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Japan January 2021 sales report: Nintendo switch ~875K, PlayStation 5 ~72K, and Xbox Series X/S ~2K.

Bodomism

Banned
Hardware market-share for January 2021
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Hardware sales breakdown
Nintendo Switch - 875.389
PlayStation 5 - 72.420
PlayStation 4 - 35.254
Xbox Series X/S - 1.926
Nintendo 3DS - 2.838


Software market-share for January 2021

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Total software sold in January - 2.393.621

Platform breakdown

Nintendo Switch - 2.350.206
Playstation 4 - 43.415
Playstation 5 - 0
Xbox Series X/S - 0
Nintendo 3DS - 0

Software sales for January 2021

1. [NSW]Momotaro Densetsu Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! - 556.733
2. [NSW]RingFit Adventure - 229.006
3. [NSW]Animal Crossing New Horizons - 227.903
4. [NSW]Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 181.258
5. [NSW]Super Smash Brothers Ultimate - 120.689
6. [NSW]Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 103.556
7. [NSW]Pokemon Sword and Shield - - 112.678
8. [NSW]Minecraft - 94.312
9. [NSW]Super Mario Party - 82.106
10.[NSW]Splatoon 2 - 74.330
11.[NSW]Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 69.479
12.[NSW]Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 59.043
13.[NSW]New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 44.001
14.[NSW]Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin - 43.628
15.[NSW]The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 37.725
16.[NSW]Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity - 33.083
17.[NSW]Fitness Boxing 2 - 31.903
18.[NSW]Super Mario Odyssey - 30.022
19.[NSW]Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 - 28.352
20.[NSW]Super Mario Maker 2 - 25.581
21.[NSW]Dragon Quest XI S - 25.214
22.[NSW]Human: Fall Flat - 24.905
23.[NSW]Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny - 23.551 NEW
24.[NSW]Luigi's Mansion 3 - 17,404
25.[PS4]Call Of Duty: Cold Wars - 16.454
26.[NSW]Dr Kawashima's brain training - 16.148
27.[PS4]Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny - 15.761 NEW
28.[NSW]Derby Stallion - 13.179
29.[NSW]Taiko Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack - 12.327
30.[NSW]Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 - 7.696
31.[NSW]Buddy Mission Bond - 6.531
32.[NSW]Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku: Nekobako to Musou no Koukyoukyoku- 5.821 New
33.[NSW]Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne- 5.083 NEW
34.[PS4]Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin - 4.971
35.[NSW]Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate - 4.515
36.[NSW]Gal Gun Returns - 3.718 NEW
37.[PS4]Umineko no Naku Koro ni Saku: Nekobako to Musou no Koukyoukyoku - 3.361 NEW
38.[PS4]Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne - 2.868 NEW
39.[NSW]Marchen Forest - 2.686 NEW


Nintendo Switch has dominated the market with terrifying market share that had never been achieved before in Japan for both software and hardware in January. Meanwhile, scalping problem was still prevalent in January as both next gen consoles' software unable to have any games sold more than 2.6K copies despite selling around 75K hardware in a month.

Nintendo Switch sales momentum isn't going to slow down any time soon as more big games are coming to the system together with exclusive hardware SKU to help the sales momentum.

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ethomaz

Banned
70k more PS5 units sold in Japan? Seems like they got a good shipment last month.

BTW why the table is wrong with software?
 
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SlimySnake

Flashless at the Golden Globes
so the ps5 sells to 70k people and they dont buy any games for it? not a single game makes the top 40?

even if the attach rate was just 6%, they wouldve made the top 40. wtf is happening in japan. why even buy a ps5?
 

Bodomism

Banned
so the ps5 sells to 70k people and they dont buy any games for it? not a single game makes the top 40?

even if the attach rate was just 6%, they wouldve made the top 40. wtf is happening in japan. why even buy a ps5?
Resellers and scalpers. This is a widespread issues especially when Sony decided 7-15K per week is enough after 100K(very small for Japan market) launched shipment.

One thing for sure, PS4 delayed launch strategy is much better than current fiasco.
 

D.Final

Banned
Resellers and scalpers. This is a widespread issues especially when Sony decided 7-15K per week is enough after 100K(very small for Japan market) launched shipment.

One thing for sure, PS4 delayed launch strategy is much better than current fiasco.
Welp
 
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