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Famitsu sales week 17: Nier Replicant launch week

noshten

Member
Third Parties on the Switch have already surpassed the 2021 Top 20 result, so the next comparison is looking at 2021 vs the combined Top 20 for the previous years.

Famitsu Switch 3rd Parties 2017-2020 Top 20:
  1. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 1.702.921
  2. Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 1.233.023
  3. Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 592.940
  4. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 554.560
  5. Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 544.467
  6. Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate (Capcom) - 379.611
  7. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 (Sega) - 362.539
  8. Yo-kai Watch 4 (Level 5) - 358.356
  9. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 304.963
  10. Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) - 295.237
  11. Super Bomberman R (Konami) - 275.029
  12. eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 269.648
  13. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball (Konami) - 225.614
  14. Octopath Traveler (Square Enix) - 193.780
  15. Disney Tsum Tsum Festival (Bandai Namco) - 185.990
  16. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 (Bandai Namco) - 181.090
  17. Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous) - 164.944
  18. Puyo Puyo Tetris S (Sega) - 154.573
  19. Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission (Bandai Namco) - 145.720
  20. Fitness Boxing (Imagineer) - 141.889
TOTAL: 8.266.894

Famitsu Switch 3rd Parties 2021 Top 20:
  1. Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom) - 1.970.371
  2. Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 892.038
  3. Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 274.926
  4. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 207.660
  5. Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 136.091
  6. Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco) - 66.414
  7. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 65.620
  8. Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 58.739
  9. Dragon Quest XI S (Square Enix) - 56.153
  10. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 53.364
  11. Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan) - 53.252
  12. Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 (Sega) - 36.105
  13. Family Trainer (Bandai Namco) - 35.273
  14. Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco) - 35.247
  15. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! (Bandai Namco) - 30.652
  16. Densha de Go!! (Square Enix) - 29.624
  17. eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 (Konami) - 27.539
  18. Disgaea 6 (Nippon Ichi) - 25.744
  19. Apex Legends (Electronic Arts) - 22.921
  20. The Quintessential Quintuplets (Mages.) - 20.374
TOTAL: 4.098.107


Personally I expect that 2021 will surpass 8 million in September, something along the lines of this:

1) Monster Hunter Rise >3M
2) Momotaro >1.25M
3) Yu-Gi-Oh Rush Duel >600K
4) Monster Hunter Stories 2 >500K
5-6) Olive Town, Baseball Spirits >400K
7-10) Rune Factory 5, Shin-kun, SMTV, Minecraft >300K
11) Bravely Default 2 >150K
12-17) Human Fall Flat, Sakuna, Little Nightmares 2, Fitness Boxing 2, DQXIS, Age of Calamity >100K
TOTAL >8.1M

It remains to be seen how all the upcoming games do and if anything gets announced or delayed but Third Party support is really accelerating & games can definitely surpass my expectations by a big amount.
 
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Woopah

Member
Interesting how Bandai Namco is a long time parter to Nintendo as a developer, but its own publishing output on Switch is decreasing year over year.
Harada is happy to take Nintendo's money, but believes that Namco's own success lies in expanding into the West. He thinks you can only do that with high end graphics.
 

hroerekr

Member
Harada is happy to take Nintendo's money, but believes that Namco's own success lies in expanding into the West. He thinks you can only do that with high end graphics.
Harada is the CEO?
It's weird because most of their output is not on the high graphics side either.
 

Woopah

Member
Harada is the CEO?
It's weird because most of their output is not on the high graphics side either.
He's been in charge of Bandai Namco Studios since 2019, and it's clear that supporting Switch with new games is not really part of his plan. Hopefully he changes his mind.
 

noshten

Member
Bandai Namco will be behind both Konami & Capcom, it's their decisions to not make Switch a central part of the plans and by providing late ports for many of their titles, they've allowed other smaller publishers to start eating into their market share:

Bandai Namco Top 10 2016:
  1. [PS4] Tales of Berseria - 215.254
  2. [3DS] Dragon Ball: Fusions - 194.375
  3. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don Don! - 124.643
  4. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 3 - 117.158
  5. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - 112.979
  6. [PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis - 110.113
  7. [PS3] Tales of Berseria - 109.556
  8. [PS4] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 101,780
  9. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - 98.644
  10. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis - 97.107
TOTAL: 1.281.609

Bandai Namco Top 10 2017:
  1. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X - 213.926
  2. [PS4] Gundam Versus - 169.766
  3. [PS4] Super Robot Wars V - 128.945
  4. [PSV] Super Robot Wars V - 111.975
  5. [3DS] Pro Baseball Famista Climax - 109.954
  6. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 90.839
  7. [PS4] Tekken 7 - 88.925
  8. [PS4] .hack//G.U. Last Recode - 60.847
  9. [PSV] Accel World Vs. Sword Art Online - 60.447
  10. [PS4] City Shrouded in Shadow - 59.789
TOTAL: 1.095.413

Bandai Namco Top 10 2018:
  1. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'N' Fun! - 270.415
  2. [PS4] God Eater 3 - 174.834
  3. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - 133.108
  4. [PS4] Super Robot Wars X - 112.753
  5. [NSW] Pro Baseball Famista Evolution - 110.954
  6. [PS4] Dragon Ball FighterZ - 103.252
  7. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 90.251
  8. [PS4] New Gundam Breaker - 85.189
  9. [PSV] Super Robot Wars X - 73.419
  10. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ - 64.999
TOTAL: 1.219.174

Bandai Namco Top 10 2019:
  1. [NSW] Fishing Spirits - 336.995
  2. [PS4] Ace Combat 7 - 220.195
  3. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'N' Fun! - 150.167
  4. [NSW] Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission - 145.720
  5. [PS4] Jump Force - 130.293
  6. [NSW] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival - 125.498
  7. [NSW] Doraemon: Story of Seasons - 112.104
  8. [PS4] Super Robot Wars T - 105.703
  9. [PS4] Code Vein - 93.236
  10. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays - 86.739
TOTAL: 1.506.650

Bandai Namco Top 10 2020:
  1. [NSW] Fishing Spirits - 207.472
  2. [PS4] Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On - 168.710
  3. [PS4] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - 163.029
  4. [PS4] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 - 142.670
  5. [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 - 137.513
  6. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'N' Fun! - 133.978
  7. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris - 94.681
  8. [NSW] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival - 60.492
  9. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack - 52.621
  10. [NSW] Jump Force: Deluxe Edition - 41.411
TOTAL: 1.202.577

PS4 - 23
NSW - 16
PSV - 6
3DS - 4
PS3 - 1

TOTAL: 6.305.423
PS4 TOTAL: 2.322.664 (36%)
NSW TOTAL: 2.131.429 (33%)
3DS TOTAL: 636.898 (10%)
PSV TOTAL: 586.091 (9%)

This year will be the first time we are likely to see Bandai end up below 1 million units, as I have many doubts about both Scarlet Nexus and Tails of Arise in Japan, while it's likely Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot to launch in September on the Switch as a very late port is maybe going to clear 100K but not much beyond that. So far their best selling game of 2021 is Little Nightmares 2 which across the Switch and PS4 is approaching 100K units.

Overall had they at least chased multiplat same day releases for DBZ franchise they would have been in a much better position right now. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 on the Switch actually outsold all their Dragon Ball PS4 games. There is also a lot of other PSV franchises whose audience transitioned to Switch rather than PS4, so those have seen a steep decline from the PS3/PSV era to being exclusive to the PS4.

If Scarlet Nexus & Tails end up under performing, Harada's time in charge of their gaming division might not be that long, as there is one more project that's apparently their biggest investment and the higher ups will start to view it as a major risk in the current PlayStation ecosystem climate.
 
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Woopah

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Bandai Namco will be behind both Konami & Capcom, it's their decisions to not make Switch a central part of the plans and by providing late ports for many of their titles, they've allowed other smaller publishers to start eating into their market share:

Bandai Namco Top 10 2016:
  1. [PS4] Tales of Berseria - 215.254
  2. [3DS] Dragon Ball: Fusions - 194.375
  3. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don Don! - 124.643
  4. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 3 - 117.158
  5. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - 112.979
  6. [PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis - 110.113
  7. [PS3] Tales of Berseria - 109.556
  8. [PS4] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 101,780
  9. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - 98.644
  10. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis - 97.107
TOTAL: 1.281.609

Bandai Namco Top 10 2017:
  1. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X - 213.926
  2. [PS4] Gundam Versus - 169.766
  3. [PS4] Super Robot Wars V - 128.945
  4. [PSV] Super Robot Wars V - 111.975
  5. [3DS] Pro Baseball Famista Climax - 109.954
  6. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 90.839
  7. [PS4] Tekken 7 - 88.925
  8. [PS4] .hack//G.U. Last Recode - 60.847
  9. [PSV] Accel World Vs. Sword Art Online - 60.447
  10. [PS4] City Shrouded in Shadow - 59.789
TOTAL: 1.095.413

Bandai Namco Top 10 2018:
  1. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'N' Fun! - 270.415
  2. [PS4] God Eater 3 - 174.834
  3. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - 133.108
  4. [PS4] Super Robot Wars X - 112.753
  5. [NSW] Pro Baseball Famista Evolution - 110.954
  6. [PS4] Dragon Ball FighterZ - 103.252
  7. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 90.251
  8. [PS4] New Gundam Breaker - 85.189
  9. [PSV] Super Robot Wars X - 73.419
  10. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ - 64.999
TOTAL: 1.219.174

Bandai Namco Top 10 2019:
  1. [NSW] Fishing Spirits - 336.995
  2. [PS4] Ace Combat 7 - 220.195
  3. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'N' Fun! - 150.167
  4. [NSW] Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission - 145.720
  5. [PS4] Jump Force - 130.293
  6. [NSW] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival - 125.498
  7. [NSW] Doraemon: Story of Seasons - 112.104
  8. [PS4] Super Robot Wars T - 105.703
  9. [PS4] Code Vein - 93.236
  10. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays - 86.739
TOTAL: 1.506.650

Bandai Namco Top 10 2020:
  1. [NSW] Fishing Spirits - 207.472
  2. [PS4] Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On - 168.710
  3. [PS4] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - 163.029
  4. [PS4] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 - 142.670
  5. [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 - 137.513
  6. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'N' Fun! - 133.978
  7. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris - 94.681
  8. [NSW] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival - 60.492
  9. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack - 52.621
  10. [NSW] Jump Force: Deluxe Edition - 41.411
TOTAL: 1.202.577

PS4 - 23
NSW - 16
PSV - 6
3DS - 4
PS3 - 1

TOTAL: 6.305.423
PS4 TOTAL: 2.322.664 (36%)
NSW TOTAL: 2.131.429 (33%)
3DS TOTAL: 636.898 (10%)
PSV TOTAL: 586.091 (9%)

This year will be the first time we are likely to see Bandai end up below 1 million units, as I have many doubts about both Scarlet Nexus and Tails of Arise in Japan, while it's likely Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot to launch in September on the Switch as a very late port is maybe going to clear 100K but not much beyond that. So far their best selling game of 2021 is Little Nightmares 2 which across the Switch and PS4 is approaching 100K units.

Overall had they at least chased multiplat same day releases for DBZ franchise they would have been in a much better position right now. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 on the Switch actually outsold all their Dragon Ball PS4 games. There is also a lot of other PSV franchises whose audience transitioned to Switch rather than PS4, so those have seen a steep decline from the PS3/PSV era to being exclusive to the PS4.

If Scarlet Nexus & Tails end up under performing, Harada's time in charge of their gaming division might not be that long, as there is one more project that's apparently their biggest investment and the higher ups will start to view it as a major risk in the current PlayStation ecosystem climate.

Bandai Namco will be behind both Konami & Capcom, it's their decisions to not make Switch a central part of the plans and by providing late ports for many of their titles, they've allowed other smaller publishers to start eating into their market share:

Bandai Namco Top 10 2016:
  1. [PS4] Tales of Berseria - 215.254
  2. [3DS] Dragon Ball: Fusions - 194.375
  3. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Don Don! - 124.643
  4. [PSV] Gundam Breaker 3 - 117.158
  5. [PSV] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - 112.979
  6. [PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis - 110.113
  7. [PS3] Tales of Berseria - 109.556
  8. [PS4] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 101,780
  9. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - 98.644
  10. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis - 97.107
TOTAL: 1.281.609

Bandai Namco Top 10 2017:
  1. [3DS] Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X - 213.926
  2. [PS4] Gundam Versus - 169.766
  3. [PS4] Super Robot Wars V - 128.945
  4. [PSV] Super Robot Wars V - 111.975
  5. [3DS] Pro Baseball Famista Climax - 109.954
  6. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 90.839
  7. [PS4] Tekken 7 - 88.925
  8. [PS4] .hack//G.U. Last Recode - 60.847
  9. [PSV] Accel World Vs. Sword Art Online - 60.447
  10. [PS4] City Shrouded in Shadow - 59.789
TOTAL: 1.095.413

Bandai Namco Top 10 2018:
  1. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'N' Fun! - 270.415
  2. [PS4] God Eater 3 - 174.834
  3. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - 133.108
  4. [PS4] Super Robot Wars X - 112.753
  5. [NSW] Pro Baseball Famista Evolution - 110.954
  6. [PS4] Dragon Ball FighterZ - 103.252
  7. [NSW] Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 - 90.251
  8. [PS4] New Gundam Breaker - 85.189
  9. [PSV] Super Robot Wars X - 73.419
  10. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ - 64.999
TOTAL: 1.219.174

Bandai Namco Top 10 2019:
  1. [NSW] Fishing Spirits - 336.995
  2. [PS4] Ace Combat 7 - 220.195
  3. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'N' Fun! - 150.167
  4. [NSW] Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission - 145.720
  5. [PS4] Jump Force - 130.293
  6. [NSW] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival - 125.498
  7. [NSW] Doraemon: Story of Seasons - 112.104
  8. [PS4] Super Robot Wars T - 105.703
  9. [PS4] Code Vein - 93.236
  10. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays - 86.739
TOTAL: 1.506.650

Bandai Namco Top 10 2020:
  1. [NSW] Fishing Spirits - 207.472
  2. [PS4] Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. MaxiBoost On - 168.710
  3. [PS4] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - 163.029
  4. [PS4] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 - 142.670
  5. [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 - 137.513
  6. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'N' Fun! - 133.978
  7. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris - 94.681
  8. [NSW] Disney Tsum Tsum Festival - 60.492
  9. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack - 52.621
  10. [NSW] Jump Force: Deluxe Edition - 41.411
TOTAL: 1.202.577

PS4 - 23
NSW - 16
PSV - 6
3DS - 4
PS3 - 1

TOTAL: 6.305.423
PS4 TOTAL: 2.322.664 (36%)
NSW TOTAL: 2.131.429 (33%)
3DS TOTAL: 636.898 (10%)
PSV TOTAL: 586.091 (9%)

This year will be the first time we are likely to see Bandai end up below 1 million units, as I have many doubts about both Scarlet Nexus and Tails of Arise in Japan, while it's likely Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot to launch in September on the Switch as a very late port is maybe going to clear 100K but not much beyond that. So far their best selling game of 2021 is Little Nightmares 2 which across the Switch and PS4 is approaching 100K units.

Overall had they at least chased multiplat same day releases for DBZ franchise they would have been in a much better position right now. Dragon Ball: Xenoverse 2 on the Switch actually outsold all their Dragon Ball PS4 games. There is also a lot of other PSV franchises whose audience transitioned to Switch rather than PS4, so those have seen a steep decline from the PS3/PSV era to being exclusive to the PS4.

If Scarlet Nexus & Tails end up under performing, Harada's time in charge of their gaming division might not be that long, as there is one more project that's apparently their biggest investment and the higher ups will start to view it as a major risk in the current PlayStation ecosystem climate.
It's definitely odd. Switch has a huge global audience for Japanese AA games and yet BN, the king of Japanese AA games, isn't fully supporting it.
 

noshten

Member
Interesting how Bandai Namco is a long time parter to Nintendo as a developer, but its own publishing output on Switch is decreasing year over year.

It's definitely odd. Switch has a huge global audience for Japanese AA games and yet BN, the king of Japanese AA games, isn't fully supporting it.

Its shaping up to be their worst year in Japan, the only rumored Switch games for the rest of the year are Kakarot & Digimon Survive .While judging from Resident Evil: Village and Nier Replicant, I'm not expecting huge break-out hits for Scarlet Nexus and Tails of Arise, if they manage to surpass 200K I would be pleasantly surprised. Overall considering the size of the company, it's definitely a subpar year in the works, as Bandai will fall behind Konami for a second year in a row, while also will be overtaken by Capcom. They should perform on par with Square unless they reveal some DQ related game for the Switch for this year.
The main question is whether Marvelous might end up ahead of Bandai as well, so far Sakuna, Olive Town and Rune Factory 5 are likely to provide Marvelous with a very strong annual result that could very well surpass 1 million.

Bandai Namco 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Little Nightmares 2(Q1), Scarlet Nexus(Q2) & Tails of Arise(Q3)
Switch - Little Nightmares 2(Q1), Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot(rumored)

Sega/Atlus 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Lost Judgement(Q3)
Switch - Shin Megami Tensei V(Q2 or Q3)

Konami 2021:
PS4/PS5 - nothing
Switch - Baseball Spirits(Q3), Yu-gi-oh(Q3)

Capcom 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Resident Evil:Village(Q2), Ace Attorney(Q3)
Switch - Monster Hunter Rise(Q1), Monster Hunter Stories 2(Q3), Ace Attorney(Q3)

Koei Tecmo 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Samurai Warriors 5(Q2), Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires(2021?)
Switch - Samurai Warriors 5(Q2), Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires(2021?)

Marvelous 2021:
PS4/PS5 - nothing
Switch - Olive Town(Q1), Rune Factory 5(Q2), No More Heroes 3(Q3)

Square Enix 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Nier Replicant(Q2), Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade(Q2), Neo: The World Ends With You(Q3)
Switch - Bravely Default 2(Q1), Neo: The World Ends With You(Q3)
 
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Woopah

Member
Its shaping up to be their worst year in Japan, the only rumored Switch games for the rest of the year are Kakarot & Digimon Survive . While judging from Resident Evil: Village and Nier Replicant, I'm not expecting huge break-out hits for Scarlet Nexus and Tails of Arise, if they manage to surpass 200K I would be pleasantly surprised. Overall considering the size of the company, it's definitely a subpar year in the works, as Bandai will fall behind Konami for a second year in a row, while also will be overtaken by Capcom. They should perform on par with Square unless they reveal some DQ related game for the Switch for this year.
The main question is whether Marvelous might end up ahead of Bandai as well, so far Sakuna, Olive Town and Rune Factory 5 are likely to provide Marvelous with a very strong annual result that could very well surpass 1 million.

Bandai Namco 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Little Nightmares 2(Q1), Scarlet Nexus(Q2) & Tails of Arise(Q3)
Switch - Little Nightmares 2(Q1), Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot(rumored)

Sega/Atlus 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Lost Judgement(Q3)
Switch - Shin Megami Tensei V(Q2 or Q3)

Konami 2021:
PS4/PS5 - nothing
Switch - Baseball Spirits(Q3), Yu-gi-oh(Q3)

Capcom 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Resident Evil:Village(Q2), Ace Attorney(Q3)
Switch - Monster Hunter Rise(Q1), Monster Hunter Stories 2(Q3), Ace Attorney(Q3)

Koei Tecmo 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Samurai Warriors 5(Q2), Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires(2021?)
Switch - Samurai Warriors 5(Q2), Dynasty Warriors 9: Empires(2021?)

Marvelous 2021:
PS4/PS5 - nothing
Switch - Olive Town(Q1), Rune Factory 5(Q2), No More Heroes 3(Q3)

Square Enix 2021:
PS4/PS5 - Nier Replicant(Q2), Final Fantasy 7 Remake Intergrade(Q2), Neo: The World Ends With You(Q3)
Switch - Bravely Default 2(Q1), Neo: The World Ends With You(Q3)
Bandai Namco has said they have a Super Robot Wars anniversary title coming to Switch/PS4 this year and they have Idolmaster coming to PS4 too.

On the KT front I'd add Winning Post 9 and SE have DQ Infinity Strash coming 2021 (but no platforms yet I don't think.)

I hope we get some good third party Japanese announcements at E3.
 
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02/02 - NSW grey
03/07 - NSW lite grey
04/03 - NSW lite coral
05/04 - NSW lite yellow
06/05 - NSW lite turquoise
 
RE 8 vs RE 7/RE 2/RE 3/RE 6, first week, Famitsu / ComG!

[PS4] Resident Evil 8 - ? / 152 pt
[PS5] Resident Evil 8 - ? / 40 pt

192 pt

[PS3 + 360] Resident Evil 6 - 643.802 + 28.609 / 1757 pt + 29 pt
[PS4] Resident Evil 2 - 265.324 / 565 pt
[PS4] Resident Evil 7 - 231.188 / 472 pt
[PS4] Resident Evil 3 - 189.490 / 342 pt
 
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Woopah

Member
Could the Switch even run Tales of Arise at 60fps?
Not sure about the framerate, but Namco has been able to bring other PS4 games to Switch. Obviously each game is different, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a Switch port of Arise in two years or so.
 
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hroerekr

Member
Could the Switch even run Tales of Arise at 60fps?

That depends on how the game was developed. But based on what we've seen of the game and how other ports performed, I would say a downgrade aiming at 30 fps is totally possible.
The genre is full of 30fps games (like FF7R), so I don't see a problem with that.

But my comment was targeted at the general Bandai Namco output, not a single game.
 

ethomaz

Banned
Japan PS Digital sales ranking was posted today if anybody is interested.
Returnal was #1 even being sold one day in the month.
Even MLB The Show 2021 did good.

 

Faithless83

Banned
The most impressive narrative is that scalpers are holding the console for themselves and that is why it is not selling games.
I mean if scalpers surprise sells these console to actual consumers they will buy games.

That is the only way of thinking in this thread.
Also, somehow scalpers are hoarders, they bought the consoles to keep for themselves they aren't reselling them.
The logic in threads like this is amusing, reaching the MS will buy Sega thread level.
 
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Woopah

Member
The most impressive narrative is that scalpers are holding the console for themselves and that is why it is not selling games.
I mean if scalpers surprise sells these console to actual consumers they will buy games.

That is the only way of thinking in this thread.

Also, somehow scalpers are hoarders, they bought the consoles to keep for themselves they aren't reselling them.
The logic in threads like this is amusing, reaching the MS will buy Sega thread level.
The theory wasn't that scalpers were hoarders, it was that scalpers were shipping consoles outside Japan. This would mean that the amount of hardware in Japan wasn't as large as reported, and so the software sales aren't as bad as they look.

The alternative is that all those PS5 systems are in Japan, which would mean (even if we factor in digital) that software sales are as bad as they look.

Personally I think the line-up is the reason for poor software sales, not scalpers.
 

Faithless83

Banned
The theory wasn't that scalpers were hoarders, it was that scalpers were shipping consoles outside Japan. This would mean that the amount of hardware in Japan wasn't as large as reported, and so the software sales aren't as bad as they look.

The alternative is that all those PS5 systems are in Japan, which would mean (even if we factor in digital) that software sales are as bad as they look.

Personally I think the line-up is the reason for poor software sales, not scalpers.
I have to admit that, besides what was offered on PS+, I only have Demon Souls for PS5. I'm slowly working on my PS4 backlog.
There is a lot of crossplay games and usually the PS4 version is cheaper.

The question stands, Switch isn't being scalped at all, right? Only PS5.
Also on the DS days people bought diferent colors of DSs, has that changed with the Switch?

No asian country is interested on Xbox though... :messenger_grinning_sweat:
 

Woopah

Member
I have to admit that, besides what was offered on PS+, I only have Demon Souls for PS5. I'm slowly working on my PS4 backlog.
There is a lot of crossplay games and usually the PS4 version is cheaper.

The question stands, Switch isn't being scalped at all, right? Only PS5.
Also on the DS days people bought diferent colors of DSs, has that changed with the Switch?

No asian country is interested on Xbox though... :messenger_grinning_sweat:
I believe Switch was being scalped this time year when supply was very very low, but right now there seems to be enough Switches to meet demand. Should there be some sort of issue in the future that majorly cuts into supply, Switch could go back to being scalped again. But given that Nintendo has secured supply for over 25 million this fiscal year (and wants to secure 30 million) that should be enough.
 

Yellow Yoshi

Neo Member
If we're generous and assume Day 1 digital of Returnal was twice of Week 1 physical, that means no PS5 game sold more than 12k digitally all month. So much for digital saving PS5 software sales.

You'll have to ascend as the next Buddha to be that generous.

A very generous guess would put that number to 3.25k digitally all month.
 

PengJiaLun

Neo Member
You'll have to ascend as the next Buddha to be that generous.

A very generous guess would put that number to 3.25k digitally all month.
Yeah, 5k or under is a more realistic ceiling. I was just trying to throw a bone for Sony stans lol. really disastrous software sales from Sony, I hope it picks up before FF16, which I don't want to flop.
 

Kerotan

Member
I have to admit that, besides what was offered on PS+, I only have Demon Souls for PS5. I'm slowly working on my PS4 backlog.
There is a lot of crossplay games and usually the PS4 version is cheaper.

The question stands, Switch isn't being scalped at all, right? Only PS5.
Also on the DS days people bought diferent colors of DSs, has that changed with the Switch?

No asian country is interested on Xbox though... :messenger_grinning_sweat:
Tbh ratchet next month is my first Ps5 game. Also clearing my ps4 backlog. Making great progress too.
 

Kerotan

Member
Just realised Bod is banned. Does someone want to make the thread for last weeks numbers?

Anyway Ps5 stole the show with an impressive 31k sold. I hope Sony shipped at least 50k for the RE8 launch.
 

ethomaz

Banned
Thanks to Hiska-kun.

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|    |    PlayStation 4   |    PlayStation 5   |  Difference  |
|    |    (2014/02/22)    |    (2020/11/12)    |              |
|----|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------------|
|Week|  Weekly |    LTD   |  Weekly |    LTD   |   PS5 - PS4  |
|----|---------|----------|---------|----------|--------------|
| 23 |    5.177|   638.669|   22.095|   638.621|           -48|
| 24 |    5.243|   643.912|   20.157|   658.778|        14.866|
| 25 |    5.030|   648.942|   30.973|   689.751|        40.809|
| 26 |    6.314|   655.256|         |          |              |
| 27 |    5.405|   660.661|         |          |              |
| 28 |    5.757|   666.418|         |          |              |
| 29 |    6.373|   672.791|         |          |              |
| 30 |   22.213|   695.004|         |          |              |
| 31 |    8.284|   703.288|         |          |              |
| 32 |    7.259|   710.547|         |          |              |
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