Japan: publisher Top 10 for the first half of FY 2015-16
Today, along its weekly sales charts, Dengeki also shared its publisher Top 10 for the first half of Fiscal Year 2015-16 (March 30th – September 27th), in Japan. Thanks to it, we know which publisher sold the most the games during that period: Nintendo! The company is actually up Year-on-Year, with a market share of 32.1% (which is almost as much as the companies in #2, #3, and #4 combined).
In comparison, Nintendo had a market share of 24.7% during the same period, last year. Quite obviously, this good performance is primarily due to the strong sales of several key titles such as Splatoon (Wii U), Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright and Conquest (3DS), Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (3DS) and Super Mario Maker (Wii U).
Level-5 is #2 with a market share of 11.9%, which is signficantly worse than last year (20.8%). Of course, there’s a good reason for that: Yo-kai Watch 2 came out in July 2014, but this year, the company “only” had Yo-kai Watch Busters. The spin-off sold (and is still selling) pretty well, but it really pales in comparison, and it clearly shows in Level-5’s market share (the company hasn’t realeased anything else at retail).
Overall, the whole market seems in a worse shape than last year, which inevitably makes Nintendo’s performance look even more impressive. Its line-up for the rest of the year really leaves to be desired, even though continued sales of games such as Splatoon and Super Mario Maker should help compensate that.
Here’s the publisher Top 10 for the first half of Fiscal Year 2015-16 in Japan:
01. Nintendo – 32,1%
02. Level 5 – 11,9%
03. Square Enix – 11%
04. Bandai Namco – 10,7%
05. Konami – 5,3%
06. Capcom – 4,9%
07. Sony Computer Entertainment – 3,1%
08. GunHo – 2,3%
09. Spike Chunsoft – 1,8%
10. Marvelous – 1,5%
