Japan: more sales data for Week 51 2019, Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate, more (Media Create, Dengeki)
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Dengeki (Week 51)
Dengeki report that Pokémon Sword and Shield sold 268 000 additional units this week, with the breakdown as follows:
- Pokémon Sword: 135 874 units (161 000 units with the Dual Pack) / 1 186 757 units LTD (1 574 000 units LTD with the Dual Pack)
- Pokémon Shield: 82 300 units (107 000 units with the Dual Pack) / 795 123 units LTD (1 182 000 units LTD with the Dual Pack)
- Dual Pack: 24 944 units / 387 072 units LTD
- Total: 2 756 000 units (including Dual Pack)
Dengeki expect sales to top 3 million units at retail in early 2020 (Week 1).
The main release of the week is Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate, which sold about 32 000 units at launch. The Nintendo Switch version sold 11 000 units, and the sellthrough ratio for both versions is about 50%. As for Terraria, it sold about 8 000 units at launch, which is a fairly decent performance. Unfortunately, Terraria is clearly no Minecraft…
Two Nintendo Switch games are selling quite well this holiday season: Luigi’s Mansion 3 with 75 000 units sold this week (458 000 units LTD), and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 with 55 000 units this week (156 000 units LTD).
Unfortunately, there’s not much movement at the top of charts, still dominated by the usual evergreen titles on Nintendo Switch. Here’s how the other entries fared this week:
- Uta no ☆Prince-sama♪Repeat LOVE for Nintendo Switch (Broccoli): 5 800 units sold. A good performance for a late port of an Otome game;
- Obakeidoro! (Free Style): 3 189 units sold. A pretty decent performance for the late retail release of a game available for much cheaper on the Nintendo eShop;
- Bustafellows (Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Extend): 2 919 units sold. A pretty poor debut, as unlike the other Otome game released this week, this one is a brand new game.
Week 51 is the biggest week of the year, and therefore it’s no wonder that sales increased quite noticeably:
- Hardware: 405 000 units (+57.1%)
- Software: 1 107 000 units (+26.3%)
This time around, the increased isn’t exclusively due to the Nintendo Switch. Indeed, the aggressive promotions for the PlayStation 4 boosted sales (x11), with Week 51 2019 ending as the best week this year for the console. It’s also the first time since Week 1 2019 that the console sold over 100 000 units.
The increase is much more limited for the Nintendo Switch (+15.1%, with 276 000 units sold), but of course, that’s because the console was already selling extremely well.
Here’s the Software sales for each platform:
| Platforms | This week | This week (%) | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | 138,705 | 12.5％ | 4,781,222 | 27.8％ |
| Vita | 2,451 | 0.2％ | 191,728 | 1.1％ |
| Switch | 959,751 | 86.7％ | 11,799,168 | 68.7％ |
| 3DS | 5,205 | 0.5％ | 370,390 | 2.2％ |
| ETC | 523 | 0.0％ | 27,785 | 0.2％ |
| Total | 1,106,635 | 100.0％ | 17,170,293 | 100.0％ |
And here’s Hardware sales:
| Platforms | This week | This week (%) | Fiscal Year | Fiscal Year (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PS4 | 123,176 | 30.4％ | 723,587 | 17.4％ |
| Vita | 65 | 0.0％ | 6,001 | 0.1％ |
| Switch | 176,861 | 43.7％ | 2,351,992 | 56.5％ |
| Switch Lite | 99,626 | 24.6％ | 971,293 | 23.3％ |
| 3DS | 4,886 | 1.2％ | 100,873 | 2.4％ |
| ETC | 409 | 0.1％ | 6,379 | 0.2％ |
| Total | 405,023 | 100.0％ | 4,160,125 | 100.0％ |
Finally, here’s the Top 50 Software:
01./02. [NSW] Pokemon Sword (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} – 135,874 / 1,186,757
02./03. [NSW] Pokemon Shield (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} – 82,300 / 795,123
03./05. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} – 74,778 / 457,783
04./06. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 (Sega) {2019.11.01} – 55,453 / 156,169
05./04. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} – 52,465 / 428,168
06./07. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} – 40,533 / 1,144,404
07./09. [NSW] Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.07.25} – 38,011 / 310,835
08./08. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} – 34,161 / 3,491,352
09./12. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} – 33,583 / 2,446,303
10./10. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo) {2019.06.28} – 33,289 / 732,726
11./13. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} – 31,361 / 1,231,764
12./11. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield Double Pack (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} – 24,944 / 387,072
13./15. [NSW] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.10.10} – 21,172 / 114,287
14./00. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate (Koei Tecmo) {2019.12.19} – 20,542 / NEW
15./16. [NSW] Yo-kai Watch 4++ (Level 5) {2019.12.05} – 19,817 / 40,638
16./17. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} – 19,406 / 3,156,307
17./01. [PS4] New Sakura Wars (Sega) {2019.12.12} – 16,731 / 162,024
18./18. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} – 11,739 / 764,586
19./00. [NSW] Warriors Orochi 4 Ultimate (Koei Tecmo) {2019.12.19} – 10,994 / NEW
20./20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco Games) {2018.07.19} – 10,939 / 424,821
21./24. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) {2017.10.27} – 8,989 / 1,889,416
22./22. [NSW] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) {2019.06.27} – 8,739 / 205,260
23./26. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} – 8,183 / 1,133,818
24./00. [NSW] Terraria (Spike Chunsoft) {2019.12.19} – 7,939 / NEW
25./27. [NSW] Eiga Sumikko Gurashi: Tobidasu Ehon to Himitsu no Ko –
Game de Asobou! Ehon no Sekai (Nippon Columbia) {2019.11.07} – 7,582 /
24,040
26./19. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age S – Definitive Edition (Square Enix) {2019.09.27} – 7,317 / 475,038
27./25. [NSW] Fortnite: Darkfire Bundle (Epic Games) {2019.11.07} – 7,239 / 29,898
28./30. [NSW] Model Debut Nicola (FuRyu) {2019.11.01} – 6,559 / 21,010
29./31. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) {2018.03.16} – 6,189 / 800,705
30./38. [NSW] Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game (Sega) {2019.07.24} – 6,106 / 73,889
31./41. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World – Iceborne Master Edition (Capcom) {2019.09.06} – 6,006 / 443,122
32./00. [NSW] Uta no Prince-Sama: Repeat Love for Nintendo Switch (Broccoli) {2019.12.19} – 5,800 / NEW
33./33. [NSW] Sumikko Gurashi: Gakkou Seikatsu Hajimerun Desu (Nippon Columbia) {2019.07.18} – 5,639 / 39,150
34./40. [NSW] FIFA 20 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts) {2019.09.27} – 4,994 / 35,891
35./39. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening (Nintendo) {2019.09.20} – 4,759 / 237,769
36./21. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation: Cross Rays (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.11.28} – 3,694 / 90,563
37./32. [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.10.25} – 3,550 / 195,770
38./53. [PS4] eFootball Winning Eleven 2020 (Konami) {2019.09.12} – 3,547 / 113,498
39./28. [PS4] Death Stranding (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2019.11.08} – 3,431 / 270,742
40./35. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous) {2019.10.17} – 3,378 / 112,999
41./46. [NSW] Ninja Box (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.09.26} – 3,211 / 21,376
42./00. [NSW] Obakeidoro! (Freestyle) {2019.12.19} – 3,189 / NEW
43./47. [NSW] Yoshi’s Crafted World (Nintendo) {2019.03.29} – 3,165 / 192,944
44./29. [PS4] 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Atlus) {2019.11.28} – 3,131 / 48,039
45./50. [NSW] Doraemon: Story of Seasons (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.06.13} – 3,017 / 111,573
46./37. [PS4] Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (Electronic Arts) {2019.11.15} – 3,000 / 54,814
47./00. [NSW] Bustafellows (Nippon Cultural Broadcasting eXtend) {2019.12.19} – 2,919 / NEW
48./00. [PS4] The Surge 2 (Oizumi Amuzio) {2019.12.19} – 2,785 / NEW
49./23. [NSW] SD Gundam G Generation: Cross Rays (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.11.28} – 2,767 / 62,247
50./42. [NSW] Fortnite (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2018.12.13} – 2,622 / 63,372
Source: Dengeki
Data compiled by: ZSaberLink (ResetERA)
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