Japan: more sales data for Week 45, Famicom Mini (Media Create, Dengeki)
Media Create
Today, Media Create released its weekly report for video game sales in Japan, providing us with more sales data for Week 45. During that week, Hardware sales topped 139 000 units, which is 182.30% of Week 44 sales: a massive increase quite obviously attributed to the PlayStation 4 Pro, as the increase for Nintendo platforms was quite limited.
Media Create notes that the Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer sold over 261 000 units. It looks like many of the people who bought it usually do not buy games, and there were many buyers who played the actual Famicom when they were younger, but it doesn’t look like this had any impact on the sales of other games.
As for Software, total sales topped 487 000 units, which is 95.86% of Week 44 sales.
Source: Media Create
Dengeki
Here’s the sales data for individual versions of Yo-kai Watch 3, and Puzzle & Dragons X:
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Sushi – 2 606 units this week, 649 114 units since launch;
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Tempura – 2 378 units this week, 614 932 units since launch;
- Puzzle & Dragons X: Ryuu no Shou – 1 333 units this week, 104 593 units since launch;
- Puzzle & Dragons X: Ryuu no Shou – 1 317 units this week, 104 587 units since launch.
Dengeki provides additional data for the Nintendo Classic Mini: Family Computer, which has sold about 279 000 units according to them (+95% sell-through ratio, with the console being available during the week-end because of shortages).
So far, for the current Fiscal Year, Hardware sales have dropped to 2.26 million units (-10.3% compared to the same period last year). The main culprits are the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U, with 800 000 units (-12.9%) and 150 000 units (-61.8%) respectively. In fact, only the PlayStation 4 saw its sales increase compared to last year.
Source: Dengeki
