Japan: more data for Week 26, 2016, Q1 2016-17 (incl. Top 5 Software)

Media Create

Today, Media Create released its weekly report for video game sales in Japan, providing us with more sales data for Week 26. During that week, a total of 419 000 units were sold for Software, which is 96.53% of Week 25 sales. According to Media Create, this drop is mainly due to many releases not even selling 10 000 units this week. The ratio of new sales in total Software sales dropped to 69.18% this week.

Things went well on Nintendo platforms, as sales of previously released games increased: Week 26 amount to 123.36% of Week 26 sales after all. Total Software sales (old and new titles) were at pretty much the same level as last week.

Finally, here’s sell-through data for Culdcept Revolt: 50-60%, with a very loyal fanbase (makings things easy for retailers, who knew exactly how many units they needed to order). The game might end up selling over 100 000 units LTD.

Source: Media Create
Via: hiska-kun

Dengeki

According to Dengeki Nintendo, the Japanese video game market was down Year on Year for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2016-17 (March 28th / June 26th):

• Hardware: 8.3% drop, with 803 000 units sold / 8.1% drop by revenue (21 billion Yen).
• Software: 2% drop, with 5.958 million units sold. +1.6% for revenue (35 billion Yen), due to more PlayStation 4 game sold (those are more expensive than other games, especially those on Nintendo 3DS which is the only other healthy platform).
• Global: 2.3% drop, from 57.7 billion Yen to 56 billion Yen.

Unfortunately, the market has been on a downward spiral for a while. Here’s data for the past few 1st Quarters:

• Q1 2012-13: 85.6 billion Yen
• Q1 2013-14: 66.3 billion Yen
• Q1 2014-15: 61.7 billion Yen
• Q1 2015-16: 57.7 billion Yen
• Q1 2016-17: 56 billion Yen

Finally, here’s the list of best-sellers for Q1 2016-17 in Japan:

1. [3DS] Yo-kai Sangokushi (Level-5): 545 000 units
2. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo): 323 000 units
3. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes II (Square-Enix): 259 000 units
4. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 3 (Square-Enix): 247 million units
5. [3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice (Nintendo 3DS): 233 000 units

Source: Dengeki