[Japan, Taiwan, S. Korea] Famitsu and Media Create sales for Week 20, 2021 (May 10 – May 16) [Top 30]
Here’s the latest sales reports from Famitsu and Media Create, with Hardware and Software sales for Week 20, 2021 in Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea!
Famitsu (Week 20)
Week 20 wasn’t the busiest of weeks for the video games market in Japan, as evidenced by the lack of major releases in the Top 10.
The only entry this week is Famicom Detective Club, which is off to a surprisingly strong debut with 12 269 units sold. It’s fairly unusual for Visual Novels to open up so high, though of course, this isn’t just your average Visual Novel. It’s a cult-classic, which holds a rather special place in the history of Nintendo (who aren’t exactly known for this kind of game in the first place!).
While there was indeed a retail release for Famicom Detective Club in Japan, it was only as a Limited Edition including both games. That means that sales are bound to drop off a cliff next week, for shipments were relatively low, and it’s highly unlikely that Nintendo are going to ship additional units to retailers. Even if they did, demand is bound to be met fairly quickly, for the sales potential is bound to be rather limited.
Other than that, nothing really exciting happened during Week 20 in Japan (at least on Nintendo Switch). All evergreen titles in the Top 10 took the full brunt of the usual post-Golden Week drop, with the exception of Ring Fit Adventure which enjoyed relatively stable sales (13 970 units, so -4%). Demand remains remarkably strong for the game, even though shortages are pretty much a thing of the past now. LTD sales now stand at 2 568 154 units.
Highlights this week include:
- New Pokémon Snap has now sold over 200 000 units at retail alone (211 978 units to be precise)
The evergreen titles on Nintendo Switch were not spared by the post-Golden Week slump, but they’re still hanging in the Top 10 without much difficulty. Naturally, they’re not going to leave it any time soon! Next week (Week 21) promises to be a far more interesting one, what with Miitopia and Rune Factory 5, two games with a strong sales potential.
Famitsu – Software sales (Top 30)
01./01. [PS4] Resident Evil Village # <ADV> (Capcom) {2021.05.08} (¥7.990) – 35.045 / 146.216 <60-80%> (-68%)
02./02. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise # <ACT> (Capcom) {2021.03.26} (¥7.990) – 34.178 / 2.175.616 <80-100%> (-50%)
03./03. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap <ACT> (Pokemon Co.) {2021.04.30} (¥5.980) – 17.593 / 211.978 <60-80%> (-62%)
04./09. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) – 13.970 / 2.568.154 <80-100%> (-4%)
05./06. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! <TBL> (Konami) {2020.11.19} (¥6.300) – 12.918 / 2.180.327 <80-100%> (-30%)
06./00. [NSW] Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir & The Girl Who Stands Behind Collector’s Edition <Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir \ Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind> <ADV> (Nintendo) {2021.05.14} (¥9.980) – 12.269 / NEW <80-100%>
07./05. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury <ACT> (Nintendo) {2021.02.12} (¥5.980) – 11.133 / 739.142 <80-100%> (-58%)
08./08. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 9.914 / 3.834.911 <80-100%> (-35%)
09./07. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 9.753 / 1.949.883 <80-100%> (-39%)
10./11. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 6.997 / 4.278.593 <80-100%> (-38%)
11./12. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) – 6.548 / 6.771.885 <80-100%> (-34%)
12./04. [PS5] Resident Evil Village # <ADV> (Capcom) {2021.05.08} (¥7.990) – 6.083 / 44.796 <40-60%> (-84%)
13./14. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics <TBL> (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (¥3.980) – 5.194 / 705.680 <80-100%> (-32%)
14./13. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 4.734 / 1.888.357 <80-100%> (-44%)
15./15. [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 4.539 / 3.863.872 <80-100%> (-35%)
16./10. [PS4] NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139… <RPG> (Square Enix) {2021.04.22} (¥7.800) – 4.454 / 151.116 <80-100%> (-64%)
17./16. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) – 3.983 / 4.049.019 <80-100%> (-33%)
18./24. [PS4] Judgment [2][New Price Edition] <ADV> (Sega) {2021.04.23} (¥1.800) – 3.475 / 12.615 <80-100%> (+35%)
19./00. [PS5] Judgment <ADV> (Sega) {2021.04.23} (¥1.800) – 2.454 / 13.091 <60-80%> (+11%)
20./00. [NSW] Subnautica + Subnautica: Below Zero <Subnautica \ Subnautica: Below Zero> <ADV> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2021.05.14} (¥5.980) – 2.270 / NEW <40-60%>
21./00. [PS4] Pathfinder: Kingmaker – Definitive Edition <RPG> (EXNOA) {2021.05.13} (¥7.980) – 2.141 / NEW <40-60%>
22./30. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise <HOB> (Imagineer) {2020.12.03} (¥5.800) – 2.114 / 98.287 <80-100%> (-10%)
23./00. [PS4] Subnautica: Below Zero <ADV> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2021.05.14} (¥3.200) – 2.103 / NEW <40-60%>
24./21. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2017.03.03} (¥6.980) – 1.869 / 1.816.194 <80-100%> (-30%)
25./00. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition [New Price Edition] <RPG> (Square Enix) {2020.12.04} (¥4.980) – 1.757 / 97.038 <80-100%>
26./17. [NSW] Human: Fall Flat <ADV> (Teyon Japan) {2020.06.25} (¥3.500) – 1.565 / 148.329 <80-100%> (-52%)
27./25. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2018.07.19} (¥6.100) – 1.561 / 594.249 <80-100%> (-39%)
28./22. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe <New Super Mario Bros. U \ New Super Luigi U> <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (¥5.980) – 1.469 / 1.061.364 <80-100%> (-45%)
29./19. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.06.28} (¥5.980) – 1.448 / 1.095.069 <80-100%> (-50%)
30./28. [NSW] Little Nightmares II <ADV> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2021.02.10} (¥3.600) – 1.432 / 72.796 <80-100%> (-43%)
Number of games in Top 30
NSW – 23
PS4 – 5
PS5 – 2
Famitsu – Hardware
Apparently, the Nintendo Switch didn’t get the memo about Week 20 and the usual post-Golden Week slump. Its sales increased noticeably, and nearly topped 100 000 units with 95 411 units sold. That’s +25 000 units compared to Week 19, when the OG model suffered from shortages (you can see it from how close sales of the Lite models were to the OG model last week).
Last year, the Nintendo Switch was still suffering from shortages (only 38 380 units sold), and so that unexpected boost in sales only further widened the gap between 2021 and 2020. Said gap is now nearly 300 000 units big, with already 2.5 million units sold in 2021 so far! Demand for the console, and especially the OG model, remains at an unusually high level for a console already on its 5th year on the market.
LTD sales now stand at 19 848 012 units, which means the 20 million units milestone will be reached sometime within the next couple of weeks. Week 21 will see the release of Miitopia, Rune Factory 5, and the Blue colour for the Nintendo Switch Lite, and so sales are expected to remain strong. They could even top 100 000 units if Nintendo are able to keep up with shipments for the OG model!
And this week, the Nintendo Switch reached another milestone: 16 million units for the OG model, with 16 053 441 units sold since launch. The Lite model is far behind with “only” 3 794 571 units sold.
Finally, Nintendo 3DS sales are stable with 495 units sold (up from 484 units last week, and down from 1 028 units last year). YTD sales now stand at 13 326 (vs. 25 819 units last year), and LTD sales at 24 572 234 units.
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Week | Last Week | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # | 95.411 | 70.760 | 38.380 | 2.507.638 | 2.211.126 | 19.848.012 |
| PS5 # | 14.044 | 22.667 | | 471.312 | | 726.462 |
| PS4 # | 1.226 | 848 | 6.241 | 69.198 | 374.955 | 9.360.088 |
| XBS # | 1.183 | 695 | | 12.356 | | 43.780 |
| 3DS # | 495 | 484 | 1.028 | 13.326 | 25.819 | 24.572.234 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| ALL | 112.359 | 95.454 | 45.681 | 3.073.830 | 2.613.964 | 55.714.658 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| PS5 | 10.896 | 18.030 | | 400.145 | | 606.767 |
| PS5DE | 3.148 | 4.637 | | 71.167 | | 119.695 |
| XBS X | 667 | 435 | | 7.851 | | 32.727 |
| XBS S | 516 | 260 | | 4.505 | | 11.053 |
| NSW L | 23.290 | 30.214 | 10.483 | 722.479 | 1.169.613 | 3.794.571 |
| NSW | 72.121 | 40.546 | 27.897 | 1.785.159 | 1.041.513 | 16.053.441 |
| PS4 | 1.226 | 848 | 2.006 | 68.974 | 235.171 | 7.784.365 |
|n-2DSLL| 495 | 484 | 955 | 13.326 | 24.207 | 1.177.289 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+Media Create (Week 19)
Media Create – Software sales (Japan – Top 5)
01./02. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise # <ACT> (Capcom) {2021.03.26} (¥7.990)
02./01. [PS4] Resident Evil Village # <ADV> (Capcom) {2021.05.08} (¥7.990)
03./00. [NSW] Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir & The Girl Who Stands Behind Collector’s Edition <Famicom Detective Club: The Missing Heir \ Famicom Detective Club: The Girl Who Stands Behind> <ADV> (Nintendo) {2021.05.14} (¥9.980)
04./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980)
05./04. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap <ACT> (Pokemon Co.) {2021.04.30} (¥5.980)
Number of games in Top 5
NSW – 4
PS4 – 1
Media Create – Software sales (Taiwan – Top 5)
01./05. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.31}
02./04. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) {2021.03.26}
03./01. [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom) {2021.05.08}
04./02. [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco Games) {2021.04.29}
05./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05}
Number of games in Top 5
NSW – 4
PS4 – 1
Media Create – Software sales (South Korea – Top 5)
01./03. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18}
02./01. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
03./05. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15}
04./04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
05./02. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo) {2021.02.12}
Number of games in Top 5
NSW – 5
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Source: Media Create / Famitsu / Famitsu / Gamer (via hiska-kun)
Data compiled by: Chris1964 (ResetEra)
