Media Create sales for Week 50, 2015 (Dec. 7 – 13) [Top 50]

Update

We just added the full Top 50 to this post: you will find it below!

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For the third week in a row, Monster Hunter X is the best-selling game in Japan, by far. It sold a total of 192 203 units at retail during Week 50, despite severe shortages, and Capcom struggling to meet demand. Its sales dropped by 42% this week, which could have been worse without the frequent shipments.

This week, the game reached the 2 million units threshold at retail alone (it reached it several days ago if you add digital sales). As we expected, Capcom will meet its goal (2.5 million units shipped by March 31st 2015) way earlier than scheduled (if it hasn’t already, as of writing). In fact, it will definitely ship a total of 3 million units by Early January. As mentioned previously, the game seems quite popular with players who bought Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, but skipped on Monster Hunter 4 (Ultimate).

In the rest of the Top 20, you can clearly see Christmas is just around the corner: not only there’s plenty of games on Nintendo platforms, but their sales also increased significantly. On Wii U, we have the Splatoon / Super Mario Maker duo, with +45% and +51% respectively: those two titles are pulling the Wii U through the holiday period thanks to their popularity. It will be interesting to see how they will sell early next year.

Talking of popularity, the Yo-kai Watch series is still as popular as ever. Yo-kai Watch Busters is #2 this week, thanks the holiday period, the upcoming movie (December 19th), the content update on December 12th, and the new medal given with new copies of the game. With 52 878 units sold this week (+38%), it might very well reach 2 million units at retail alone before the end of the year: it would need to sell at least 50 000/week during the next three weeks (2015 has 53 weeks for Media Create).

Next, we have Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam Bros., which had a decent second week. It sold 32 580 units, which is a drop of 34% only: this is not much, though this is quite obviously due to the game releasing during the holiday period. Unfortunately, it will most likely not be enough for retailers to sell all the copies shipped for launch week, and prices will inevitably drop like rocks when New Year is behind us…

As mentioned a bit earlier, Christmas is just around the corner, and you can easily see it by checking out the sale increases:

• Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 27 669 units sold (+136%)
• Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life 2 – 21.553 (+55%)
• Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ – 14 232 units sold (+148%)
• Sumikko Gurashi: Omise Hajimerundesu – 12 506 units sold (+63%)

Hardware-wise, things are going pretty well for Nintendo. First, we have the Nintendo 3DS, which sold 112 828 units (+9 000 units compared to Week 49). Of course, it’s not nearly as good as during Week 50 in 2014, but as we’ve said several times already in the past few months, the Nintendo 3DS will be 5 years old in February.

Also, the New Nintendo 3DS launched in October last year, and it had a significant impact on sales (though not enough to compensate the drop from 2013 sales). Unless something happens within the next couple of weeks, the Nintendo 3DS is basically guaranteed to reach 20 millions before the end of the year (during Week 52 or 53).

As for the Wii U, it’s also doing pretty well (for the Wii U, that is!), thanks to Splatoon and Super Mario Maker. It looks like the bundle are proving to be quite popular, which is most likely why Nintendo did not try to price them lower (they knew they would sell well during the holiday period). With 47 890 units sold, the Wii U is doing almost twice as well as during Week 50 in 2014.

In fact, it’s the best selling home console this week in Japan, and it will most likely stay like that until Early January. It sold 651 468 units in 2015 so far, which is an increase of more than 120 000 units compared to 2014…. thanks Splatoon! For both the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS, sales should increase once more next week (before dropping in Week 52).

Software

01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter X # <ACT> (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥6.264) – 192.203 / 2.013.048 (-42%)
02./03. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad <ACT> (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) – 52.878 / 1.851.500 (+38%)
03./04. [WIU] Splatoon # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) – 51.138 / 912.335 (+45%)
04./05. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥6.156) – 48.600 / 491.188 (+51%)
05./00. [PSV] Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni # <ACT> (Marvelous) {2015.12.10} (¥7.538) – 39.013 / NEW
06./00. [PSV] Steins;Gate 0 <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.12.10} (¥7.344) – 38.746 / NEW
07./00. [PS4] Steins;Gate 0 <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.12.10} (¥8.424) – 38.156 / NEW
08./02. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam <RPG> (Nintendo) {2015.12.03} (¥5.076) – 32.580 / 81.847 (-34%)
09./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) – 27.669 / 1.175.208 (+136%)
10./00. [PS4] Gravity Rush Remastered # <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.12.10} (¥6.372) – 25.004 / NEW
11./00. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege <ADV> (Ubisoft) {2015.12.10} (¥9.072) – 23.402 / NEW
12./00. [PSV] The Idolm@ster: Must Songs – Red Board / Blue Board <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.12.10} (¥6.156) – 23.349 / NEW
13./07. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 # <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.05} (¥6.145) – 21.553 / 152.533 (+55%)
14./09. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.592) – 17.643 / 442.010 (+58%)
15./00. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Evolution # <RPG> (Kadokawa Games) {2015.12.10} (¥6.264) – 15.202 / NEW
16./16. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} (¥5.076) – 14.232 / 524.053 (+148%)
17./12. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Omise Hajimerundesu <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2015.11.19} (¥5.184) – 12.506 / 41.953 (+63%)
18./10. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.11.06} (¥8.532) – 8.840 / 240.340 (-20%)
19./00. [PS3] Steins;Gate 0 <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.12.10} (¥8.424) – 8.645 / NEW
20./11. [PS4] Star Wars: Battlefront # <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2015.11.19} (¥8.424) – 8.368 / 160.104 (-12%)
21./19. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2015.09.17} (¥5.076)
22./00. [PS4] Nitro+ Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel # <FTG> (Marvelous) {2015.12.10} (¥7.549)
23./17. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: TriForce Heroes <ADV> (Nintendo) {2015.10.22} (¥5.076)
24./14. [3DS] Aikatsu! My No.1 Stage! # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.26} (¥5.627)
25./18. [3DS] Pokemon Rumble World <ACT> (Pokemon Co.) {2015.11.19} (¥3.996)
26./27. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800)
27./00. [3DS] Niko Puchi Girls Runway <ETC> (Happinet) {2015.12.10} (¥6.458)
28./24. [3DS] Pro Baseball Famista Returns <SPT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.10.08} (¥6.145)
29./38. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800)
30./29. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 <TBL> (Bandai Namco Games) {2014.08.07} (¥6.145)
31./30. [3DS] PriPara Mezase! Idol Grand Prix No.1! <ACT> (Takara Tomy) {2015.10.22} (¥5.832)
32./35. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS <FTG> (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616)
33./22. [WIU] Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival <TBL> (Nintendo) {2015.11.21} (¥6.480)
34./31. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # <RCE> (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156)
35./44. [3DS] Super Run For Money Tousouchuu Atsumare! Saikyou no Tousou Monotachi # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.07.09} (¥5.119)
36./20. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.12.03} (¥2.592)
37./36. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800)
38./13. [WIU] Yo-Kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version # <ACT> (Level 5) {2015.12.05} (¥4.622)
39./00. [PS3] Nitro+ Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel # <FTG> (Marvelous) {2015.12.10} (¥7.549)
40./28. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen! # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.26} (¥5.724)
41./06. [PS4] Bloodborne: Complete Edition <Bloodborne \ Bloodborne: The Old Hunters> <RPG> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.12.03} (¥6.372)
42./00. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985)
43./43. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776)
44./00. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Coord <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.04.16} (¥5.076)
45./34. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937)
46./37. [3DS] Picross 3D 2 <PZL> (Nintendo) {2015.10.01} (¥3.240)
47./00. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2011.11.03} (¥4.800)
48./40. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V [1/1][New Price Edition] <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.10.08} (¥5.389)
49./23. [3DS] Gudetama: Hanjuku de Tanomuwa <ETC> (Rocket Company) {2015.12.03} (¥5.184)
50./00. [WIU] Mario Party 10 # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.03.12} (¥5.616)

Amount of games per platform

3DS – 25
PS4 – 9
WIU – 9
PSV – 5
PS3 – 2

Hardware

Head after the break for Famitsu sales!

Famitsu

01./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter X # <ACT> (Capcom) {2015.11.28} (¥6.264) – 191.324 / 2.108.110 <80-100%> (-49%)
02./03. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad <ACT> (Level 5) {2015.07.11} (¥4.968) – 65.909 / 1.761.342 <80-100%> (+65%)
03./04. [WIU] Splatoon # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.05.28} (¥6.156) – 43.814 / 889.773 <80-100%> (+68%)
04./05. [WIU] Super Mario Maker # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.09.10} (¥6.156) – 41.462 / 496.106 <80-100%> (+98%)
05./00. [PSV] Valkyrie Drive: Bhikkhuni # <ACT> (Marvelous) {2015.12.10} (¥7.538) – 40.717 / NEW <60-80%>
06./00. [PSV] Steins;Gate 0 <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.12.10} (¥7.344) – 32.689 / NEW <80-100%>
07./02. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam <RPG> (Nintendo) {2015.12.03} (¥5.076) – 30.024 / 80.129 <20-40%> (-40%)
08./00. [PS4] Steins;Gate 0 <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.12.10} (¥8.424) – 28.482 / NEW <80-100%>
09./00. [PS4] Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege <ADV> (Ubisoft) {2015.12.10} (¥9.072) – 27.027 / NEW <60-80%>
10./00. [PSV] The Idolm@ster: Must Songs – Red Board / Blue Board <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.12.10} (¥6.156) – 24.453 / NEW <40-60%>
11./06. [3DS] Disney Magic World 2 # <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.05} (¥6.145) – 23.293 / 159.931 <60-80%> (+51%)
12./00. [PS4] Gravity Rush Remastered # <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.12.10} (¥6.372) – 23.199 / NEW <60-80%>
13./09. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2015.07.30} (¥4.320) – 21.064 / 1.181.591 <80-100%> (+110%)
14./00. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC Evolution # <RPG> (Kadokawa Games) {2015.12.10} (¥6.264) – 16.262 / NEW <60-80%>
15./11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.592) – 13.881 / 404.070 <80-100%> (+69%)
16./13. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Omise Hajimerundesu <ETC> (Nippon Columbia) {2015.11.19} (¥5.184) – 12.787 / 39.182 <60-80%> (+70%)
17./21. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ <ACT> (Nintendo) {2015.06.11} (¥5.076) – 12.078 / 526.500 <80-100%> (+255%)
18./00. [PS3] Steins;Gate 0 <ADV> (5pb.) {2015.12.10} (¥8.424) – 9.174 / NEW <80-100%>
19./08. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops III # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.11.06} (¥8.532) – 8.867 / 259.732 <80-100%> (-20%)
20./10. [PS4] Star Wars: Battlefront # <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2015.11.19} (¥8.424) – 7.370 / 145.125 <60-80%> (-22%)
21./00. [PS4] Nitro+ Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel # <ACT> (Marvelous) {2015.12.10} (¥7.549) – 7.281 / NEW <40-60%>
22./17. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: TriForce Heroes <ADV> (Nintendo) {2015.10.22} (¥5.076) – 5.534 / 121.450 <80-100%> (+24%)
23./29. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2015.09.17} (¥5.076) – 5.310 / 272.352 <80-100%> (+104%)
24./07. [PS4] Bloodborne: Complete Edition <Bloodborne \ Bloodborne: The Old Hunters> <RPG> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.12.03} (¥6.372) – 5.295 / 20.583 <40-60%> (-65%)
25./00. [PS3] Nitro+ Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel # <ACT> (Marvelous) {2015.12.10} (¥7.549) – 5.292 / NEW <40-60%>
26./00. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 <RCE> (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 4.948 / 2.471.716 <80-100%>
27./19. [WIU] Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen! # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.26} (¥5.724) – 4.914 / 20.981 <20-40%> (+21%)
28./28. [3DS] PriPara Mezase! Idol Grand Prix No.1! <ACT> (Takara Tomy) {2015.10.22} (¥5.832) – 4.885 / 54.913 <60-80%> (+84%)
29./14. [WIU] Yo-Kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version # <ACT> (Level 5) {2015.12.05} (¥4.622) – 4.826 / 10.796 <0-20%> (-19%)
30./16. [3DS] Aikatsu! My No.1 Stage! # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2015.11.26} (¥5.627) – 4.797 / 33.530 <40-60%> (+0%)

3DS – 12
PS4 – 7
PSV – 5
WIU – 4
PS3 – 2

Source: Media Create / Famitsu
Via: 4Gamer.net / NeoGAF