.010.000
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[GMB] Pokemon Gold / Silver |GameBoy/GameBoy Color/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1999.11.21} (¥3.800) - 7.300.000
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 7.150.000*
[FCM] Super Mario Bros. <ACT> (Nintendo) {1985.09.13} (¥4.900) - 6.810.000
[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. <ACT> (Nintendo) {2006.05.25} (¥4.571) - 6.490.000
[NDS] Pokemon Diamond / Pearl <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2006.09.28} (¥4.571) - 5.850.000
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.571) - 5.790.000*
[NDS] Pokemon Black / White # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} (¥4.571) - 5.540.000
[GBA] Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2002.11.21} (¥4.571) - 5.400.000
[NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World <ETC> (Nintendo) {2005.11.23} (¥4.571) - 5.350.000
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 # <ACT> (Capcom) {2010.12.01} (¥5.524) - 5.300.000
[NDS] More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? <HOB> (Nintendo) {2005.12.29} (¥2.540) - 5.100.000
* Animal Crossing: New Horizons is as of June 2020
* Animal Crossing: New Leaf is as of December 2018
[GMB] Pokemon Red |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.02.27} (¥3.900) - 4.180.000
[GMB] Pokemon Green |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.02.27} (¥3.900) - 4.040.000
[GMB] Pokemon Blue |GameBoy/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1996.10.15} (¥3.000) - 2.010.000
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[GMB] Pokemon Gold / Silver |GameBoy/GameBoy Color/Super GameBoy| <RPG> (Nintendo) {1999.11.21} (¥3.800) - 7.300.000
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 7.150.000*
[FCM] Super Mario Bros. <ACT> (Nintendo) {1985.09.13} (¥4.900) - 6.810.000
[NDS] New Super Mario Bros. <ACT> (Nintendo) {2006.05.25} (¥4.571) - 6.490.000
[NDS] Pokemon Diamond / Pearl <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2006.09.28} (¥4.571) - 5.850.000
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.571) - 5.790.000*
[NDS] Pokemon Black / White # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} (¥4.571) - 5.540.000
[GBA] Pokemon Ruby / Sapphire <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2002.11.21} (¥4.571) - 5.400.000
[NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World <ETC> (Nintendo) {2005.11.23} (¥4.571) - 5.350.000
[PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 # <ACT> (Capcom) {2010.12.01} (¥5.524) - 5.300.000
[NDS] More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? <HOB> (Nintendo) {2005.12.29} (¥2.540) - 5.100.000
That's a thing which is mentionned occasionally but I'm sure there are ways to explain that, it's not a coincidence if the best selling Winning Eleven is the one that released the year when Japan hosted the world cup and at a point where Captain Tsubasa was probably near the peak of its popularity, Inazuma Eleven probably also helped in the lat 2000's to bolster football popularity in videogames
Since then Japan has done nothing special in the world cup (best 16 in 2010 and 2018 though I guess, and the way they lost against Belgium was painful to watch), their last Asian cup win was in 2011 (funnily enough, WE2012 outsold WE2011) and the last time they hosted it... 1992 with no plan to host the 2027 one apparently.
Coincidentally there was a 9 year gap (2008-2017) where no japanese team was able to win the Asian Champion's League, that's a long time to wait as a soccer fan.
Even the women's national team who use to be one of the best has been on a downward trend a bit for the last few years, missing the olympics in 2016 (they were runner-up in 2012), not reaching the quarter final at the 2019 world cup (they were runner up in 2015 and won in 2011)
Inazuma Eleven is dead, Captain Tsubasa finished long ago and I don't think its reboot was a smashing success, on the Fifa/Winning Eleven duel Konami lost a lot of rights so the game probably lost some appeal for players who wanted to use/confront popular foreign teams, I think they still have the J-League rights fortunately (otherwise what would even be the point of the game)
Of course there's also the context of dwindling software sales on PS systems overall as well, Konami not really trying anything ambitious regarding the IP (or videogames overall we could say)
Ideally I would love to know the annual numbers of people registered to the JFA historically, but my quick search didn't allow me to find that
I don't think it was named after Joker btw, just Dragon Quest Monster and it might or might not be related to the Joker subseries.
That might definitely be a factor but WE was selling 700k+ in the Nineties too and was a million seller on PS2 from 2002 to 2006.
What have you done. We're still 12 days away from new numbers you monster
Its popularity started with the special 1998 edition named after the world cup which coincides with the first year where the national team made it to the world cup
Then in 2000 it went down when they didn't get a medal at the Olympics (5th), the game was once again named after the event
It went back up in 2001 for the confederation cup (sort of a small worldcup happening 1 year before the main event with only hosts and continental champions) where Japan finished runner-up
It then ride on football popularity from 2002 to 2006, Japan also win the Asian Cup in 2004, PS2 sales were at their strongest
It's obviously due to multiple factors, but the correlation is rather strong
We'll always have the circular semantic squabbles around pointless, flawed, small-brained views on (usually) irrelevant matters.
One thing I was wondering... As far as we know, is AC:NH at 2M+ the highest selling digital console game in Japan? Do we know if any cheap game sold even more?
One thing I was wondering... As far as we know, is AC:NH at 2M+ the highest selling digital console game in Japan? Do we know if any cheap game sold even more?
Famitsu numbers = Physical sales + download cards.
[NDS] Animal Crossing: Wild World
Nintendo: 5.350.000
Famitsu: 5.241.655
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Nintendo: 5.790.000 (December 2018)
Famitsu: 5.108.733
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Nintendo: 7.150.000 (June 2020)
Famitsu: 5.337.128
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Good points. Didn't think of that. Football is not popular enough sport itself in Japan so popularity of the games depends on the success of national teams (also of course helps if the platforms they release on are popular). Peak PES sales seem to concentrate around the the world cup that Japan hosted (and PS2 was extremely strong when it came to sw sales).
Sad, that supporting the market leader with somewhat reasonable titles and enough stock before a Holiday is enough to be one of the smarter jp publishers nowadays xD
I'm pretty sure the Joker line was confirmed to end with 3Pro. The new game should be essentially DQM4 as it's going back to classic series protagonists.
I also wonder if they're dropping Tose for a new developer after 4 generations?
Them Doraemon sales are quite tragic. Would be cool if it sent a message to Namco, but in reality it won't lol.
What's the sales potential for Tales of Arise if Namco doesn't mess up?
What's the sales potential for Tales of Arise if Namco doesn't mess up?
It depends what you mean by messing it up.
Theoretically Tales games can sell 600k+ at retail, realistically we're looking at maybe ~300k?
Then digital on top.