Video Game Market Analysis Thread

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Weekly Famitsu Sales

Software Sales (physical only)

1. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 51,547 / 3,235,701
2. [NSW] Bayonetta 3 – 41,285 / NEW
3. [PS4] Star Ocean: The Divine Force – 27,001 / NEW

4. [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – 24,371 / NEW

5. [NSW] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits – 24,371 / NEW

6. [PS5] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II – 17,710 / NEW

7. [PS5] Star Ocean: The Divine Force – 17,177 / NEW
8. [NSW] Aquarium – 13,199 / NEW
9. [NSW] Persona 5 Royal – 12,040 / 58,038
10. [NSW] Needy Streamer Overload – 11,693 / NEW

Hardware Sales

PlayStation 5 – 38.866 (2.067.279)

Switch – 38.634 (26.562.178)

Xbox Series X|S – 3.674 (375.671)

3DS – 56 (24.596.902)

PlayStation 4 – 11 (9.395.605)**

Interesting week this time! PS5… has taken the #1 slot for hardware this time ! (even if only by a few hundred lol), CoD sales open to fairly mediocre numbers. Like I said in my post here:

Xbox Acquisition |OT6| If this is about competition, let us have competition

I don’t blame you. Most Western gaming journalists still push out that “Konami stopped making games” rhetoric. Really, a lot of Western gaming influencers do not follow the JP market. First week sales [PS4] Call of Duty: Vanguard (SIE, 11/05/21) – 28,321 [PS5] Call of Duty: Vanguard (SIE, 11/05/21) – 12,754 Quite weak lately, I know Vanguard was down worldwide but in Japan I don’t expect MW2 to recover CoD that much. These are basically niche JRPG sales First week sales [PS4] Atelier Sop…

I never expected MW2 to “recover” in Japan the same way it’s done in Western regions. For shooters Japan is all about Splatoon and Apex Legends lol.

Finally on a personal note I’m happy to see “Needy Streamer Overload” in the Top 10, very unique indie game that launched on Steam last year and just came to Switch.