Rllmuk's Official Sales Figures

[MidWalian]

NPD data out. The results for hardware:

 

[HarMGM]

Back again for a new week for the numbers from Japan.

 

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Famitsu Sales: Week 3, 2023 (Jan 09 - Jan 15)

01./01. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) - 64.799 / 4.695.052 (-52%)
02./00. [PS4] One Piece: Odyssey <RPG> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2023.01.12} (¥7.980) - 35.123 / NEW
03./00. [PS5] One Piece: Odyssey <RPG> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2023.01.12} (¥7.980) - 26.879 / NEW
04./02. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 22.094 / 3.817.608 (-61%)
05./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 18.172 / 5.101.319 (-51%)
06./04. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 14.849 / 969.291 (-58%)
07./05. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 11.025 / 3.008.474 (-49%)
08./06. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.12.09} (¥7.264) - 7.864 / 254.564 (-62%)
09./07. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 7.587 / 5.100.328 (-54%)
10./09. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars <ETC> (Nintendo) {2021.10.29} (¥5.980) - 7.382 / 1.151.855 (-49%)

Top 10

NSW - 8
PS4 - 1
PS5 - 1

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     74.690 |    125.359 |     94.523 |    325.408 |    439.140 |  28.049.455 |
| PS5 # |     44.113 |     42.578 |     14.453 |    129.269 |     71.807 |   2.506.658 |
| PS4 # |      1.099 |      2.064 |         17 |      5.227 |         56 |   9.422.994 |
| XBS # |      1.052 |        870 |      2.267 |      2.791 |      3.053 |     401.186 |
| 3DS # |         93 |        209 |        489 |        512 |      1.452 |  24.598.409 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    121.047 |    171.080 |    111.749 |    463.207 |    515.508 |  66.168.925 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |     39.468 |     37.648 |     12.996 |    114.764 |     61.864 |   2.174.709 |
| PS5DE |      4.645 |      4.930 |      1.457 |     14.505 |      9.943 |     331.949 |
| XBS X |        267 |        100 |        419 |        467 |        974 |     172.878 |
| XBS S |        785 |        770 |      1.848 |      2.324 |      2.079 |     228.308 |
|NSWOLED|     44.147 |     71.394 |     48.824 |    186.936 |    221.679 |   3.758.948 |
| NSW L |     12.586 |     24.494 |     16.568 |     61.574 |     86.694 |   5.165.268 |
|  NSW  |     17.957 |     29.471 |     29.131 |     76.898 |    130.767 |  19.125.239 |
|  PS4  |      1.099 |      2.064 |         17 |      5.227 |         56 |   7.847.271 |
|n-2DSLL|         93 |        209 |        489 |        512 |      1.452 |   1.203.464 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

 

Pokémon S/V still going strong and closing in on 5 million units sold physically. The first title in the series to do so since the DS days. Add in digital and total numbers will be closer to 6 or 7 million units. Placing it third on the list of best selling Pocket Monster games in Japan. Meanwhile, we see a bit of a meh debut for One Piece: Odyssey. 

 

Meh is something we can't say the PS5 this week with an amazing hold like that. Sony has said multiple times that stock issues should be (mostly) gone by now so already the PS5 has tripled it's results from last year. Switch is performing quite nicely as well although you can clearly see the decline of the system set in. Still, compared to the 3DS/DS it's performing quite well in it's 6th and soon to be 7th year on the market.

[fat flatulent git]

6 hours ago, HarMGM said:

Back again for a new week for the numbers from Japan.

 

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     74.690 |    125.359 |     94.523 |    325.408 |    439.140 |  28.049.455 |
| PS5 # |     44.113 |     42.578 |     14.453 |    129.269 |     71.807 |   2.506.658 |
| PS4 # |      1.099 |      2.064 |         17 |      5.227 |         56 |   9.422.994 |
| XBS # |      1.052 |        870 |      2.267 |      2.791 |      3.053 |     401.186 |
| 3DS # |         93 |        209 |        489 |        512 |      1.452 |  24.598.409 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    121.047 |    171.080 |    111.749 |    463.207 |    515.508 |  66.168.925 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |     39.468 |     37.648 |     12.996 |    114.764 |     61.864 |   2.174.709 |
| PS5DE |      4.645 |      4.930 |      1.457 |     14.505 |      9.943 |     331.949 |
| XBS X |        267 |        100 |        419 |        467 |        974 |     172.878 |
| XBS S |        785 |        770 |      1.848 |      2.324 |      2.079 |     228.308 |
|NSWOLED|     44.147 |     71.394 |     48.824 |    186.936 |    221.679 |   3.758.948 |
| NSW L |     12.586 |     24.494 |     16.568 |     61.574 |     86.694 |   5.165.268 |
|  NSW  |     17.957 |     29.471 |     29.131 |     76.898 |    130.767 |  19.125.239 |
|  PS4  |      1.099 |      2.064 |         17 |      5.227 |         56 |   7.847.271 |
|n-2DSLL|         93 |        209 |        489 |        512 |      1.452 |   1.203.464 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

 

Sony has said multiple times that stock issues should be (mostly) gone by now

Still available by invitation only on Amazon Japan and out of stock everywhere (Geo, Nojima and Yamada Denki) in my city unless you go to Bic Camera.  They have some that can only be bought with their store / group credit card.

[Stanley]

So apparently, according to rumours, Nintendo is looking to up Switch production in the next fiscal year and is projecting higher sales. Unprecedented for a console of Its age. Makes you wonder what they have waiting in the wings, we know Zelda is coming which will be massive, but a new Mario maybe, a new Switch revision?

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Nintendo reportedly has pinged its suppliers and assembly partners about increasing production without putting a firm number on its expectations. In November, the company had decreased its Switch sales forecast for the current year to 19 million units (down from its initial 21 million projection in May) due to ongoing component shortages, but the sources said the number would be around the 21 million originally projected. 
 

Nintendo has cited supply chain issues as a bottleneck since 2021 but now seems confident it can make more units and that demand will keep up, an optimistic change from the first-quarter earnings release in August that reported declining system and software sales.

 

https://www.theverge.com/2023/1/20/23563848/nintendo-switch-2023-production-increase-chip-shortage

 

 

[Mallet]

Special edition Zelda Oled Switch. 

 

Special edition Mario Switch to launch with movie. 

 

Maybe a special edition Metroid Prime bundle? 

[layten]

On 17/01/2023 at 15:13, MidWalian said:

NPD data out. The results for hardware:

 

Remember when sales figures were just unit sales. Then Nintendo started to stomp everything.  

[Stanley]

8 minutes ago, layten said:

Remember when sales figures were just unit sales. Then Nintendo started to stomp everything.  

Stupid isn’t it, the only financial insight it provides is along the lines of Nintendo being able to position their product better, and I’m fairly certain Nintendo profit more from each unit sold. 

[MidWalian]

Disclaimer: Not sure how reliable the data is.

 

ResetERA are talking about leaked NPD numbers. The sourced tweet has now been deleted but here are the numbers:

 

PS5 US NPD HW:
Jun-22: 277K
Jul-22: 301K
Aug-22: 341K
Sep-22: 494K
Oct-22: 456K
Nov-22: 1328K
LTD as of Nov-22: 10592K

XBX US NPD HW:
Jun-22: 260K
Jul-22: 247K
Aug-22: 251K
Sep-22: 288K
Oct-22: 261K
Nov-22: 730K
LTD as of Nov-22: 8736K

[Stanley]

Fire Emblem number 1 in the UK although down when compared to launch sales of the previous game, Three Houses.

 

Also:

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The biggest riser of the week is The Last of Us Part 1, which returns to the charts at No.20 with a 238% spike in sales week-on-week. The game has been boosted by the new TV series based on the title, which is available to view in the UK via Sky Atlantic.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/the-last-of-us-part-1-sales-jumped-238-after-tv-show-launch-uk-boxed-charts

[Mr. Gerbik]

All the casual players who are fans of the tv show are probably going to be pleasantly surprised by by how similar the game is - "it's just like the show, only I have to keep holding up to progress the story!"

[HarMGM]

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Famitsu Sales: Week 4, 2023 (Jan 16 - Jan 22)

01./00. [NSW] Fire Emblem: Engage # <SLG> (Nintendo) {2023.01.20} (¥6.980) - 144.558 / NEW
02./01. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) - 43.983 / 4.739.035
03./04. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 16.091 / 3.833.699
04./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 13.857 / 5.115.176
05./06. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 9.220 / 978.511
06./07. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 8.146 / 3.016.620
07./10. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars <ETC> (Nintendo) {2021.10.29} (¥5.980) - 6.009 / 1.157.864
08./11. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! <TBL> (Konami) {2020.11.19} (¥6.300) - 5.942 / 2.830.215
09./12. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 # <RCE> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2022.03.04} (¥7.900) - 5.468 / 267.222
10./09. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 5.327 / 5.105.655

Top 10

NSW - 9
PS5 - 1

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     51.587 |     74.690 |     77.219 |    376.995 |    516.359 |  28.101.042 |
| PS5 # |     42.152 |     44.113 |     18.857 |    171.421 |     90.664 |   2.548.810 |
| PS4 # |      2.544 |      1.099 |         14 |      7.771 |         70 |   9.425.538 |
| XBS # |        945 |      1.052 |      2.627 |      3.736 |      5.680 |     402.131 |
| 3DS # |         83 |         93 |        325 |        595 |      2.097 |  24.598.492 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     97.311 |    121.047 |     99.042 |    560.518 |    614.870 |  66.266.236 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

New numbers again this week and it's looking like quite a stellar launch for the latest Fire Emblem. Pre-orders seemed to indicate it was heading for a 200k+ but that didn't seem to be in the cards this time.

 

In hardware we see the Switch drop and the PS5 holding quite steady in terms of hardware sales, further proof of the PS5 availability in the Japanese market. More to the point, it has passed the PS Vita launch aligned and will shortly pass the PS4 if it keeps pulling in these kinds of numbers.

[thesnwmn]

I was just thinking, looking at those numbers with MK8D at #4, how does anyone still not own that?

 

But it's odd actually.

 

28 million Switches sold.

5 million copies of MK8D.

 

So of course a lot of digital purchases too. And presumably there are many people who actually own multiple Switches (original, lite and OLED).

 

But then you also look at the Pokemon numbers. Like only 400k physical copies behind MK8D. Obviously we don't know the digital split but wow. Pokemon is crazy.

[mushashi]

On 23/01/2023 at 14:13, MidWalian said:

Disclaimer: Not sure how reliable the data is.

 

 

It's 100% accurate, the person who provided them definitely has access to the very expensive NPD subscription report. Interesting how the UK is actually currently a stronger market for Microsoft than even their home market, which has always historically been their stronghold. Apparently consumers aren't quite as price sensitive in the US compared to the UK.

[mushashi]

UK LTD Sales figures for comparison to the US:

 

2022:

NSW: ~880K
PS5: ~770K
XBS: ~720K

LTD:

NSW: ~6.04M
PS5: ~2.37M
XBS: ~1.88M

 

So US LTD ratio between Sony and Microsoft is running at ~1.2:1 while the UK ratio is at ~1.26:1 so despite Microsoft being close in 2022 in the UK, they are still actually further behind overall than the US, while Sony managed to open up the gap in 2022 in the US by a fair bit.

[bear]

Wait up, those numbers are suggesting the Switch outsold the PS5 by over 110,000 units during December alone. That doesn't seem right. 

[Flanders]

19 hours ago, mushashi said:

 

It's 100% accurate, the person who provided them definitely has access to the very expensive NPD subscription report. Interesting how the UK is actually currently a stronger market for Microsoft than even their home market, which has always historically been their stronghold. Apparently consumers aren't quite as price sensitive in the US compared to the UK.

Almost like the UK has become a much poorer country than the US in the past ten years…

[Stanley]

I mean the Switch came top in both markets, I don’t think price is much indication, MS did badly last year because they didn’t have the games. 

[mushashi]

On 28/01/2023 at 17:02, bear said:

Wait up, those numbers are suggesting the Switch outsold the PS5 by over 110,000 units during December alone. That doesn't seem right. 

 

That's total sales for ALL of 2022, the UK isn't that big a market :) . It also isn't that big a market for the Switch either. It's only just past the Xbox One total sales at this point, while it's already beaten all the other 'home' console total sales in both Japan and France so regional strengths still exist for all the players still left in the game.

 

2023 seems like it will be the make or break year for Microsoft as Sony will finally sort out their supply problems and dropping a new cheaper model so momentum isn't a problem for them, while Microsoft need to get out of first gear if they want to close the global gap, which stands at ~1.5:1 at present.

[Halo]

On 28/01/2023 at 16:43, mushashi said:

 

 

So US LTD ratio between Sony and Microsoft is running at ~1.2:1 while the UK ratio is at ~1.26:1 so despite Microsoft being close in 2022 in the UK, they are still actually further behind overall than the US, while Sony managed to open up the gap in 2022 in the US by a fair bit.

MS very aggressively priced the Xbox in the UK since day 1 and hasn’t increased it despite runaway inflation and unfavourable exchange rates (if anything, you can now get it a little cheaper than RRP, while the PS5 increased in price). It also had much better availability across the past 3 years.

[Stanley]

I feel for MS, they have a really good product in the Series S|X and Game Pass, they’re incredibly aggressive with their pricing, and yet here they are again in third place. Meanwhile Sony raises the price of its games and consoles and still they can’t make them quick enough 🤷‍♂️

[bear]

At the start of December Christopher Dring said that for year to date there was around 20,000 units separating the best selling console (PS5) from the worst selling (not stated but presumably Xbox). Based on that then the Switch would have had to outsell the PS5 by at least 110,000 units during December for those figures to be accurate. 

 

However, he also said in January that the gap between all three consoles for the year was 60,000 units. Whatever figures he was working off don't tally with those quoted figures. 

[Flanders]

38 minutes ago, Stanley said:

I feel for MS, they have a really good product in the Series S|X and Game Pass, they’re incredibly aggressive with their pricing, and yet here they are again in third place. Meanwhile Sony raises the price of its games and consoles and still they can’t make them quick enough 🤷‍♂️

Well they have two issues. The first is that to gain ground in any market you usually need your competition to drop a bollock, and Sony just haven’t - they made a competitively priced powerful machine and supported it with a good lineup of software, whatever you think of the price increases. Compare that to the PS3 and Xbox One which were actively bad consoles. 
 

The second is that MS’ commercial strategy is overly elaborate and often appears geared more towards impressing people on niche video game forums than the mainstream consumer. The weaker but cheaper Series S and Game Pass received so many rapturous plaudits as sure fire commercial successes without anyone stopping to think whether the average console owner who buys seven to ten games per generation would actually want those things. 

[thesnwmn]

Fundamentally PlayStation is a much better and stronger gaming brand. And I think Sony does a much better job of just advertising games. The number of non-exclusive game ads I see that are wrapped in PlayStation "for the players" stuff just build the mindset that it's the place to be.

 

MS have done so much right but I don't think they get how to advertise what they're making or the service they're offering.

[Stanley]

They put the cart before the horse with Game Pass I feel. Sony’s new subscription service is clumsy and confusing, but it doesn’t really seem to matter, it appears to have put out any fires Game Pass started, or at least controlled them. 
 

it will be interesting to see how they manage their advertising when the likes of COD hits the service, and how Sony respond. 

[b00dles]

This is purely my opinion but I really think Microsoft fucked up with their naming conventions. I've no idea if it has caused confusion to consumers but xbox, 360, xbox one, one s, series s and series x. If you don't know any better, that's about as easy to put in the correct order as the resident evil films. 

 

360 was the hands down winner of that gen for all of my more casual gaming friends and for whatever reason they all went back to ps4 and have or are intending to get a ps5. Not even a hint of getting a series s as they don't have 4k tvs yet or anything of the sort. 

 

It's quite strange really but the lack of clear successor really does make me wonder if the name is more important than it would ever be to me.

 

I bought a wii U for example

[MidWalian]

Producing (and releasing!) system sellers may have helped here. God of War Ragnarok has already sold over 11 million copies.

Saying that, easier for hardware shipments to be up when you have better availability but still very good.

[Uncle Mike]

I wonder when they start to worry about PS Plus numbers dropping. It dropped last time as well, from memory? Presumably they'd make the argument that it might have been artificially high from Covid previously, but for how many years is that a valid excuse?

[phillv85]

Yeah that’s nearly 2m users no longer subscribing. That has to become a worry at some point.

[MidWalian]

Subscribers are up compared to the last quarter and will be interesting to see if that continues.

 

 

Stole that image from a Resetera thread (link) which is quite detailed and also goes into the exchange rate as the yen hasn't been doing well for quite a while.

 

 

[phillv85]

From that graph it looks like numbers will probably be up for the next quarter, presumably for all the new console sold around Christmas. If it still drops then there’s definitely a tail off happening.