[Japan] Famitsu sales for December 2024 (Top 5 Software, Publishers, Hardware)
Here’s the latest sales report from Famitsu, with Hardware and Software sales for December 2024 in Japan (November 25th to December 29th, so 5 weeks in total).
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Top 5 Software
During its third month on the market, Super Mario Party Jamboree was the best-selling game in Japan with nearly 500,000 units sold. To be more precise, it sold around 477,000 units, which is nearly 3 times what it sold in November. In fact, it doubled its total sales in just a month!
As for Animal Crossing: New Horizons, it reached yet another milestone with over 8 million units sold at retail alone as of December 2024.
01./03. [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree <ETC> (Nintendo) {2024.10.17} (¥6.480) – 477,654 / 954.261 (+185%)
02./01. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.11.14} (¥6.980) – 218.317 / 930.505 (-69%)
03./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 102.685 / 6.167.617 (+285%)
04./00. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 80.541 / 3.762.586 (+303%)
05./04. [NSW] Mario & Luigi: Brothership <RPG> (Nintendo) {2024.11.07} (¥6.480) – 76.531 / 165.060 (-14%)
00./00. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) – 62.480 / 8.022.435 (+202%)
14./00. [PS5] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.11.14} (¥6.980) – 29.637 / 230.581 (-85%)
Market share
NSW – 5
Publishers
Nintendo was, unsurprisingly, the most successful publisher in December with well over 1 million units sold in total, far surpassing the competition. Nintendo games have always been extremely popular during the holiday season, and this year clearly was no exception. And without a new Pokémon game, the company was bound to rank #1 this month.
Super Mario Party Jamboree accounts for a significant chunk of those sales, with Mario & Luigi: Brothership contributing a more modest portion, and the usual evergreen titles (including Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, simply unstoppable) making up the rest.
As for Konami, it ranks #3 this month with around 112.000 units sold, mostly thanks to its Momotaro Dentetsu games and POWER PROS titles.
- Nintendo: 1.268.000
- Square-Enix: 342.000
- Konami: 112.000
Hardware
Hardware-wise, the Nintendo Switch saw a significant increase in sales in December with over 450.000 units sold. The tracking period for December had one extra week compared to November, but it’s not the only reason sales improved so much in December: last year’s holiday season was particularly strong (even stronger than in 2023, when Nintendo sold around 435.000 units of its hybrid console).
- Nintendo Switch: 452.210 (November 2024: 255.401), including 76.548 units during Week 52, 2024.
- PlayStation 5: 161.879 (November 2024: 151.370), including 27.130 units during Week 52, 2024.
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Source: Famitsu
Some data compiled by: Chris1964 (Install Base)
