Media Create Sales: Week 31, 2021 (Aug 02 - Aug 08)

[Chris1964]

Media Create Sales: Week 31, 2021 (Aug 02 - Aug 08)

01./02. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980)
02./00. [NSW] Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi - Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi # <ADV> (Neos) {2021.07.15} (¥5.982)
03./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980)
04./05. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600)
05./04. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD <ADV> (Nintendo) {2021.07.16} (¥5.980)

Top 5

NSW - 5

(Taiwan)
01./02. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.31}
02./01. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD <ADV> (Nintendo) {2021.07.16}
03./03. [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin <RPG> (Justdan) {2021.07.09}
04./04. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury <ACT> (Nintendo) {2021.02.12}
05./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}

Top 5

NSW - 5

(South Korea)
01./01. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18}
02./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
04./00. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15}
05./02. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}

Top 5

NSW - 5


Famitsu Sales: Week 32, 2021 (Aug 02 - Aug 08)

01./04. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 14.912 / 2.102.413 <80-100%> (+7%)
02./02. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD <ADV> (Nintendo) {2021.07.16} (¥5.980) - 13.873 / 234.224 <80-100%> (-25%)
03./05. [NSW] Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi - Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi # <ADV> (Neos) {2021.07.15} (¥5.982) - 13.798 / 156.274 <80-100%> (+12%)
04./06. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 13.615 / 3.958.065 <80-100%> (+11%)
05./07. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 12.282 / 2.734.231 <80-100%> (+5%)
06./11. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! <TBL> (Konami) {2020.11.19} (¥6.300) - 10.927 / 2.300.976 <80-100%> (+19%)
07./09. [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin <RPG> (Capcom) {2021.07.09} (¥6.990) - 10.135 / 205.463 <80-100%> (+6%)
08./12. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 8.978 / 4.367.573 <80-100%> (+5%)
09./13. [NSW] eBaseball Professional Baseball Spirits 2021: Grand Slam <SPT> (Konami) {2021.07.08} (¥6.980) - 8.950 / 159.492 <60-80%> (+5%)
10./08. [NSW] Game Builder Garage <EDU> (Nintendo) {2021.06.11} (¥3.164) - 8.925 / 200.100 <80-100%> (-9%)
11./14. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury <ACT> (Nintendo) {2021.02.12} (¥5.980) - 8.248 / 836.565 <80-100%> (+6%)
12./18. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 6.780 / 1.952.132 <80-100%> (+32%)
13./15. [NSW] Miitopia <SLG> (Nintendo) {2021.05.21} (¥4.980) - 6.536 / 217.957 <80-100%> (-13%)
14./16. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 6.529 / 6.844.545 <80-100%> (+11%)
15./17. [NSW] Mario Golf: Super Rush <SPT> (Nintendo) {2021.06.25} (¥5.980) - 6.057 / 161.785 <60-80%> (+9%)
16./20. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (¥3.980) - 5.077 / 762.996 <80-100%> (+5%)
17./19. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) - 4.974 / 4.099.325 <80-100%> (+3%)
18./26. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise # <ACT> (Capcom) {2021.03.26} (¥7.990) - 4.748 / 2.303.192 <80-100%> (+24%)
19./24. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 <SPT> (Sega) {2019.11.01} (¥5.990) - 4.639 / 397.154 <80-100%> (+18%)
20./21. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) - 4.460 / 3.915.901 <80-100%> (-7%)
21./25. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) - 4.210 / 1.852.012 <80-100%> (+7%)
22./03. [NSW] The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles <The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures \ The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve> <ADV> (Capcom) {2021.07.29} (¥4.990) - 3.737 / 18.197 <60-80%> (-74%)
23./01. [NSW] Neo: The World Ends with You <RPG> (Square Enix) {2021.07.27} (¥6.800) - 3.229 / 22.028 <60-80%> (-83%)
24./00. [NSW] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II - Relentless Edition <RPG> (Clouded Leopard Entertainment) {2021.08.05} (¥3.980) - 2.853 / NEW <20-40%>
25./00. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap <ACT> (Pokemon Co.) {2021.04.30} (¥5.980) - 2.756 / 265.980 <60-80%>
26./00. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2018.07.19} (¥6.100) - 2.620 / 613.725 <80-100%>
27./00. [NSW] Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version # <SPT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2019.07.25} (¥5.700) - 2.577 / 604.827 <80-100%>
28./00. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat <PZL> (Teyon Japan) {2020.06.25} (¥3.500) - 2.447 / 168.897 <80-100%> (+11%)
29./00. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition [New Price Edition] <RPG> (Square Enix) {2020.12.04} (¥4.980) - 2.274 / 122.574 <80-100%> (-3%)
30./00. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.06.28} (¥5.980) - 2.256 / 1.116.046 <80-100%> (+3%)

Top 30

NSW - 30

HARDWARE

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     72.773 |     62.865 |    173.338 |  3.424.717 |  3.314.382 |  20.765.091 |
| PS5 # |     13.530 |     22.641 |            |    698.583 |            |     953.733 |
| PS4 # |      1.435 |      1.209 |      5.222 |     86.644 |    458.999 |   9.377.534 |
| XBS # |      1.069 |      1.802 |            |     39.165 |            |      70.589 |
| 3DS # |        323 |        358 |        834 |     18.979 |     38.629 |  24.577.887 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     89.130 |     88.875 |    179.441 |  4.268.088 |  3.814.933 |  56.914.569 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |     11.017 |     18.020 |            |    590.141 |            |     796.763 |
| PS5DE |      2.513 |      4.621 |            |    108.442 |            |     156.970 |
| XBS X |        493 |        788 |            |     25.463 |            |      50.339 |
| XBS S |        576 |      1.014 |            |     13.702 |            |      20.250 |
| NSW L |     12.513 |     10.969 |     33.841 |    923.402 |  1.433.423 |   3.995.494 |
|  NSW  |     60.260 |     51.896 |    139.497 |  2.501.315 |  1.880.959 |  16.769.597 |
|  PS4  |      1.435 |      1.209 |      4.078 |     86.420 |    283.518 |   7.801.811 |
|n-2DSLL|        323 |        358 |        773 |     18.979 |     36.244 |   1.182.942 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

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[hiska-kun]

Switch YTD Hardware Sales Comparison

+----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+
|    |       Switch 2020     |       Switch 2021     | Difference |
|Week|   Weekly  |    YTD    |   Weekly  |    YTD    | 2021 - 2020|
+----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+
| 30 |   125.231 | 3.054.439 |    69.738 | 3.289.079 |    234.640 |
| 31 |    86.605 | 3.141.044 |    62.865 | 3.351.944 |    210.900 |
| 32 |   173.338 | 3.314.382 |    72.773 | 3.424.717 |    110.335 |
| 33 |   148.699 | 3.463.081 |           |           |            |
| 34 |    70.129 | 3.533.210 |           |           |            |
| 35 |    78.773 | 3.611.983 |           |           |            |
| 36 |    77.611 | 3.689.594 |           |           |            |
| 37 |    83.920 | 3.773.514 |           |           |            |
| 38 |   110.029 | 3.883.543 |           |           |            |
| 39 |    70.542 | 3.954.085 |           |           |            |
+----+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+

Switch vs 3DS+WiiU

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|    |  Nintendo 3DS+Wii U  |    Nintendo Switch   |  Difference  | 
|----|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly  |    LTD    |  Weekly  |    LTD    | NSW - 3DSWIU |
|----|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|--------------|
| 230|    27.439| 22.159.196|    69.738| 20.629.453|    -1.529.743|
| 231|    26.626| 22.185.822|    62.865| 20.692.318|    -1.493.504|
| 232|    51.374| 22.237.196|    72.773| 20.765.091|    -1.472.105|
| 233|    36.212| 22.273.408|          |           |              |
| 234|    45.274| 22.318.682|          |           |              |
| 235|    29.209| 22.347.891|          |           |              |
| 236|    47.530| 22.395.421|          |           |              |
| 237|    30.275| 22.425.696|          |           |              |
| 238|    24.832| 22.450.528|          |           |              |
| 239|    28.145| 22.478.673|          |           |              |
|----|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|--------------|

PS5 vs PS3

--------------------------------------------------------------- 
|    |    PlayStation 3   |    PlayStation 5   |  Difference  | 
|    |    (2006/11/11)    |    (2020/11/12)    |              | 
|----|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly |    LTD   |  Weekly |    LTD   |   PS5 - PS3  | 
|----|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------------|
| 37 |   13.443| 1.023.935|   18.114|   917.562|      -106.373|
| 38 |   38.322| 1.062.257|   22.641|   940.203|      -122.054|
| 39 |   21.985| 1.084.242|   13.530|   953.742|      -130.500|
| 40 |   23.705| 1.107.947|         |          |              |
| 41 |   20.968| 1.128.915|         |          |              |
| 42 |   14.883| 1.143.798|         |          |              |
| 43 |   16.816| 1.160.614|         |          |              |
| 44 |   13.550| 1.174.164|         |          |              |
| 45 |   12.299| 1.186.463|         |          |              |
| 46 |   11.103| 1.197.566|         |          |              |
|----|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------------|

XBSeries vs XBOne

--------------------------------------------------------------- 
|    |      Xbox One      |     Xbox Series    |  Difference  | 
|    |    (2014/09/04)    |    (2020/11/10)    |              | 
|----|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------------| 
|Week|  Weekly |    LTD   |  Weekly |    LTD   |   XBS - XB1  | 
|----|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------------|
| 37 |      155|    54.791|    4.684|    67.718|        12.927|
| 38 |      252|    55.043|    1.802|    69.520|        14.477|
| 39 |      348|    55.391|    1.069|    70.589|        15.198|
| 40 |      248|    55.639|         |          |              |
| 41 |      118|    55.757|         |          |              |
| 42 |      178|    55.935|         |          |              |
| 43 |      357|    56.292|         |          |              |
| 44 |      166|    56.458|         |          |              |
| 45 |      129|    56.587|         |          |              |
| 46 |      183|    56.770|         |          |              |
|----|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------------|

Fitness comparison

 

[syth]

I had to triple take when i saw that #1...

 

[Martin]

Why is Minecraft first place?
Was there a special sale? Or beginning of obon?

 

[Lelouch0612]

Very nice week with some great milestones.

Congrats to Garage Builder and MHS2 which both crossed 200k units at retail.

 

[RailWays]

Minecraft is eternal.

Also MK8DX almost at 4 million

 

[zero_suit]

Those SW sales….the struggle is real.

 

[LostCauseUnite!]

NSW @ min ~89.302M WW

 

[hiska-kun]

Finally stock for Crayon Shin Chan and Monster Hunter Stories 2.

 

[Deleted member 60185]

edit

 

[cw_sasuke]

Evergreens evergreening.

Good Switch hw numbers.

 

[Skittzo]

Switch top 10 and half of the titles are third party, you love to see it.

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

Zelda SS is having some nice legs. Great to see it having a new chance on the Switch.

 

[DarkDetective]

Game Builder Garage hit 200k. Super great result!

Going to quote myself here, because why say the same thing twice

Game Builder Garage has basically settled as an evergreen? Of course we'll have to see how things look a month from now, but I did not expect it to stay at these levels for so long, moving along with the rest of the evergreen titles etc. Miitopia on the other hand seems to losing a bit of steam.

Click to shrink...

 

[Deleted member 9584]

Can we pour one out for #Team2021 and lay them to rest?

 

[ILikeFeet]

Edited out

sony didn't ship as many ps5s? guess they all went to europe

 

[Lelouch0612]

Can be pour or out for #Team2021 and lay them to rest?

Click to shrink...

You wish ;)

switch hardware went up but software didn't

sony didn't ship as many ps5s? guess they all went to europe

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? Of course software went up.

 

[Oregano]

switch hardware went up but software didn't

sony didn't ship as many ps5s? guess they all went to europe

Click to shrink...

Only 2 of the top 10 decreased this week though, the rest increased.

 

[DarkDetective]

Can be pour or out for #Team2021 and lay them to rest?

Click to shrink...

Week 33 is a tough comparable and a lot of the lead that 2021 currently has will disappear. However, the weeks after are basically the same as what the Switch is currently doing. Nothing is set in stone yet.

 

[Eren Jäger]

Skyward Sword only -25%. Love to see it.

Xbox stays over 1k. Let's see for how long.

 

[Deleted member 10737]

just a bunch of evergreens hanging out

 

[foxuzamaki]

Wow minecraft

 

[Disco Infernal]

Goodbye Mario Golf, maybe next game won't be so mediocre.

 

[hiska-kun]

switch hardware went up but software didn't

Click to shrink...

Didn't? 8 games in the Top 10 increased their sales.

 

[RedDevil]

Game Builder Garage is doing better than I expected

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It seems it was fairly succesful in Japan particularly.

 

[ItsOKAY]

Could Minecraft in Switch become a 10million seller ww?? Looks like a possibility.

 

[Pokémon]

Could Minecraft in Switch become a 10million seller ww?? Looks like a possibility.

Click to shrink...

It probably already is a 10 million seller if you ask me.

 

[Waddles the Piggu]

Is Game Builder Garage not a niche game anymore?

 

[zroid]

Minecraft #1 wow! Feels like that hasn't happened in a long time?

 

[Arex]

Slow week it seems huh

 

[CeroMiedo]

Is Game Builder Garage not a niche game anymore?

Click to shrink...

It's a non game, not even in niche league

 

[Chris1964]

Switch not coming close to 100k at this time of year means below 50k weeks after Obon.

 

[Eren Jäger]

Just saw that Momotaro crossed 2.3 million. Next milestone has fallen.

And only a few more weeks for MK8D to hit 4 million!

 

[hiska-kun]

Week 33 is a tough comparable and a lot of the lead that 2021 currently has will disappear. However, the weeks after are basically the same as what the Switch is currently doing. Nothing is set in stone yet.

Click to shrink...

As Chris said, after Obon sales will go down like post golden week sales.

 

[slothrop]

Minecraft/Mojang acquisition by Microsoft is still the smartest M&A transaction in the gaming sector of the past 20yrs at least.

 

[WestEgg]

Minecraft/Mojang acquisition by Microsoft is still the smartest M&A transaction in the gaming sector of the past 20yrs at least.

Click to shrink...

I wonder if you were to compare Minecraft profits since acquisition to the rest of Xbox itself, how the split would look.

 

[Aostia82]

Evergreens evergreening.

Good Switch hw numbers.

Click to shrink...

Uhm..
It lost 100k compared to last year, more.than I expected (100k was the total.loss I was expecting from August, YoY)

 

[Welfare]

Team 2021, what numbers do you expect Q4 to do? It never made sense why this year would outperform last.

 

[Lelouch0612]

Team 2021, what numbers do you expect Q4 to do? It never made sense why this year would outperform last.

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Stronger numbers than the previous Q4 because of :

1. Stronger software pipeline (last year only had Hyrule Warriors/Pikmin from Nintendo)
2. The OLED model

 

[Pooroomoo]

Can we pour one out for #Team2021 and lay them to rest?

Click to shrink...

I expected this, and I expect worse in the coming weeks. This quarter is a gonner, it will all depend on the next quarter. If the OLED is responsible for most of the downturn we are seeing, Team2021 will have a grand comeback. If the Switch has simply stabilized in Japan, well then we (Team2021) have "lost".

 

[Chris1964]

Stronger numbers than the previous Q4 because of :

1. Stronger software pipeline (last year only had Hyrule Warriors/Pikmin from Nintendo)
2. The OLED model

Click to shrink...

What you describe will help Switch stop the rapid decline but not turn it into increase.

Software next quarter still lacks the title that could be a big hardware mover, a Pokemon remake is not a brand new entry and has limited potential.

 

[abellwillring]

Nintendo announced the OLED model too early in all honesty. It's cut hardware sales off at the knees in some respects and it's still 2 months away. It was a nice gesture for consumers, but it wasn't very smart financially. Could learn a thing from Apple -- announce it a week before it's on sale when its a redesign/slight upgrade.

 

[zero_suit]

Can we pour one out for #Team2021 and lay them to rest?

Click to shrink...

Yup. Feels great to be on the winning team!

 

[kimbo99]

Xbox still on the thousands. Love to see it

 

[Lelouch0612]

What you describe will help Switch stop the rapid decline and not turn it into increase.

Software next quarter still lacks the title that could be a big hardware mover, a Pokemon remake is not a new entry and has limited potential.

Click to shrink...

Current baseline is around 50% higher than at the same period in 2019 (and before the Switch v2 announcement kneecapped its sales).

From that point, Switch sold 2.75m units in 2019 (Week 32 2019 to Week 52 2019).

Switch needs 2.55m in the same timeframe to be up YoY.

It might have a weaker release slate than in 2019 but the initial momentum is also stronger.

 

[Tbone5189]

Lol to all team2020 victory cheers 😝 (even from the "unofficial" camp)

 

[Pooroomoo]

Nintendo announced the OLED model too early in all honesty. It's cut hardware sales off at the knees in some respects and it's still 2 months away. It was a nice gesture for consumers, but it wasn't very smart financially. Could learn a thing from Apple -- announce it a week before it's on sale when its a redesign/slight upgrade.

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From a sales point of view it really was way too early, I think it may have been mostly due to the Pro rumors which were getting out of hand. They may have wanted to deal with any effects on their stock sooner rather than later.

Yup. Feels great to be on the winning team!

Click to shrink...

Enjoy this quarter while you can...

 

[Welfare]

Stronger numbers than the previous Q4 because of :

1. Stronger software pipeline (last year only had Hyrule Warriors/Pikmin from Nintendo)
2. The OLED model

Click to shrink...

Yeah I just see those maintaining sales at best, not improving them over last year. Those shouldn't boost Switch above the ~2.2M Q4 it's done in Japan the past 2 years.

The next two months should continue a steady decline from 2020 that won't be reversed if 2021 stays steady over the past two years in Q4.

 

[AniHawk]

to team 2021:

 

[Lelouch0612]

Yeah I just see those maintaining sales at best, not improving them over last year. Those shouldn't boost Switch above the ~2.2M Q4 it's done in Japan the past 2 years.

The next two months should continue a steady decline from 2020 that won't be reversed if 2021 stays steady over the past two years in Q4.

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Like I mentionned, it could be down from what the Switch achieved in the remaining weeks of 2019 and it would still be up YoY.

Switch got a big boost in September in 2019 which made the Q4 last year, even if flat YoY, less impressive than the year prior.