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Japan Physical Charts: Week 11, 2022 (Mar 14 - Mar 20)

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Software Sales
1. [PS4] Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin – 28,944 / NEW
2. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 23,067 / 2,177,459
3. [PS4] Elden Ring – 19,487 / 293,628
4. [PS5] Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin – 17,905 / NEW
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 16,078 / 4,499,542
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 9,755 / 2,561,419
7. [PS4] Gran Turismo 7 – 9,447 / 94,818
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 9,111 / 4,813,641
9. [NSW] Triangle Strategy – 8,429 / 112,107
10. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 8,182 / 912,325

Hardware Sales
Switch OLED – 55,675
Switch – 19,165
Swtich Lite – 10,657
PS5 – 13,971
PS5 Digital Edition – 2,997
Xbox Series X – 2,936
Xbox Series S – 618
New 2DS LL – 287
PS4 – 10

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Famitsu sales (3/14/22 - 3/20/22)

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows: Switch OLED – 55,675 Switch – 19,165 Swtich Lite – 10,657 PS5 – 13,971 PS5 Digital Edition – 2,997 Xbox Series X – 2,936 Xbox Series S – 618 New 2DS LL – 287 PS4 – 10 For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last...
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vixolus

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Ok i think this helps confirm Microsoft just made a fuck ton of Series Xs available globally if even Japan got 3k
 
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A part of me kinda knew FFO wasn't gonna do well, but it still hurts all the same.

Here's hoping that it can carve a little niche for itself globally.
 
Rainy

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Sometimes I wonder about the strength of the FF IP in Japan. 14 has at least been big over there and I think Remake sold decently. And I guess expectations were never big for Origin to begin with...
 
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That's really bad for Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, but maybe the western sales will make it up.
 
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vixolus said:
Ok i think this helps confirm Microsoft just made a fuck ton of Series Xs available globally if even Japan got 3k
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Do we know how many MS actually shipped? Could be they concentrated XSX shipments to the US and UK. That what Sony seems to do with PS5 while the rest of the world gets scraps.
 
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Rainy said:
Sometimes I wonder about the strength of the FF IP in Japan. 14 has at least been big over there and I think Remake sold decently. And I guess expectations were never big for Origin to begin with...
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In Japan I would say that FF has lost a lot of strength compared to its maximum splendor.

It makes me wonder if it can't be the reason why Square Enix announces so many new FF inspired IPs that aren't really FF.
 
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Jade1962 said:
Do we know how many MS actually shipped? Could be they concentrated XSX shipments to the US and UK. That what Sony seems to do with PS5 while the rest of the world gets scraps.
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No but given xsx previous was getting like sub 1k weekly sales for a while its a big jump in a similar timeframe to NA and EU broad availability for a week
 
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Glio said:
In Japan I would say that FF has lost a lot of strength compared to its maximum splendor.

It makes me wonder if it can't be the reason why Square Enix announces so many new FF inspired IPs that aren't really FF.
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Yeah I would agree. Would be even worse without FF14 lol.
 
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I don't know why people are shocked at FFO bombing. how does anyone look at that game and go "yea, japanese players want to play that". shit would have tanked if it was on switch, IMO

and I say that as someone who likes how stupid it seems to be. this is less on FF's selling power and more on them just not making a game that's appealing to the market
 
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ILikeFeet said:
I don't know why people are shocked at FFO bombing. how does anyone look at that game and go "yea, japanese players want to play that". shit would have tanked if it was on switch, IMO

and I say that as someone who likes how stupid it seems to be. this is less on FF's selling power and more on them just not making a game that's appealing to the market
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Yeah I rly dont see Japan loving this one.
 
Rainy

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I'm kinda curious, do we know how much the FF14 expansions sold in Japan? Guessing most of that is digital but wonder if SE releases that info.
 
Izanagi89

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Hoping FFO picks up down the line and that western sales makes up for it. Would love it to do well.
 
Jaded Alyx

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Square achieved their number one goal of selling the game to a company (Epic in this case), so I'm sure they're good.
 
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Everytime I see these physical charts I wonder if the low sales are because of the avaiabilty of digital version of today... I know that the japanese consumers still prefer to buy physical copies, but there must be a few that drifited to the digital market.

Anyways, Japan doesn't care about chaos and bullshit.
 
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fourfourfun said:
Origins always looked like a "how did this get made?" kind of game.
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why? The game itself is fine. It's got flaws, the technical side is pretty awful, but its genuinely fun to play, and the FF flavour is awesome, and while the story isnt gonna win awards, its actually got some good moments.

even on a concept level, an action focused FF game isn't a bad idea at all. It feels like it wasn't provided enough time/budget, though.
 
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ChaosSaga said:
Asano is almost an entity apart of Square now.
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Nintendo was really smart to partner with them as early on as they did, since they have a very stable and consistent stream of (mostly) exclusive RPGs that do a good job of bridging the gap of old-school aesthetic appeal and more modern design sensibilities. Though the DQ3 remake is going to be for everything, I don't doubt that the lion's share of sales for it will be on Switch because of how closely linked the entire HD-2D series has been for Nintendo hardware.
 

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How does DQX, a japan only game, compare to FFXIV in terms of popularity?

Speaking of Japan only:



Momotaro reached 3.5 million sales.

Weiss said:
Here's hoping that it can carve a little niche for itself globally.
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Didn't it do 4,700 in UK at launch? That doesn't sound very promising for its worldwide numbers.

Glio said:
In Japan I would say that FF has lost a lot of strength compared to its maximum splendor.

It makes me wonder if it can't be the reason why Square Enix announces so many new FF inspired IPs that aren't really FF.
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I guess the 7th and 8th generation wasn't kind to Final Fantasy.

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What's the switch YTD compared to 2021 YTD
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It's 204k behind if I'm getting it right, like 1.27 million against 1.47 million.
 
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I am still at a loss that this character and this story were greenlit when this could have been the perfect game celebrating 35 years of FF by having this game be a retelling of FF1 where you create your own Warrior of Light with Nioh 2's character creator as the basis
 
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BlueManifest said:
Really all these square projects need to die so they stop making them and get back to their roots
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SE has been making these kind of games forever, hell FFO screams 2000 SE. It bombing in Japan doesn't mean anything either when most of there mainline titles and spin-offs have been doing well. FFO wasn't going to appeal to everybody in the first place. So regency bias is rather annoying.
 
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Sullivan said:
Is that good for FFO?

Xbox Series X seems to have gotten a massive shipment worldwide, confirmed.
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Not good at all for FFO.

For XBS, this week is about average for 2022, it has sold the following week-to week:

2022:
Week 1 - 263
Week 2 - 2,267
Week 3 - 2,627
Week 4 - 1,696
Week 5 - 5,990
Week 6 - 5,955
Week 7 - 4,799
Week 8 - 4,285
Week 9 - 1,321
Week 10 - 1,962
Week 11 - 3,554

Total = 35,242
 

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Piston said:
Not good at all for FFO.

For XBS, this week is a little below average for 2022, it has sold the following week-to week:

2022:
Week 1 - 263
Week 2 - 2,267
Week 3 - 2,627
Week 4 - 1,696
Week 5 - 5,990
Week 6 - 5,955
Week 7 - 4,799
Week 8 - 4,285
Week 9 - 1,321
Week 10 - 1,962
Week 11 - 3554
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I'm talking about Series X specifically because there have been hints that Microsoft have massively ramped up production of Series X in recent weeks. Looking at all XBS doesn't help that point.
 
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Sullivan said:
I'm talking about Series X specifically because there have been hints that Microsoft have massively ramped up production of Series X in recent weeks. Looking at all XBS doesn't help that point.
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You might be right, Series S is at 19,548 YTD and Series X is at 15,694 YTD. Definitely a shift in ratio this week, I'll keep track to see if that holds.
 
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