[Japan] Final Fantasy XVI sells 336,027 units on launch, Biggest PS5 game launch in Japan, PS5 sells 85K units,

[Unchained]

Famitsu sales (6/19/23 - 6/25/23)

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows: PS5 – 71,415 Switch OLED – 66,375 Switch – 20,941 Switch Lite – 18,674 PS5 Digital Edition – 13,970 PS4 – 2,427 Xbox Series S – 8,448 Xbox Series X – 279 New 2DS LL – 33 For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last...

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows:


PS5 – 71,415
Switch OLED – 66,375
Switch – 20,941
Switch Lite – 18,674
PS5 Digital Edition – 13,970
PS4 – 2,427
Xbox Series S – 8,448
Xbox Series X – 279
New 2DS LL – 33

And here are the software charts:

1. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI – 336,027
2. [NSW] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 25,155 / 1,697,225
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 8,066 / 5,344,544
4. [NSW] Minecraft – 6,166 / 3,171,606
5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 6,156 / 1,107,323
6. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 4,901 / 5,058,457
7. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 4,597 / 4,043,435
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 4,282 / 5,219,828
9. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 4,231 / 3,405,063
10. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 3,531 / 2,216,142

 

[ethomaz]

PS5 did pretty good.

But the declive in FFXVI sales is pretty telling... the previous entry really put buyers in the waiting.
A bit over 50% drop in physical but with difitial we should be looking at 20-30% drop.

Anyway FFXVI sales were still higher than what InstallBase users were predicting
They are really very biased.

 

[Vertigo]

Is this the first major ps5 release in Japan? Curious to see how it stacked vs Ragnarok and console Elden ring.

 

[Unchained]

Is this the first major ps5 release in Japan? Curious to see how it stacked vs Ragnarok and console Elden ring.

it's the biggest

 

[nongkris]

Is this the first major ps5 release in Japan? Curious to see how it stacked vs Ragnarok and console Elden ring.

hogwarts did numbers in japan and was next gen only at launch.

 

[Dabaus]

Not to be a doom and gloomer but I was expecting at least 700k software sold and 150k hardware. That’s seems pretty bad imo.

 

[Vertigo]

Not to be a doom and gloomer but I was expecting at least 700k software sold and 150k hardware. That’s seems pretty bad imo.

It’s not great.

It’s the biggest next gen release for Japan so far tho. Kinda telling where that console market is at right now. This is the first game to move ps5 units it looks like.

Slow start for the gen in Japan

 

[Dabaus]

It’s not great.

It’s the biggest next gen release for Japan so far tho. Kinda telling where that console market is at right now. This is the first game to move ps5 units it looks like.

Slow start for the gen in Japan

I am curious what the digital splits are in japan on average?

 

[Danja]

Not to be a doom and gloomer but I was expecting at least 700k software sold and 150k hardware. That’s seems pretty bad imo.

You set yourself up with these estimates lol.

 

[Danja]

Around what I expected for physical software. Higher than I expected for Hardware but next week everyone will run wild with the harsh drops.

I'm expecting it did around 450 - 500k digital + physical?

 

[Swift_Star]

Resetera and installbase are going to have huge meltdowns over this.

 

[AshHunter216]

Resetera and installbase are going to have huge meltdowns over this.

They'll just look for ways to spin it as a failure.

 

[gokuss4]

They'll just look for ways to spin it as a failure.

I went to installbase
And man that fourm is so small
It's like only 10 active members there lol

 

[Gods&Monsters]

Many haters were predicting less than 200k so it did amazing. Great numbers for the GOTY.

 

[ghostz]

Dang, and still couldn’t outsell Switch.

 

[Nhomnhom]

I guess all those copies are also going to other countries like the PS5 consoles... is that still the narrative?

I still don't understand how Sony can see the Switch selling in beast mode and not consider a proper portable that plays PS4 games (specially knowing that the Switch successor will have PS4 level hardware).

 

[Swift_Star]

They're already downplaying the sales in the first pages, but they went missing when this was posted:

The game sold vastly more than both latest RE games and Elden Ring. Are these games failures? Xbots at Era are pathetic.

 

[Gods&Monsters]

They're already downplaying the sales in the first pages, but they went missing when this was posted:
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The game sold vastly more than both latest RE games and Elden Ring. Are these games failures? Xbots at Era are pathetic.

Elden Ring was cross-gen and a critical darling and it couldn't even hit 280k and we're supposed to believe FF16 is a flop?

AAA gaming on consoles is low in Japan. That's the max in that market.

 

[Petekilla]

Dang, and still couldn’t outsell Switch.

Switch is king in Japan idiot, everybody knows this.

 

[Petekilla]

They're already downplaying the sales in the first pages, but they went missing when this was posted:
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The game sold vastly more than both latest RE games and Elden Ring. Are these games failures? Xbots at Era are pathetic.

There’s a lot of Xbox Fanboys at Resetera. Lol