Media Create Sales: Week 6, 2024 (Feb 05 - Feb 11)

Media Create Sales: Week 6, 2024 (Feb 05 - Feb 11)

01./05. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20} (¥5.980)
02./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980)
03./02. [PS5] Granblue Fantasy Relink # <RPG> (Cygames) {2024.02.01} (¥7.980)
04./00. [NSW] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2024.01.25} (¥6.350)
05./01. [PS5] Persona 3 Reload # <RPG> (Atlus) {2024.02.02} (¥8.800)

Top 5

NSW - 3
PS5 - 2

(Taiwan)
01./02. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20}
02./05. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth <RPG> (Sega) {2024.01.26}
03./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./00. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29}
05./00. [PS5] Helldivers II <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2024.02.08}

Top 5

NSW - 3
PS5 - 2

(South Korea)
01./02. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20}
02./04. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20}
03./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.12.15}
04./00. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom <ADV> (Nintendo) {2023.05.12}
05./00. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29}

Top 5

NSW - 5


Famitsu Sales: Week 6, 2024 (Feb 05 - Feb 11)

01./09. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20} (¥5.980) - 16.978 / 1.732.088 <80-100%> (+20%)
02./10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! <TBL> (Konami) {2023.11.16} (¥6.300) - 10.254 / 970.536 <80-100%> (-11%)
03./06. [NSW] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2024.01.25} (¥6.350) - 10.244 / 113.771 <80-100%> (-43%)
04./01. [PS5] Persona 3 Reload # <RPG> (Atlus) {2024.02.02} (¥8.800) - 9.686 / 86.054 <60-80%> (-87%)
05./02. [PS5] Granblue Fantasy Relink # <RPG> (Cygames) {2024.02.01} (¥7.980) - 8.448 / 57.202 <80-100%> (-83%)
06./07. [PS4] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth <RPG> (Sega) {2024.01.26} (¥8.800) - 8.054 / 101.691 <60-80%> (-51%)
07./12. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 7.669 / 5.703.258 <80-100%> (+0%)
08./11. [PS5] Marvel's Spider-Man 2 # <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2023.10.20} (¥8.164) - 7.415 / 283.089 <80-100%> (-31%)
09./08. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth <RPG> (Sega) {2024.01.26} (¥8.800) - 7.164 / 125.492 <60-80%> (-53%)
10./03. [PS4] Persona 3 Reload # <RPG> (Atlus) {2024.02.02} (¥8.800) - 6.811 / 46.835 <60-80%> (-83%)
11./13. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 5.774 / 3.441.562 <80-100%> (+5%)
12./15. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 5.514 / 7.689.751 <80-100%> (+3%)
13./04. [NSW] Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash # <FTG> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2024.02.01} (¥7.700) - 4.507 / 29.749 <80-100%> (-82%)
14./16. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) - 4.437 / 5.444.069 <80-100%> (-12%)
15./17. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) - 4.146 / 5.293.045 <80-100%> (-16%)
16./05. [PS4] Granblue Fantasy Relink # <RPG> (Cygames) {2024.02.01} (¥7.980) - 3.855 / 25.938 <80-100%> (-83%)
17./20. [NSW] Pikmin 4 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.07.21} (¥5.980) - 3.770 / 1.173.573 <80-100%> (-2%)
18./21. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 3.701 / 4.224.784 <80-100%> (+5%)
19./27. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 3.418 / 1.271.617 <80-100%> (+40%)
20./00. [PS5] Helldivers II <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2024.02.08} (¥4.073) - 3.358 / NEW <80-100%>
21./18. [NSW] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2023.12.01} (¥6.980) - 3.221 / 546.919 <80-100%> (-34%)
22./24. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars <ETC> (Nintendo) {2021.10.29} (¥5.980) - 3.129 / 1.398.398 <80-100%> (+5%)
23./23. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (¥3.980) - 3.055 / 1.244.406 <80-100%> (+1%)
24./00. [NSW] WarioWare: Move It! <ETC> (Nintendo) {2023.11.03} (¥4.980) - 3.030 / 165.386 <80-100%> (+57%)
25./00. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 2.914 / 3.524.549 <80-100%> (+43%)
26./22. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2023.11.03} (¥9.162) - 2.855 / 109.438 <80-100%> (-12%)
27./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) - 2.642 / 2.253.657 <80-100%>
28./25. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2023.05.12} (¥7.200) - 2.532 / 1.952.946 <80-100%> (-11%)
29./30. [NSW] Jinsei Game for Nintendo Switch <TBL> (Takara Tomy) {2023.10.06} (¥6.000) - 2.304 / 184.981 <80-100%> (+1%)
30./14. [PS5] Tekken 8 <FTG> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2024.01.26} (¥8.800) - 2.235 / 28.125 <60-80%> (-58%)

Top 30

NSW - 21
PS5 - 6
PS4 - 3

HARDWARE

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System |  This Week |  Last Week |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |     49.543 |     41.966 |     55.025 |    332.791 |    538.864 |  32.119.447 |
| PS5 # |     40.745 |     34.484 |     93.574 |    260.709 |    420.929 |   5.225.566 |
| XBS # |      3.093 |      3.177 |      3.935 |     13.924 |     23.580 |     554.031 |
| PS4 # |        940 |        605 |      1.115 |      4.119 |     10.900 |   9.495.178 |
| 3DS # |         15 |         12 |         91 |         84 |        830 |  24.601.014 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |     94.336 |     80.244 |    153.740 |    611.627 |    995.103 |  73.188.064 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |     34.940 |     27.066 |     81.798 |    211.402 |    364.870 |   4.509.572 |
| PS5DE |      5.805 |      7.418 |     11.776 |     49.307 |     56.059 |     715.994 |
| XBS X |      2.167 |      1.564 |        506 |      8.228 |      1.980 |     253.212 |
| XBS S |        926 |      1.613 |      3.429 |      5.696 |     21.600 |     300.819 |
|NSWOLED|     36.770 |     30.419 |     32.464 |    234.484 |    309.593 |   6.662.642 |
| NSW L |      8.031 |      7.376 |     10.048 |     63.094 |    102.061 |   5.737.168 |
|  NSW  |      4.742 |      4.171 |     12.513 |     35.213 |    127.210 |  19.719.637 |
|  PS4  |        940 |        605 |      1.115 |      4.119 |     10.900 |   7.919.455 |
|n-2DSLL|         15 |         12 |         91 |         84 |        830 |   1.206.069 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

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Media Create Sales: Week 5, 2024 (Jan 29 - Feb 04)

 

[Suiseiseki]

Almost the same kind of games only shuffled around.

Mario back on top again.

 

[Lite_Agent]

Alright sales for Hardware.

Software is a bit meh, though. Not unexpected, but still...

 

[Lelouch0612]

Big jump for Mario Wonder; any reason why ?

 

[japanvideogames]

how many times the #30 spot sold less than a thousand units ?

 

[Chris1964]

3 days weekend did its work again.

 

[Evilms]

Hardware
Switch : 49.543
PS5 : 40.745
X/S : 3.093
PS4 : 940
New 2DS LL : 15

 

[vage]

Back to Mario and Momotaro domination since there's no new major PS release this week.

Switch HW sales seem to have reached saturation point, PS5 doing okay all things considered.

 

[Lite_Agent]

Temporary formatting until Chris' PC gets out of prison for trying to hack the Media Create servers is fixed:

01./09. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20} (¥5.980) – 16.978 / 1.732.088
02./10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! <TBL> (Konami) {2023.11.16} (¥6.300) – 10.254 / 970.536
03./06. [NSW] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2024.01.25} (¥6.350) – 10.244 / 113.771
04./01. [PS5] Persona 3 Reload # <RPG> (Atlus) {2024.02.02} (¥8.800) – 9.686 / 86.054
05./02. [PS5] Granblue Fantasy Relink # <RPG> (Cygames) {2024.02.01} (¥7.980) – 8.448 / 57.202
06./07. [PS4] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth <RPG> (Sega) {2024.01.26} (¥8.800) – 8.054 / 101.691
07./12. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 7.669 / 5.703.258 <80-100%>
08./11. [PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 # <ACT> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2023.10.20} (¥8.164) – 7.415 . 283.089
09./08. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth <RPG> (Sega) {2024.01.26} (¥8.800) – 7.164 / 125.492
10./03. [PS4] Persona 3 Reload # <RPG> (Atlus) {2024.02.02} (¥8.800) – 6.811 / 46.835

Top 10

NSW – 4
PS5 – 4
PS4 – 2

 

[Danny]

Big jump for Mario Wonder; any reason why ?

Just showing those evergreen 2D Mario legs.

 

[Bodokoh]

It seems spidey 2 bundles are still there.

 

[Lelouch0612]

Hardware
Switch : 49.543
PS5 : 40.745
X/S : 3.093
PS4 : 940
New 2DS LL : 15

Good hardware sales!

Xbox really strong this year, probably thanks to Palworld.

Switch remains strong while PS5 is rebounding after a more difficult week.

 

[Aime]

 

[Oregano]

That's a pretty big drop for Persona 3 Reload even by JRPG standards. It will be interesting to see sellthrough later, if it' still 60-80% they might struggle to shift all the stock.

 

[jonno394]

Just under 20% increase for Switch HW WoW. It keeps trucking, wonder how the Switch 2 announcement (when it happens) will affect the baseline.

 

[AruanaRiva]

Kinda surprised that persona leg is worse than Shiren. I thought despite the game being jrpg. The leg drop should not be this harsh because Persona IP power.

This really give little vibe like automata and replicant. The fans simply love Persona 5 and not the whole persona IP.

 

[aktoner]

That was a really important bounce back for PS5 hitting 40k this week. If it can average 40k we're looking at another 2M+ year for it.

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

Why did PS5 sales grow WoW when the new games released the week before??? Such a puzzling device...

Anyway, decent hardware sales. Software is quite low however. But it is what it is, a quiet week.

 

[Oregano]

That was a really important bounce back for PS5 hitting 40k this week. If it can average 40k we're looking at another 2M+ year for it.

Why did PS5 sales grow WoW when the new games released the week before??? Such a puzzling device...

Anyway, decent hardware sales. Software is quite low however. But it is what it is, a quiet week.

Chris mentioned above but it might have been due to a holiday/three day weekend.

 

[Ghostsonplanets]

Chris mentioned above but it might have been due to a holiday/three day weekend.

Didn't see it hahaha. Thank you!

 

[Pikachupwnage]

Mario Wonder Jumped pretty much exactly the same % as Switch Hardware.

 

[Luminoth 4545]

 

[Astrogamer]

スマホゲームのセルラン分析（2024年2月1日〜2月7日）。今週の1位は「ドッカンバトル」。韓国における昨年10月〜12月の収益ランキングも

世界有数のスマホゲーム大国である日本において，現在最も売れているタイトルをはじめとした，さまざまなデータを毎週お届けする本連載。今週の国内収益ランキング1位は「ドラゴンボールZ ドッカンバトル」となった。また，韓国における2023年10月〜12月の収益ランキングも紹介しよう。

www.4gamer.net

Weekly Japanese Rankings from Sensor Tower for the week of February 1 - 7

This Week	Last Week	Title	DL Change	Rev Change
1​	3​	Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle	32％	76％
2​	2​	Blue Archives	-7％	17％
3​	35​	eFootball 2024	-1％	828％
4​	5​	LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum	3％	34％
5​	4​	Monster Strike	-26％	4％
6​	8​	Genshin Impact	15％	49％
7​	34​	Honkai: Star Rail	12％	413％
8​	31​	Heaven Burns Red	330％	335％
9​	16​	Uma Musume Pretty Derby	26％	84％
10​	1​	Pro Baseball Spirits A	-2％	-46％

Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle takes the spot this week with continued anniversary events. eFootball is the biggest jump with a Brazilian themed season. The next highest is Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel jumping by 511% with the series 25th anniversary event. Other large rises include Reversal Othellonia (461%) for its 8th anniversary, Honkai Star Rail with its 2.0 version and Heaven Burns Red for the game's 2nd anniversary.

The article also features Korea's Q4 rankings. MMOs dominate the list with 6 of the top 10 beginning MMOs. 3 of the top 5 are different entries for Lineage. MU Monarch is the only new title for the quarter.

 

[sfortunato]

03./06. [NSW] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2024.01.25} (¥6.350) - 10.244 / 113.771 (-43%)

Good legs. I wonder whether it will be able to reach 150k at retail when it's all said and done.

 

[AruanaRiva]

Mario Wonder Jumped pretty much exactly the same % as Switch Hardware.

Evergreen Mario never stop jumping the chart. Anyone underestimating Wonder legs is just ignorant at this point.

 

[Sealife01]

The hardware numbers seem fine, but with the weekend that was probably expected. Nice jump for Mario

 

[Vena]

スマホゲームのセルラン分析（2024年2月1日〜2月7日）。今週の1位は「ドッカンバトル」。韓国における昨年10月〜12月の収益ランキングも

世界有数のスマホゲーム大国である日本において，現在最も売れているタイトルをはじめとした，さまざまなデータを毎週お届けする本連載。今週の国内収益ランキング1位は「ドラゴンボールZ ドッカンバトル」となった。また，韓国における2023年10月〜12月の収益ランキングも紹介しよう。

www.4gamer.net

Weekly Japanese Rankings from Sensor Tower for the week of February 1 - 7

This Week	Last Week	Title	DL Change	Rev Change
1​	3​	Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle	32％	76％
2​	2​	Blue Archives	-7％	17％
3​	35​	eFootball 2024	-1％	828％
4​	5​	LINE: Disney Tsum Tsum	3％	34％
5​	4​	Monster Strike	-26％	4％
6​	8​	Genshin Impact	15％	49％
7​	34​	Honkai: Star Rail	12％	413％
8​	31​	Heaven Burns Red	330％	335％
9​	16​	Uma Musume Pretty Derby	26％	84％
10​	1​	Pro Baseball Spirits A	-2％	-46％

Dragon Ball Z Dokkan Battle takes the spot this week with continued anniversary events. eFootball is the biggest jump with a Brazilian themed season. The next highest is Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel jumping by 511% with the series 25th anniversary event. Other large rises include Reversal Othellonia (461%) for its 8th anniversary, Honkai Star Rail with its 2.0 version and Heaven Burns Red for the game's 2nd anniversary.

The article also features Korea's Q4 rankings. MMOs dominate the list with 6 of the top 10 beginning MMOs. 3 of the top 5 are different entries for Lineage. MU Monarch is the only new title for the quarter.

Given it's rankings, I was expecting more from HSR 2.0. Or maybe I was expecting too much but it's odd to see it below Genshin which is on week two of its CNY patch.

 

[Tialo]

Evergreen Mario never stop jumping the chart. Anyone underestimating Wonder legs is just ignorant at this point.

16k retail (maybe 21-22k including digital) is not an impressive result. NSMBWii had more of the double weekly numbers in the same week in 2010 - just as a small reminder

 

[MOKU]

I'm starting to wonder what the final tally for the Switch in Japan is going to be. We already know that it's ahead of the DS (I cannot remember the number off the top of my head. 33,000,000+)but what is it going to end up at?

38,000,000?
39,000,000?
40,000,000?

 

[Lelouch0612]

Kinda surprised that persona leg is worse than Shiren. I thought despite the game being jrpg. The leg drop should not be this harsh because Persona IP power.

This really give little vibe like automata and replicant. The fans simply love Persona 5 and not the whole persona IP.

Persona 5 Royal had a harsh 90% drop back then. It is overall a frontloaded series, which isn't surprising if you look at the genre and price.

Good legs. I wonder whether it will be able to reach 150k at retail when it's all said and done.

Shiren suffers from shortages, restocks have been happening this week so you will see the game climb at the next report.

 

[sfortunato]

16k retail (maybe 21-22k including digital) is not an impressive result. NSMBWii had more of the double weekly numbers in the same week in 2010 - just as a small reminder

New Super Mario Bros. Wii had an explosive start but plateaud very early in its lifecycle. By August 2010 it was already selling below 5k. The same could happen with Wonder, of course, but previous Switch games showed that evergreens typically have much stronger legs.

 

[Malden]

Nothing keeps M&M down for long. (Mario and Momotaro). LaD PS4 hits 100k retail now.

Hardware solid all around. Game Boys and DS sweating.

 

[Pavolink]

Mario Wonder with strong legs

 

[Joseki]

Looks like Nintendo broke the usual pattern for the February Direct, no Direct at all last week or this week.

 

[Lichtsang]

Looks like Nintendo broke the usual pattern for the February Direct, no Direct at all last week or this week.

At this point I don't even think they need one anymore. Just reveal Switch 2 in March and then do a Direct where you show off stuff for both machines from that point on.

 

[ILikeFeet]

Mario Wonder with strong legs

mario pulling a stanky all over the competition

 

[Aostia82]

will it be a head-to-head for the whole year, between Switch and PS5?
With the main difference that PS5 seems suffering YoY way earlier than the Switch did/is doing

 

[RailWays]

Evergreens back in the spotlight this week. MomoDen World almost to 1mil

 

[Charamiwa]

So when will 40k PS5 officially become a meme?

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

The lack of a Direct is really weird. Penny's Big Breakaway is finished and launching very soon and has no date so I was really certain it would be released today after the Direct.

 

[Lelouch0612]

At this point I don't even think they need one anymore. Just reveal Switch 2 in March and then do a Direct where you show off stuff for both machines from that point on.

There's currently almost nothing dated beyond March, of course a Direct is needed for the Q2 stuff.

September to December stuff could be shown at the Switch 2 reveal I agree.

 

[Lichtsang]

There's currently almost nothing dated beyond March, of course a Direct is needed for the Q2 stuff.

September to December stuff could be shown at the Switch 2 reveal I agree.

They could also just date LM2 and TTYD on Twitter.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

There's been some "they're waiting on Xbox to do their announcement before doing a Direct" talk but that makes very little sense as

1. Pentiment is an incredibly niche title with no financial potential
2. Hi-Fi Rush cannot run to a satisfactory extent on the Switch 1 as heavily implied by... The devs directly stating that they could not accomplish this on Xbox One.

 

[Lelouch0612]

They could also just date LM2 and TTYD on Twitter.

Not talking about Nintendo, it is way broader than that. JP publishers output beyond March is completely unknown.

 

[ItWasMeantToBe19]

Not talking about Nintendo, it is way broader than that. JP publishers output beyond March is completely unknown.

Publishers could just do Ys X social media announcements as well.

 

[Remolino]

Not talking about Nintendo, it is way broader than that. JP publishers output beyond March is completely unknown.

It's not as if there's anything that urgently needs to come for the Switch.

The third-party manufacturers themselves are responsible for the lack of support.

 

[Oregano]

Evergreen Mario never stop jumping the chart. Anyone underestimating Wonder legs is just ignorant at this point.

16k retail (maybe 21-22k including digital) is not an impressive result. NSMBWii had more of the double weekly numbers in the same week in 2010 - just as a small reminder

New Super Mario Bros. Wii had an explosive start but plateaud very early in its lifecycle. By August 2010 it was already selling below 5k. The same could happen with Wonder, of course, but previous Switch games showed that evergreens typically have much stronger legs.

We don't need this back and forth every week/every thread. In general you don't need to respond to every post you disagree with, and you can express an opinion without trying to provoke other people.

 

[brutaka3]

*Enter thread*
"Mario Wonder is disappointing, NSMB Wii is better"
*Leaves thread*

BTW, recently saw this interview with the creator of El Shaddai, not really much of financial info, but there's interesting tidbits, including talk about the development and porting to Switch (which took 4 years!) and also about their newest game.

‘El Shaddai’ Interview: Sawaki Takeyasu on the Switch Port, ‘Starnaut’, and the Future – TouchArcade

It's always a pleasure when we get a chance to talk to the creators behind the games, and we've gotten another great opportunity today. Sawaki Takeyasu of Crim, Inc has worked on many legendary games like Okami and Devil May Cry, but as a director he is best known for El Shadd...

toucharcade.com

 

[Man God]

Listen it's clear that Super Mario Wonder is the most disappointing release in the history of video gaming and that millions of copies will be destroyed because of its immense over printing and complete lack of demand. We don't need to keep going over it.

 

[SquidEnthusiast]

The Switch era really has ruined some people's perception of what a successful game's sales actually look like hasn't it