[Japan] Famitsu sales for January 2025 (Top 5 Software, Publishers, Hardware)
Here’s the latest sales report from Famitsu, with Hardware and Software sales for January 2025 in Japan (December 30th, 2024 to January 26th, 2025, so 4 weeks in total).
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Top 5 Software
For the second month in a row (and the 3rd time since launch), Super Mario Party Jamboree was the best-selling game in Japan with 186.000 units sold. This brings total sales to 1.140.000 units, which means the game is the 31st Nintendo Switch title to become a million-seller at retail alone. And it did so within the first 3 months!
Donkey Kong Country Returns HD is off to a strong start: it ranked #2 with over 140.000 units sold during the first two weeks. Not too shabby for the 3rd release of the game! In comparison, the Nintendo Switch version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze sold only 123.000 units during a similar timeframe.
01./01. [NSW] Super Mario Party: Jamboree <ETC> (Nintendo) {2024.10.17} (¥6.480) – 185.593 / 1.139.854 (-61%)
02./00. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD <ACT> (Nintendo) {2025.01.16} (¥5.980) – 142.349 / NEW
03./03. [PS5] Dynasty Warriors: Origins # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2025.01.17} (¥8.800) – 81.196 / NEW
04./03. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 54.225 / 6.221.842 (-47%)
05./02. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.11.14} (¥6.980) – 54.080 / 984.585 (-75%)
08./00. [NSW] Tales of Graces f Remastered <RPG> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2025.01.16} (¥5.900) – 31.233 / NEW
15./00. [PS5] Tales of Graces f Remastered <RPG> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2025.01.16} (¥5.900) – 18.036 / NEW
Market share
NSW – 4
PS5 – 1
Publishers
Nintendo was once again the most successful publisher with 682.000 units sold in January. Nintendo has the following to thank for that performance: the strong sales of Super Mario Party Jamboree, the successful launch of Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, and the steady sales of the usual evergreen titles (like Mario Kart 8 Deluxe).
Bandai-Namco was the 2nd most successful publisher with around 107.000 units sold. Most of those sales come from Tales of Graces f Remastered, with Freedom Wars Remastered making a more modest contribution.
- Nintendo: 682.000
- Bandai-Namco: 107.000
- Square-Enix: 104.000
Hardware
Hardware-wise, the Nintendo Switch reached yet another milestone: it’s now sold over 35 million units since launch.
It sold 260.447 units in January: that’s a sharp drop compared to December (over 450.000 units, but that’s hardly a surprise for what is usually a fairly slow month (with the exception of New Year’s week).
Also, the tracking period for January was shorter than December’s (4 weeks vs 5 weeks), making the drop from December to January more significant than it actually was.
- Nintendo Switch: 260.447 (December 2024 – 452.210)
- PlayStation 5: 81.587 (December 2024 – 161.879)
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Source: Famitsu
Some data compiled by: Chris1964 (Install Base)
