When I was doing the 4 weeks for each year, I saw 3DS had a 510k+ week. Insane. Imagine if NSW is still demand and supply that final week they ship like 1mil lol.
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When I was doing the 4 weeks for each year, I saw 3DS had a 510k+ week. Insane. Imagine if NSW is still demand and supply that final week they ship like 1mil lol.
And 604k by dengeki (week 51 2005):
DS 604,000
1 PS2 Kingdom Hearts II 517,000 (Square Enix)
2. NDS Animal Crossing: Wild World 431,000 1,263,000 (Nintendo)
3. NDS Mario Kart DS 293,000 662,000 (Nintendo)
4. PS2 Naruto: Narutimate Hero 3 204,000 (Bandai)
5. NDS Tamagotchi no PuchiPuchi Omisecchi (Bandai)
6. NDS Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon: Blue Rescue Force (Nintendo)
7. GBA Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon: Red Rescue Force (Nintendo)
8. NGC Mario Party 7 (Nintendo)
9. NDS Brain Training 85,000 1,058,000 (Nintendo)
10. PS2 Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence (Konami)
why such a big focus on Octopath Traveler now of all times??
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Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent receives a new trailer ahead of its launch in Japan
Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent receives a new trailer ahead of its launch in Japan
www.pocketgamer.com
It's a new mobile game set in the same universe as the original Octopath Traveler.
Oh, I thought that released a while ago, thanks for the clarification.
1695k DS 2005
1292k DS 2006
1026k DS 2004
888k DS 2007
843k DS 2008
828k DS 2009 (has a W53)
Launch on Switch in 2018
PC release in 2019
Mobile spin-off launch in 2020
Multiple new languages supported over the years.
They are keeping the IP relevant every year while developing the sequel. It is a good strategy imo, Octopath 2 should be big.
1.7m in three weeks. Damn. Don't think we'll ever return to those days.
It'll be big if it's releasing next year. 3 years after the original game is a big time. 4 years would be too much. Bravely Second docet.
I know i'm late AF but i didn't have internet the last days lol
3DS (2012) VS Switch (2020) Peak year
Switch need an avg. of 137.715 for the next 10 weeks to beat 3DS in 2012
3DS (2012) VS Switch (2020) Peak year
Code:
|----|--------------------|--------------------|
| | 3DS | Switch |
|----|----------|---------|---------|----------|
|Week| Weekly | 2012 | Weekly | 2020 |
|----|----------|---------|---------|----------|
| 01| 203.605| 203.605| 284.827| 284.827|
| 02| 257.377| 460.982| 116.301| 401.128|
| 03| 101.697| 562.679| 96.458| 497.586|
| 04| 77.519| 640.198| 67.987| 565.573|
| 05| 81.699| 721.897| 75.922| 641.495|
| 06| 69.180| 791.077| 100.961| 741.456|
| 07| 60.231| 851.308| 80.312| 821.768|
| 08| 88.909| 940.217| 41.490| 863.258|
| 09| 72.032|1.012.249| 53.098| 916.356|
| 10| 71.797|1.084.046| 50.585| 967.941|
| 11| 63.717|1.147.763| 57.274| 1.025.215|
| 12| 63.746|1.211.509| 392.576| 1.417.791|
| 13| 94.776|1.306.285| 282.561| 1.700.352|
| 14| 118.072|1.424.357| 154.640| 1.854.992|
| 15| 67.312|1.491.970| 25.313| 1.880.305|
| 16| 62.653|1.554.623| 27.874| 1.908.179|
| 17| 80.561|1.635.184| 107.104| 2.015.284|
| 18| 71.282|1.706.466| 115.043| 2.130.326|
| 19| 88.226|1.794.692| 42.420| 2.172.746|
| 20| 45.063|1.839.755| 38.380| 2.211.126|
| 21| 41.712|1.881.467| 52.557| 2.263.683|
| 22| 51.804|1.933.271| 107.593| 2.371.276|
| 23| 101.718|2.034.989| 68.192| 2.439.468|
| 24| 61.212|2.096.201| 55.187| 2.494.655|
| 25| 56.394|2.152.595| 78.428| 2.573.083|
| 26| 66.953|2.219.548| 93.799| 2.666.882|
| 27| 65.267|2.284.815| 52.250| 2.719.132|
| 28| 51.930|2.336.745| 96.879| 2.816.011|
| 29| 46.633|2.383.378| 113.197| 2.929.208|
| 30| 44.202|2.427.580| 125.231| 3.054.439|
| 31| 235.974|2.663.554| 86.605| 3.141.044|
| 32| 118.786|2.782.340| 173.338| 3.314.382|
| 33| 108.897|2.891.237| 148.699| 3.463.081|
| 34| 107.140|2.998.377| 70.129| 3.533.210|
| 35| 64.921|3.063.298| 78.773| 3.611.983|
| 36| 67.926|3.131.224| 77.611| 3.689.594|
| 37| 57.305|3.188.529| 83.920| 3.773.514|
| 38| 56.970|3.245.529| 110.029| 3.883.543|
| 39| 59.199|3.304.698| 70.542| 3.954.085|
| 40| 77.183|3.381.881| 91.093| 4.045.178|
| 41| 58.233|3.440.114| 108.575| 4.153.753|
| 42| 78.401|3.518.114| 95.852| 4.249.605|
| 43| 60.033|3.578.548| | |
| 44| 60.079|3.638.627| | |
| 45| 82.644|3.721.271| | |
| 46| 186.662|3.889.933| | |
| 47| 170.559|4.060.492| | |
| 48| 158.527|4.219.019| | |
| 49| 154.654|4.373.673| | |
| 50| 219.103|4.592.776| | |
| 51| 333.409|4.926.185| | |
| 52| 433.788|5.359.973| | |
| 53| 266.790|5.626.763| | |
|----|----------|---------|---------|----------|Switch need an avg. of 137.715 for the next 10 weeks to beat 3DS in 2012
Thanks to Marth for the help we got....
"Holiday Period" (W49-52)
1695k >>> DS05
1460k >>> 3DS11 (MK7/SM3DL)
1292k >>> DS06
1253k >>> 3DS12 (ACNL)
1051k >>> NSW18 (SSBU/Pokémon LGPE)
1026k >>> DS04
951k >>>> NSW19 (Pokemon SwSh)
888k >>>> DS07
843k >>>> DS08
828k >>>> DS09
805k >>>> NSW17 (SMO)
760k >>>> 3DS13 (Pokemon XY/LoZ ALBW)
693k >>>> 3DS14 (YW2*/Pokémon ORAS)
504k >>>> 3DS15 (MHX/YWB)
492k >>>> 3DS16
"Holiday Period" (W49-52)
1695k >>> DS05
1460k >>> 3DS11 (MK7/SM3DL)
1292k >>> DS06
1253k >>> 3DS12 (ACNL)
1051k >>> NSW18 (SSBU/Pokémon LGPE)
1026k >>> DS04
951k >>>> NSW19 (Pokemon SwSh)
888k >>>> DS07
843k >>>> DS08
828k >>>> DS09
805k >>>> NSW17 (SMO)
760k >>>> 3DS13 (Pokemon XY/LoZ ALBW)
693k >>>> 3DS14 (YW2*/Pokémon ORAS)
504k >>>> 3DS15 (MHX/YWB)
492k >>>> 3DS16
If you call it holiday period you should include week 1 (New Year) too. If you are just comparing Decembers, then it's fine.
Your right W1 is holiday too, it's just I didn't want to mix numbers from different years. That's why MC was better since it tracked New Years with Christmas period.
Ex: This year W52 will end on the 27th but MC would of been on the 3rd of jan
if you don't count week one then I believe DS, 3DS and Switch are only consoles that have had over 1 million decembers. Even with highly successful Playstation consoles sales were split more evenly over the year (and week 1 has always been traditionally more important for PS consoles). Nintendo has always been the holidays company. Maybe PSP could have done over a million in 2010 december (dat Monster Hunter craze) but they run out of stock (hence massive stock issues in early 2011). Although technically launch week of MHP3 was week 48 so not in your comparison (most of the week was in december though and game itself launched in December)
yeah i thought it was just the sweet spot in between the ps5 launch and november releases and when evergreens take over in mid-late december, so it wouldn't be too obvious what the top 10 would be
..but yes obviously i forgot about Ryza 2 lol
Don't forget the Stadia port that definitely had a large impact on sales, eyup
Hmmm.... better numbers already before the real weeks begin. Crazy
I know its obvious but man PS1 and DS were beasts. These games with these low first weeks that just continued selling forever were basically evergreens for those systems. Constantly helping the console sell more hardware year after year as people picked them up. Amazing stuff.
They were mainstream platforms and helped in making video games more popular among new segments of the market.
Those games were often targeted towards a wide audience and were easy pick-ups. Sometimes they were new IPs which of course couldn't have huge big FW numbers and sold thanks to word of mouth.
I think some of these dynamics are now absorbed by digital channels. Games like Tetris and Mahjong are now often digital-only releases. However Switch has proven that such evergreens can still be a thing (outside of course usual Nintendo sellers—I mean, Splatoon had legs on Wii U too).
PS Store download ranking for September - https://blog.ja.playstation.com/2020/10/22/20201022-downloadranking/
PS Store download ranking for September - https://blog.ja.playstation.com/2020/10/22/20201022-downloadranking/
Glad to see JP list
We will get an idea whats happening on the digital front.
Nier had a 50% off on September, good to see it on 3rd
PES no 1 isnt shocking as its a patch and i estimated it being heavier on the digital
Lets see, their blog started with this , which implies we should see going forward
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Avengers didn't do very hot at digital either, it was available for almost entire September.
Not many things have changed since last time we got Sony rankings from Japan. Like eShop, games with deep discounts rule the charts. At least this time they have separated DLC, if this continues we'll have a general idea for purchasing trends but there's again no idea for how big numbers are unless we get sales PR for specific games that chart.
Not many things have changed since last time we got Sony rankings from Japan. Like eShop, games with deep discounts rule the charts. At least this time they have separated DLC, if this continues we'll have a general idea for purchasing trends but there's again no idea for how big numbers are unless we get sales PR for specific games that chart.
Thanks for the photos. I didn't know that there's a purple & orange Switch set available in Japan. It says "Nintendo Tokyo Set"—I guess that means the Nintendo Store in Tokyo? But if the set is exclusive to the Store, how can it be available here?
Those Joycons have been available since last year(?), alongside the Blue and Yellow set. They are by far the best looking.
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It was available only from Nintendo Tokyo Store (through lotteries) but Nintendo started distributing it at other retailers too. Of course you won't have to go there to buy it.
Are we getting updated numbers for stuff like Tsushima and Last of Us 2?
That seems to be a Switch console set. Yes, they are very good looking.
I see. Thanks for the info.