Japan: more sales data for Week 14 2019, Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission / Fiscal Year 2018-19 (Media Create, Dengeki)

Here’s the latest sales data reports from Media Create and Dengeki!

Important note: Media Create have stopped sharing their short analysis of weekly sales on their website. As such, starting this week, this post will only have data from the Day 1 sell-through report from Media Create (based on leaks, as it’s not made public) and the weekly report from Dengeki.

Media Create – Day 1 Sell-through (Week 15)

This week, we have the Day 1 sell-through for just one Nintendo Switch game (platforms and games are usually listed based on sales, from most successful to least successful… but not this time, since there’s only one game!):

• [NSW] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster <RPG> (Square Enix) (¥6.800) – 30%. Okay-ish debut, nothing to write home about.

Source: Media Create
Via: hiska-kun (ResetERA)

Dengeki (Week 14)

Dengeki report that Super Dragon Ball Heroes World Mission sold about 76 000 units, with a rather satisfying sell-through: about 60%. But since the previous game in the series sold more 93 000 units at launch, and 257 000 units LTD), they’re not quite satisfied and are hoping for sales to grow in the future.

There’s not much movement in the Top 10 this week. Yoshi’s Crafted World sold 31 000 additional units, bringing total sales to 86 000 units LTD.

Only 4 new games were released this week, and the market as a whole was rather sluggish. Both Hardware and Software sales are down:

• Hardware: 68 000 units (-11.5%)
• Software: 358 000 units (-15.5%)

Dengeki also note that the Nintendo Switch has now sold over 8 million units since launch, a little over 2 years after launch.

This week, we get some more data for the past Fiscal Year, which ended on March 31st. As mentioned last time, the market shrank by 12%, from 406.6 billion Yen in Fiscal Year 2017-18 to 355.8 billion in Fiscal Year 2018-19. Meanwhile, the market share of the Nintendo Switch grew noticeably and reached 57.8% (as opposed to 39.1% the Fiscal Year prior).

All other platforms saw their market share drop, but it’s the Nintendo 3DS that was hit the most badly:

• PlayStation 4: 38.2% > 34.8%
• Nintendo 3DS (which used to be market leader): 18.4% > 4.9%
• PlayStation Vita: 3.4% > 2.3%

As for the ratio between home consoles and handhelds, it went from 78.2% – 21.8% during the past Fiscal Year to 92.8% – 7.2%. To say that handhelds are no longer relevant in the Japanese market definitely definitely isn’t a stretch; there’s only eyes for the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4 now.

And Nintendo’s dominance of the Japanese market is growing more pronounced with every passing month. The market shares for Nintendo and Sony platforms went from 57.9% – 42% during Fiscal Year 2017-18 to 62.7% – 37.2% during Fiscal Year 2018-19.

Next, here’s Software sales for each platform:

Platforms	This week	This week (%)	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year (%)
PS4	94,671	26.5％	94,671	26.5％
Vita	10,997	3.1％	10,997	3.1％
Switch	231,965	64.9％	231,965	64.9％
3DS	19,091	5.3％	19,091	5.3％
ETC	839	0.2％	839	0.2％
Total	357,563	100.0％	357,563	100.0％

And here’s Hardware sales:

Platforms	This week	This week (%)	Fiscal Year	Fiscal Year (%)
PS4	16,776	24.5％	16,776	24.5％
Vita	442	0.6％	442	0.6％
Switch	46,728	68.2％	46,728	68.2％
3DS	4,439	6.5％	4,439	6.5％
ETC	113	0.2％	113	0.2％
Total	68,498	100.0％	68,498	100.0％

Finally, here’s the Top 50 Software:

01./00. [NSW] Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.04.04} – 75,518 / NEW
02./01. [NSW] Yoshi’s Crafted World (Nintendo) {2019.03.29} – 30,733 / 85,948
03./02. [PS4] Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (From Software) {2019.03.22} – 23,713 / 232,707
04./03. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} – 14,539 / 3,064,778
05./04. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} – 13,383 / 574,935
06./06. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} – 12,900 / 753,263
07./08. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} – 8,461 / 2,113,707
08./11. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} – 7,317 / 2,974,641
09./10. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} – 6,922 / 1,000,002
10./00. [PSV] Variable Barricade (Idea Factory) {2019.04.04} – 5,763 / NEW
11./09. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Ubisoft) {2019.03.15} – 5,733 / 94,223
12./18. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} – 5,261 / 989,244
13./07. [PS4] Super Robot Wars T (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.03.20} – 5,217 / 100,804
14./05. [PS4] Winning Post 9 (Koei Tecmo) {2019.03.28} – 3,650 / 17,512
15./13. [PS4] Devil May Cry 5 (Capcom) {2019.03.08} – 3,450 / 181,134
16./21. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Square Enix) {2019.01.25} – 3,291 / 733,008
17./12. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} – 3,228 / 819,976
18./16. [NSW] Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! (Square Enix) {2019.03.20} – 3,161 / 31,999
19./17. [PS4] Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon: Every Buddy! (Square Enix) {2019.03.20} – 3,061 / 28,652
20./26. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.07.19} – 2,744 / 335,742
21./14. [NSW] Super Robot Wars T (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.03.20} – 2,400 / 47,877
22./20. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! (Pokemon Co.) {2018.11.16} – 2,367 / 654,737
23./19. [PS4] One Piece: World Seeker (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.03.14} – 2,311 / 66,703
24./27. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} – 2,172 / 742,468
25./23. [PS4] Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland (Koei Tecmo) {2019.03.20} – 2,013 / 31,126
26./33. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} – 1,667 / 1,821,803
27./24. [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) {2018.12.20} – 1,428 / 239,162
28./15. [NSW] Winning Post 9 (Koei Tecmo) {2019.03.28} – 1,394 / 6,951
29./32. [3DS] Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn (Nintendo) {2019.03.07} – 1,328 / 17,766
30./47. [PS4] Jump Force (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.02.14} – 1,250 / 114,128
31./38. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo) {2018.06.22} – 1,239 / 425,136
32./39. [PS4] Minecraft: Playstation 4 Edition (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2015.12.03} – 1,156 / 370,248
33./30. [NSW] Atelier Lulua: The Scion of Arland (Koei Tecmo) {2019.03.20} – 1,061 / 15,261
34./40. [PS4] NieR: Automata – Game of the YoRHa Edition (Square Enix) {2019.02.21} – 1,006 / 30,623
35./43. [NSW] The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2019.03.28} – 1,000 / 2,313
36./54. [NSW] Fortnite (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2018.12.13} – 994 / 26,591
37./50. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX (Square Enix) {2017.03.09} – 933 / 271,021
38./44. [NSW] Zoids Wild: King of Blast (Takara Tomy) {2019.02.28} – 917 / 18,108
39./48. [NSW] Doraemon: Nobita no Getsumen Tansaki (FuRyu) {2019.02.28} – 906 / 11,052
40./78. [NSW] Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate [Best Price] (Capcom) {2018.11.15} – 894 / 16,607
41./22. [PS4] Call of Cthulhu (Oizumi Amuzio) {2019.03.28} – 893 / 4,826
42./42. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo (Nintendo) {2016.11.23} – 861 / 418,252
43./57. [NSW] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo) {2018.07.13} – 844 / 187,265
44./65. [NSW] Fit Boxing (Imagineer) {2018.12.20} – 839 / 32,548
45./35. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World [Best Price] (Capcom) {2018.08.02} – 838 / 35,925
46./85. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun (Pokemon Co.) {2017.11.17} – 828 / 903,553
47./63. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2018.12.06} – 827 / 21,240
48./34. [PS4] Street Fighter V [Best Price] (Capcom) {2019.03.28} – 808 / 2,345
49./29. [PS4] Battlefield V (Electronic Arts) {2018.11.20} – 769 / 176,029
50./84. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2017.11.17} – 744 / 874,563

Source: Dengeki
Data compiled by: ZSaberLink (ResetERA)

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