Famitsu Sales: Week 43, 2024 (Oct 21 - Oct 27)

[ethomaz]

Famitsu Sales: Week 43, 2024 (Oct 21 - Oct 27)

01./01. [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree <ETC> (Nintendo) {2024.10.17} (¥6.480) - 81.393 / 308.962 (-64%)
02./00. [NSW] Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.10.24} (¥6.200) - 70.367 / NEW
03./00. [PS5] Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.10.24} (¥6.200) - 32.157 / NEW
04./00. [PS5] Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 <ACT> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2024.10.25} (¥8.909) - 26.947 / NEW
05./00. [NSW] Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake # <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2024.10.24} (¥8.800) - 12.411 / NEW
06./00. [PS4] Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.10.24} (¥6.200) - 12.367 / NEW
07./02. [PS5] Professional Baseball Spirits 2024-2025 <SPT> (Konami) {2024.10.17} (¥8.900) - 10.182 / 79.260 (-85%)
08./03. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom <ADV> (Nintendo) {2024.09.26} (¥6.980) - 7.567 / 288.879 (-43%)
09./00. [PS5] Romance of the Three Kingdoms 8 Remake # <SLG> (Koei Tecmo) {2024.10.24} (¥8.800) - 7.133 / NEW
10./00. [NSW] Sonic x Shadow Generations # <ACT> (Sega) {2024.10.25} (¥5.990) - 7.021 / NEW

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     67.724 |     58.853 |     66.161 |  2.401.492 |  3.330.995 |  34.188.148 |
| PS5 # |     11.945 |     11.315 |      2.933 |  1.140.900 |  2.143.780 |   6.105.757 |
| XBS # |      1.201 |      4.438 |      3.301 |     93.047 |    121.802 |     633.154 |
| PS4 # |         38 |         34 |      1.006 |     13.320 |     61.349 |   9.504.379 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     80.908 |     74.640 |     73.424 |  3.648.921 |  5.660.773 |  75.032.530 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |      9.829 |      9.649 |      2.717 |    944.252 |  1.871.287 |   5.242.422 |
| PS5DE |      2.116 |      1.666 |        216 |    196.648 |    272.493 |     863.335 |
|XBS XDE|        536 |      2.831 |            |      3.367 |            |       3.367 |
| XBS X |        108 |        147 |      2.903 |     62.958 |     57.487 |     307.942 |
| XBS S |        557 |      1.460 |        398 |     26.722 |     64.315 |     321.845 |
|NSWOLED|     46.256 |     37.294 |     53.381 |  1.664.137 |  2.365.953 |   8.092.295 |
| NSW L |     15.790 |     16.911 |      6.580 |    493.593 |    430.716 |   6.167.667 |
|  NSW  |      5.678 |      4.648 |      6.200 |    243.762 |    534.326 |  19.928.186 |
|  PS4  |         38 |         34 |      1.006 |     13.320 |     61.349 |   7.928.656 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

 

[TrishaCat]

SaGa Sickos Sweep Sales

 

[Concurseiro do Futuro]

Switch refuses to die.

 

[TrishaCat]

Switch refuses to die.

place your bets, will the switch last as long as the ps2 did?

 

[Kokoloko]

This must be the first time in years where more than a couple PS games are in the top 10 for a few weeks in a row lol. This year must be a record

 

[On Demand]

Sony has given up Japan with those hardware sales.

Increasing the price was a stupid thing to do.

 

[Bryank75]

Sony has given up Japan with those hardware sales.

Increasing the price was a stupid thing to do.

They completely fucked themselves for little to no reason.

They were selling 30k a week or nearly 100k per month.

Now 10 to 11k ... Only 33k per month.

Who is calling these shots? Fire them FFS

 

[Gediminas]

This must be the first time in years where more than a couple PS games are in the top 10 for a few weeks in a row lol. This year must be a record

Most probably, japanese imported some PS5 to Japan. Now they have supply and can buy new games.

 

[Gediminas]

They completely fucked themselves for little to no reason.

They were selling 30k a week or nearly 100k per month.

Now 10 to 11k ... Only 33k per month.

Who is calling these shots? Fire them FFS

Totoki most probably, bean counter thought it would be great idea nor totoki nor hulst seems has no grasp about console market and their customers

 

[Muddasar]

Totoki most probably, bean counter thought it would be great idea nor totoki nor hulst seems has no grasp about console market and their customers

Could anyone tell if ever in console history where a console price has increased after launch?

Let alone 4 years after launch.

Absolute shambles.

 

[Gediminas]

Could anyone tell if ever in console history where a console price has increased after launch?

Let alone 4 years after launch.

Absolute shambles.

PS5?

 

[Kokoloko]

Sony has given up Japan with those hardware sales.

Increasing the price was a stupid thing to do.

Yep price increase is a mistake. Especially with the new Nintendo device coming. Price drop is needed if they want success over PS4 sales.

I think next year is a determining year if they sell better than PS4. They are under 4.5 million units from that.
They might achieve that by 2027/2028. They still have Monster Hunter Wilds coming, Dragon Quests games, Kingdom Hearts 4, Ghost of Yotei and probably a few more. GTA6 could sell 1/2 to a million consoles? Especially with it not coming on PC for a year or so.

But they really need to be hitting 10m-15m units in Japan to be deemed a great success.

For home consoles in Japan: Not including portables/hyrbids

PS2- 24.4m
PS1 1 - 19.4m
PS3 - 10.4M
PS4 - 9.5M

NES - 19.3M
SNES- 17.17M
Nintendo 64 - 5.5M
Gamecube - 4.0M
Wii - 12.75M
Wii U - 3.3M



Portables/Hybrids:

Nintendo Switch #	March 3, 2017	34,800,000​
Nintendo DS	December 2, 2004	32,990,000​
Game Boy and Game Boy Color	April 21, 1989	32,470,000​
Nintendo 3DS #	February 26, 2011	25,260,000​

PlayStation Portable

December 12, 2004

19,632,197​

Game Boy Advance

March 21, 2001

16,960,000​

PlayStation Vita #

December 17, 2011

5,863,022​

Nintendo was wise enough to know there Home consoles dont sell in Japan anymore. Hybrid was there best option and its a success.

PlayStation or Nintendo won’t ever reach those high numbers again for home consoles. But Sony can release a portable to fill in the gap and do a bit better. And Nintendo doesnt need it

10+M PS Home consoles and 5-10+M PSP/Hyrbrids in Japan is the best Sony is gonna get for now. The portables will help with software sales in Japan

 

[Muddasar]

Yep price increase was stupid. Especially with the new Nintendo device coming. Price drop is needed if they want success over PS4 sales.

I think next year is a determining year if they sell better than PS4. They are under 4.5 million units from that.
They might achieve that by 2027/2028. They still have Monster Hunter Wilds coming, Dragon Quests games, Kingdom Hearts 4, Ghost of Yotei and probably a few more. GTA6 could sell 1/2 to a million consoles? Especially with it not coming on PC for a year or so.

But they really need to be hitting 10m-15m units in Japan to be deemed a great success.

For home consoles in Japan: Not including portables/hyrbids

PS2- 24.4m
PS1 1 - 19.4m
PS3 - 10.4M
PS4 - 9.5M

NES - 19.3M
SNES- 17.17M
Nintendo 64 - 5.5M
Gamecube - 4.0M
Wii - 12.75M
Wii U - 3.3M



Portables/Hybrids:

Nintendo Switch #	March 3, 2017	34,800,000​
Nintendo DS	December 2, 2004	32,990,000​
Game Boy and Game Boy Color	April 21, 1989	32,470,000​
Nintendo 3DS #	February 26, 2011	25,260,000​

PlayStation Portable

December 12, 2004

19,632,197​

Game Boy Advance

March 21, 2001

16,960,000​

PlayStation Vita #

December 17, 2011

5,863,022​

Nintendo was wise enough to know there Home consoles dont sell in Japan anymore. Hybrid was there best option and its a success.
PlayStation or Nintendo won’t ever reach those high numbers again for home consoles. But Sony can release a portable to fill in the gap and do a bit better. And Nintendo doesnt need it

10+M PS Home consoles and 5-10+M PSP/Hyrbrids in Japan is the best Sony is gonna get for now. The portables will help with software sales in Japan

Exactly.

The traditional home console market is dead in Japan.

It is all about mobile and handhelds.

If Nintendo can’t do it then what chance do Sony have.

 

[On Demand]

They completely fucked themselves for little to no reason.

They were selling 30k a week or nearly 100k per month.

Now 10 to 11k ... Only 33k per month.

Who is calling these shots? Fire them FFS

They only want increased revenue without realizing hardware will be lost in Japan. I don’t get it. It’s better to take a loss in revenue now and recoup it later through sales. Sales you will get by keeping the same price or dropping the price.

 

[Kokoloko]

Exactly.

The traditional home console market is dead in Japan.

It is all about mobile and handhelds.

If Nintendo can’t do it then what chance do Sony have.

Yep.

With price decrease and great 3rd and 1st Party effort they can reach 10M for PS6 or maybe PS5 (doubt). Which compared to Nintendo Home consoles efforts is respectable.

But they really need a portable/hybrid to get 15+M

 

[Kokoloko]

They only want increased revenue without realizing hardware will be lost in Japan. I don’t get it. It’s better to take a loss in revenue now and recoup it later through sales. Sales you will get by keeping the same price or dropping the price.

Yes. And to keep a good face with the Japanese fanbase

 

[On Demand]

Yep price increase was stupid. Especially with the new Nintendo device coming. Price drop is needed if they want success over PS4 sales.

I think next year is a determining year if they sell better than PS4. They are under 4.5 million units from that.
They might achieve that by 2027/2028. They still have Monster Hunter Wilds coming, Dragon Quests games, Kingdom Hearts 4, Ghost of Yotei and probably a few more. GTA6 could sell 1/2 to a million consoles? Especially with it not coming on PC for a year or so.

But they really need to be hitting 10m-15m units in Japan to be deemed a great success.

For home consoles in Japan: Not including portables/hyrbids

PS2- 24.4m
PS1 1 - 19.4m
PS3 - 10.4M
PS4 - 9.5M

NES - 19.3M
SNES- 17.17M
Nintendo 64 - 5.5M
Gamecube - 4.0M
Wii - 12.75M
Wii U - 3.3M



Portables/Hybrids:

Nintendo Switch #	March 3, 2017	34,800,000​
Nintendo DS	December 2, 2004	32,990,000​
Game Boy and Game Boy Color	April 21, 1989	32,470,000​
Nintendo 3DS #	February 26, 2011	25,260,000​

PlayStation Portable

December 12, 2004

19,632,197​

Game Boy Advance

March 21, 2001

16,960,000​

PlayStation Vita #

December 17, 2011

5,863,022​

Nintendo was wise enough to know there Home consoles dont sell in Japan anymore. Hybrid was there best option and its a success.

PlayStation or Nintendo won’t ever reach those high numbers again for home consoles. But Sony can release a portable to fill in the gap and do a bit better. And Nintendo doesnt need it

10+M PS Home consoles and 5-10+M PSP/Hyrbrids in Japan is the best Sony is gonna get for now. The portables will help with software sales in Japan

Yeah Sony would need to make another handheld to reach those numbers again.

They should definitely do it. Being able to play PS1234 through cloud and download would be enough of a selling point.

 

[TrishaCat]

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PlayStation Vita #

December 17, 2011

5,863,022​

those Vita sales make me sad
best handheld ever in terms of power and form factor, and its library was nothing to sneeze at either if you're a weeaboo like me

 

[BillyZ]

Stupidly high price
Lost all third party exclusives
Pretty much no first party exclusives that appeal to the Japanese market

There's no saving PlayStation in Japan

 

[Boswollox]

They completely fucked themselves for little to no reason.

They were selling 30k a week or nearly 100k per month.

Now 10 to 11k ... Only 33k per month.

Who is calling these shots? Fire them FFS

Herman Hulst.

You have the power, Bryan, to start an awareness campaign against this man and how he has irrefutably damaged the playstation brand.