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Famitsu Sales: Week 26, 2023 (Jun 19 - Jun 25)

SOFTWARE

01./00. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2023.06.22} (¥9.000) - 336.027 / NEW
02./01. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2023.05.12} (¥7.200) - 25.155 / 1.697.225 (-19%)
03./02. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 8.066 / 5.344.544 (+8%)
04./03. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 6.166 / 3.171.606 (+7%)
05./04. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 6.156 / 1.107.323 (+11%)
06./08. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) - 4.901 / 5.058.457 (+12%)
07./09. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 4.597 / 4.043.435 (+7%)
08./10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 4.282 / 5.219.828 (-1%)
09./13. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 4.231 / 3.405.063 (+19%)
10./11. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 3.531 / 2.216.142 (-10%)

Top 10

NSW - 9
PS5 - 1

HARDWARE

Final Fantasy XVI physical launch comparison against other PS4/PS5 era JRPG's.

Data provided by Lelouche from InstallBase.

Playstation JRPG (Famitsu), launch weeks:

1. Dragon Quest XI - 950.338
2. Final Fantasy XV - 716.649
3. Final Fantasy VII Remake - 702.853
4. Kingdom Hearts III - 640.406
5. Dragon Quest Heroes - 566.569
6. Dragon Quest Heroes II - 381.928
7. Persona 5 - 344.854
8. Final Fantasy XVI - 336.027
9. Tales of Arise - 201.798
10. Persona 5 Royal - 201.448

 

[Ronin_7]

Nintendo Switch evergreen Console

 

[daclynk]

 

[ADiTAR]

Does a Direct has such an affect on sales? People saw Mario Wonder/RPG, and they are pumped.
And can Switch actually catch up to last year? It does have a stronger lineup this year.

 

[Woopah]

So what are our final expectations for next week? I'm thinking 312k for FF16 and 115k for PS5.

I was off with my hardware prediction, but pretty happy with my software prediction! (underestimated it a bit).

I also underestimated the boost Switch would get from the Direct. I thought it would have no effect at all.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Does PlayStation exclusives boost hardware sales for both Sony and Nintendo?

 

[MDSLKTR]

Famitsu sales thread won't be the same since our resident weeb autist has been permed

 

[drganon]

Famitsu sales thread won't be the same since our resident weeb autist has been permed

Him and his alt.

 

[owandeseis]

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Switch sales in 2023 are on a three week streak, weeks 24, 25 and 26 are the platforms highest ever.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Dayum, those FFXVI numbers!

@ Luminoth-4545 can you include in the OP or make a separate post in this thread with the previous first week sales of more recent FF mainline games? FFXV and FF7R should suffice I think.

Edit: If the digital ratio is 50% then that means it moved around 700k copies in total in Japan. Considering the PS5 install size, that's very good I'd say!

 

[FalsettoVibe]

Working double time I see.....smh
Troll harder

 

[lh032]

Nautilus infront of his PC:

 

[Elios83]

Great debut for FFXVI, even assuming a low 70:30 physical/digital split it has definetly passed the 500k mark in a single week which is great for a PS5 exclusive.
Let's see the legs.

 

[[Sigma]]

I expect around 300k or lower for FFXVI first week and some jump in PS5 sales but nothing earth shattering in that regards.

 

[Kusarigama]

Switch's strong sales are confusing to even Nintendo

 

[Kerotan]

Famitsu sales thread won't be the same since our resident weeb autist has been permed

Nooooooooooo. I thought he was only banned for a month?

 

[leo-j]

Prob around 500k with digital not too bad…. Switch is doing stupid numbers right now.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Nooooooooooo. I thought he was only banned for a month?

He was rather dum-dum and made an alt. Rookie mistake.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Switch had a 222k year over year increase in Q2.

 

[Fake]

R.I.P Street Fighter.

 

[drganon]

He was rather dum-dum and made an alt. Rookie mistake.

Pretty sure it was seiya. That guy never posted but always liked nautlius's dumb posts.

 

[mckmas8808]

Good sales for FFXVI. Hopefully the drop next week will be less than 70%.

 

[daclynk]

Working double time I see.....smh
Troll harder

 

[leo-j]

Actually is pretty bad…. One could assume FF VII r digital in Japan was dramatic in 2020 due to covid….. so 336k is very low.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Famitsu sales thread won't be the same since our resident weeb autist has been permed

Nautilus or however you spell it? Shame, i quite enjoyed his funny takes and the subsequent pushback. This place is going to have far less drama from now on.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Dayum, those FFXVI numbers!

@ Luminoth-4545 can you include in the OP or make a separate post in this thread with the previous first week sales of more recent FF mainline games? FFXV and FF7R should suffice I think.

Edit: If the digital ratio is 50% then that means it moved around 700k copies in total in Japan. Considering the PS5 install size, that's very good I'd say!

It's done.

 

[daclynk]

It's done.

i want to know how many ps4 was on the Japan market when FFV lunched.

Thanks in Advance

 

[Woopah]

i want to know how many ps4 was on the Japan market when FFV lunched.

Thanks in Advance

It was 3,745,023, so similar to the PS5 now.

 

[MrA]

i want to know how many ps4 was on the Japan market when FFV lunched.

Thanks in Advance

3.7 million

 

[Robb]

Switch having its best weeks ever, 7 years in..

What’s going on.

 

[Kerotan]

He was rather dum-dum and made an alt. Rookie mistake.

Oh shiiiiiiiiit. I never reported his main account but after he got banned some account with no posts started reacting to all my posts with a laughing emoji. It was obviously his alt so I reported it. Big sad for these threads

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

So probably 500k for XVI with digital. Should crawl to 1mil over the coming months.

 

[Saber]

Seems like SF6 lost its legs pretty quick.

I watch a channel on youtube where people still pretty much play Ultra Street Fighter 4 and still awesome.

Anyway good start for FF I guess, though lets hope it remains in there for a time(I don't think it will remain in first for long though).

Also ToTK doing gods work I see. I don't think any game can really beat it at this point.

 

[Madflavor]

Jesus the PS5 is really not doing great in Japan if this is the case. I think FFXVI did about as well as it realistically could have given the circumstances. Maybe the PC sales will provide a healthy bump in Japan given the FFXIV fanbase over there, but we'll see.

 

[Bruno_Arrais85]

I guess Zelda will be back to number 1 soon

 

[Luigi Mario]

About what was expected for FFXVI launch week numbers, it’s going to be very interesting to see where it will land next week. FFXV and FF7R both had huge second week drop-offs, hopefully FFXVI will do better than that.
The Direct clearly boosted all Switch hardware and PS5 also saw a good increase to hardware.

 

[Musashipan]

Switch keeps impressing after 7 years omg this thing is a beast!!

fff = final fantasy failure

 

[smbu2000]

Surprisingly bad ff16 sales. Will digital help salvage it?

Even more surprising that switch outsold ps5 hw this week.

 

[jm89]

Lol Nautilus got permad?

Well i'm sure his whacking one out right now with those switch sales on ff16 week.

 

[Madflavor]

Surprisingly bad ff16 sales. Will digital help salvage it?

Even more surprising that switch outsold ps5 hw this week.

It’s not surprising. PS5 is performing horribly in Japan. This number is only for physical sales, not digital. The true number is higher.

It’s still the fastest selling PS5 game in Japan, which puts into perspective how PS5 is doing over there. There’s a reason CBU3 aimed to appeal to western markets.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Playstation 5 had almost a 400k year over year increase in Q2.

 

[SaintALia]

Got this from Installbase. (Digital is probably assumed to make up about 40-50% digital at best in Japan).

• Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4, 2020) - 702,853
• Final Fantasy XV (PS4, 2016) - 716,649
• Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, 2013) - 301,181
• Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, 2011) - 605,660
• Final Fantasy XIII (PS3, 2009) - 1,516,532
• Final Fantasy XII (PS2, 2006) - 1,840,397
• Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2, 2003) - 1,472,914
• Final Fantasy X (PS2, 2001) - 1,749,737
• Final Fantasy IX (PS1, 2000) - 1,954,421
• Final Fantasy VIII (PS1, 1999) - 2,505,044
• Final Fantasy VII (PS1, 1997) - 2,034,879
• Final Fantasy VI (SNES, 1994) - 1,154,360
  
  
  
  From Launch week.

 

[Kerotan]

Pretty sure it was seiya. That guy never posted but always liked nautlius's dumb posts.

Are you seriously telling me he'd sign in just to like his own post's? Jesus that guy had issues.

 

[Deerock71]

Switch's strong sales are confusing to even Nintendo

Nintendo, regarding Switch sales:

 

[mckmas8808]

Actually is pretty bad…. One could assume FF VII r digital in Japan was dramatic in 2020 due to covid….. so 336k is very low.

FF7:R had many more consoles to sell the game to though.

 

[YukiOnna]

Nice. About what I expected with the 300K~350K range for physical FFXVI. I'm curious what it is combined with digital and how long it'll take to hit 1M domestic. Word of mouth is good, so legs should be decent...

Only thing I'm confusing me is how the boost wasn't enough to pass Switch.

Surprisingly bad ff16 sales. Will digital help salvage it?

Even more surprising that switch outsold ps5 hw this week.

Not really surprising, the company were more or less expecting it.

 

[Unknown?]

Lol Nautilus got permad?

Well i'm sure his whacking one out right now with those switch sales on ff16 week.

You mean that handheld? Yup!

 

[Sojiro]

Lol crazy that the switch is over 100k when nothing notable was released on it this week. Most people (myself included), had PS5 pegged to be number one in sales this week with FFXVI releasing. Fly little switch, fly!

 

[Deerock71]

Only thing I'm confusing me is how the boost wasn't enough to pass