Japan Hardware and Software sales ( August 7 - August 13 )

[Unchained]

Famitsu sales (8/7/23 - 8/13/23)

The latest Japanese hardware sales from Famitsu are as follows: Switch OLED – 71,256 PS5 – 45,095 Switch – 12,446 Switch Lite – 8,042 PS5 Digital Edition – 5,767 Xbox Series X – 1,639 PS4 – 1,543 Xbox Series S – 653 New 2DS LL – 29 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:


Switch OLED – 71,256
PS5 – 45,095
Switch – 12,446
Switch Lite – 8,042
PS5 Digital Edition – 5,767
Xbox Series X – 1,639
PS4 – 1,543
Xbox Series S – 653
New 2DS LL – 29

And here are the software charts:

1. [NSW] Pikmin 4 – 69,989 / 666,377
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 16,177 / 5,426,782
3. [NSW] Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 15,768 / 1,820,225
4. [NSW] Minecraft – 9,878 / 3,225,961
5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 7,819 / 5,258,520
6. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 7,618 / 1,151,536
7. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 7,128 / 5,092,971
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 6,705 / 4,085,585
9. [NSW] Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Vacation – 6,155 / 37,594
10. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 5,952 / 1,279,705

 

[Dabaus]

The ps5 hardware sales are roughly 50k a weeks, which doesnt seem that bad to me but no software in the top 10 two weeks in a row is baffling to me.

 

[Swift_Star]

The ps5 hardware sales are roughly 50k a weeks, which doesnt seem that bad to me but no software in the top 10 two weeks in a row is baffling to me.

It's been reported Japanese people are spending more time on PS+ than anyone else.

 

[Gamernyc78]

PS5 sold 50,862 units between 7/8/23 – 13/8/23 in Japan​

Famitsu Sales: 8/7/23 – 8/13/23

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of August 7, 2023 to August 13, 2023.

www.gematsu.com

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

It's been reported Japanese people are spending more time on PS+ than anyone else.

Any links? I'd like to see PS+ usage in Japan vs, say, here in America. If it really is heavily in favor of Japan that could explain the large gap in (physical) software sales between regions.

 

[anonpuffs]

Any links? I'd like to see PS+ usage in Japan vs, say, here in America. If it really is heavily in favor of Japan that could explain the large gap in (physical) software sales between regions.

It was from one of Sony's PS+ anniversary slides

 

[Danja1187]

That still doesn't explain the lack of software... So new owners don't buy a single game?

I highly doubt every PS5 owner in Japan is subscribed to PS+.

 

[Gamernyc78]

That still doesn't explain the lack of software... So new owners don't buy a single game?

Here's some data from 2022

[CEDEC 2022] Playstation keynote: Japan leans more to F2P than any other country, No.1 F2P spend per user, No.2 PS Store spend per user and more

Wanted to write my long comment about this thread but SIE already disclose some information about japan. Some important point: >Japan love F2P, they play more than any other region. (data from month of june 2022 only) >Japan has the highest Physical Sales (PS4+PS5), 3rd for digital full games...

www.installbaseforum.com

US PlayStation Users Play More Games Than Japanese Users

New data shared by Sony reveals that PS4 and PS5 owners in the US play more games than Japanese owners, but spend fewer hours on games on average.

80.lv

 

[Danja1187]

Here's some data from 2022

[CEDEC 2022] Playstation keynote: Japan leans more to F2P than any other country, No.1 F2P spend per user, No.2 PS Store spend per user and more

Wanted to write my long comment about this thread but SIE already disclose some information about japan. Some important point: >Japan love F2P, they play more than any other region. (data from month of june 2022 only) >Japan has the highest Physical Sales (PS4+PS5), 3rd for digital full games...

www.installbaseforum.com

US PlayStation Users Play More Games Than Japanese Users

New data shared by Sony reveals that PS4 and PS5 owners in the US play more games than Japanese owners, but spend fewer hours on games on average.

80.lv

Article also states Japan tends to lean more physical than other regions.... I just find it weird how abysmal software is this generation for them.

Which leads me to believe there's less PS5 in the territory than we think but eh.

 

[FatKaz]

I wonder what the physical to digital split is for ps5 games in japan.

If we say the the split is 50-50 or even 40-60 in favour of physical, that would push the games up a few spots on the charts.

 

[anonpuffs]

Man, it's almost unbelievable how well the switch is doing 6 years in, at least in JP

 

[thicc_girls_are_teh_best]

It was from one of Sony's PS+ anniversary slides

I guess that's what @Gamernyc78 linked to ITT. I'll have to give it a read sometime.

 

[historia]

It's been reported Japanese people are spending more time on PS+ than anyone else.

Nope, it says that Japanese market spend the most time on average(per user in region).

Meaning if US got 5M people spending 3 hours a day playing PS+ games, and Japan got 1M people spending 6 hours on average PS+ playing PS+ games. Slides also re

Every countries has those social rejects(?) or N.E.E.Ts sitting at home playing vidya all days but Japan has more even though less userbase than US.

 

[Umar]

FF16 has decent legs in Japan. Been charting since launch

 

[arvfab]

Pikmin 4 still on top. Let's hope Nintendo keeps the franchise alive with more frequent releases.