Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for the week ending 11th April, revealing that Monster Hunter Rise is still doing the business.
The game sold another estimated 194,327 physical copies this week, comfortably leading the way in a top ten made up exclusively of Switch games. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury continues to top the rest of the pile, with no newcomers to be seen.
Here are the top ten (first numbers are this week's estimated sales, followed by total sales):
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 03/26/21) – 194,327 (1,774,063)
- [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 21,590 (642,106)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 12,920 (2,101,505)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,439 (3,774,112)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 10,154 (2,501,449)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,408 (1,892,400)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,835 (4,236,044)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,406 (6,727,920)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,783 (3,836,779)
- [NSW] Pokémon Sword and Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 4,634 (4,023,912)
Switch also continues its dominance in the hardware charts, with the Lite almost catching up with the original model this time around. Here are this week's figures, followed by lifetime sales in brackets:
- Switch – 48,733 (15,679,282)
- Switch Lite – 47,526 (3,637,401)
- PlayStation 5 – 13,074 (515,009)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,486 (101,517)
- PlayStation 4 – 1,430 (7,778,077)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 622 (1,161,498)
- Xbox Series X – 287 (31,045)
- Xbox Series S – 284 (9,964)
Any surprises this week? Let us know in the comments.
[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]
Comments 48
Monster Hunter continues to Rise in sales!
Also, congrats to Ring Fit Adventure! Crosses 2.5 million in Japan!
At this time last year, I was worried that the PS5 and XSX were going to steal all of the Switch's thunder. So far, that hasn't really happened.
@spiderman0616 Well tbf, they new consoles are out of stock most of the time and more importantly there are not much interesting games that you can't also play on last-gen consoles (are there anything at all beside Demon's Souls?)
Japanese peoples really do not like XBOX no matter how powerful the machine.
It indicates Japanese games are still important.
@mariomaster96 astro’s playroom and destruction all stars as far as I know?
And returnal soon. But yeah, slim pickings.
What's up with the Switch Lites over there? They've all of a sudden starting selling like crazy. Is this the "MonHun on a train" effect or the "OG Switch out of stock" effect?
@mariomaster96
Dont know wtf Xbox and sony are doing i think they are zzzz. You seen Jim Ryan. Only big games. Wtf are people supposed to do in the meantime??? And Phil promising stuff aint delivering a *****.
I guess it’s on the “rise”?!
@mariomaster96 Definitely true, but I still think that's only part of the story. Without the hardware shortages, sales would look a lot different for sure, but I still think the Switch would be selling like hotcakes either way.
When the New 2DS is outselling XSX
Insert joke about discontinued console outselling both versions of the Xbox.
I think Japan might be one of the few places you would be able to buy a PS5 more easily.
Sony is dead in Japan and not too surprising too considering JR is ruining the company now or at least the PlayStation side of the company.
@johnvboy its deffo one place you could get an xbox easy enough going by those sales 🤔🤣
@spiderman0616 Yeah, I highly doubt stock shortages of the other systems have had much of an impact on Switch sales at all, not just in Japan but in all regions. I can't imagine too many people who are after a PS5 or Xbox Series X being like, well there's none in stock so I guess I'll buy a Switch instead. People are buying the Switch because they want the Switch.
Monster Hunter is going to be topping the charts in Japan for a while.
But yeah, the upswing in Switch Lite sales is interesting. I guess that portable MH crowd really is coming out of the woodwork.
@spiderman0616 Those consoles were never going to steal Switch's thunder in Japan. They'll eventually become more dominant worldwide as they become easier to find, though.
I heard some people just got a switch to play it.
monster hunter rise is a really good game cant wait for capcom to add more monsters and equipments to craft in dlc packs.
@Anti-Matter We must consider that, to play those games, they can do it on a PC. And in Japan, I reckon everyone has a powerful PC at home. A Xbox console is not necessary anymore.
No wonder Sony seems to be giving up on Japan
Funny how many of the entries in the Japanese charts often suit my tastes. Unlike some of the Western charts, though those have been looking better lately.
@mjharper Most likely OG switch shortages I reckon. Nintendo recently said they still have trouble filling certain orders. Sales will probably hover close to 100k for a while.
Sony moved their focus away from Japan because quite frankly, thats to be expected.
Japan's market seems to be more geared towards portability, especially since the rise of smartphones, they actually have companies that make good mobile games.
Also Japan isn't really a great market for multiplayer games, Sony wanted to focus more on the market that made them more money during the PS4's life.
PS4 sold over 100m units OUTSIDE of Japan, under 15% of their sales came from Japan and even the PS3 had a very lop sided sales figures in that regard.
When you see that Nintendo gets around 30-40% of their total sales from Japan, Sony have obviously decided to move away from that market.
And when you look at the way the market is moving, which isn't and never was in the same direction that Sony was and is moving, its not really a surprise.
@spiderman0616 The new consoles are naturally disadvantaged due to stock limitations which probably aren't improving until Fall at the very earliest
Their situation will improve over time, but it's not immediate
@Razer
You must admit Jim Ryans way of going all in on big games Wont help them in Japan or Any country. Dont know whats happening but you sen shawn layden on all Sony leadership tweets!!!
https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2021/04/playstation_fans_are_missing_shawn_layden_and_hes_liking_all_the_tweets
@johnvboy It is incredibly hard to get a PS5 in Japan still. You have to do either a lottery or You’ll pay about $1000
@Razer japan is not really a great market for multiplayer game? Japan?! The land of monster hunter, animal crossing, pokemon and splatoon? The chart above is LITERALLY 9/10 multiplayer games, the only exception being ringfit adventure lmao
no suprise that Monster Hunter Rise e Switch is gonna dominate the weekly japanese Market sales charts until Monster Hunter Stories 2 release, or until the release of the PC port of Monster Hunter Rise.
I wonder what the global sales for monster hunter are sitting at now? It’s been out 3 weeks and sold 5million after first week so maybe 6.5million
New 2DS still trouncing Microsoft. Never fails to amuse me a bit.
Series S is selling almost as Series X (still terrible). Is it only cause of X shortage or there are Japanese that want an entry gamepass machine?
Yep, buying more shares! Keep it up Nintendo!
@roboshort,
They must be shipping next to no units then, there were quite a few images of stock on Neogaf a few months back, and even in the U.K with no availability, you can still pick one up on e-bay for £650.
@Ghost_of_Hasashi Sony is dead in Japan and not too surprising too considering JR is ruining the company now or at least the PlayStation side of the company.
This is why American leadership will never understanding the Portable gaming that will lead the way in gaming Revolution and Innovations. American Industry always tend to look backwards.
@wanghosom i mean games like Fortnite, Pubg, CoD and other games of the sort. Those type of big multiplayer games don't do well in Japan outside of a few MMOs on mobile, they don’t like PC gaming either, its just not popular over there.
Monster hunter limits the amount of people who can play and has no pvp element, it can be played in a team but quite frankly its less of a multiplayer game than even Dauntless.
Honestly though you can't exactly point at games like Monster Hunter or even Splatoon and try to claim that Japan likes real online multiplayer gaming.
Big MMOs like League Of Legends and WoW are totally dead over there, further proving my point.
Japan has a strange taste in video games.
@SwitchForce you're right and I'm fine with that because I want to see Nintendo always be number one. So as long as Sony keep messing up I'm good.
@Razer This is a very myopic comment.
Of course we can. Monster Hunter and Splatoon are obviously, "real online multiplayer" games. They may not be YOUR preferred type of online multiplayer, but they are clearly both online (✅) and multiplayer (✅).
FPS (fortnite, pubg, CoD) are known to be less popular in Japan than elsewhere, per player, but that doesn't make the specific IPs you mention non-online games.
Or did you mean you only are a real online game when you're littered with lootboxes and micro transactions? Because you're right, MonHun and Splatoon don't have those...
@Razer "i mean games like Fortnite, Pubg, CoD and other games of the sort. Those type of big multiplayer games don't do well in Japan"
Apex Legends is very popular in Japan.
@shazbot lol no their not, you can try and pretend they are all you want but it just doesn't amount to a real MMO experience like you get with many western games.
It's quite clear that Sony have ditched Japan, they've moved their head office to Cali, and if you actually bother to go online and do some research, you'll find that many Sony studios in Japan are closing and the developers are leaving.
Nintendo isn't exactly known for providing and online gaming experience and Japan has never been into PC gaming - there's tons of articles online exploring why PC gaming has never been popular in Japan but to cut a long story short, it's because PC's take up too much space.
Anyway that basically leaves Nintendo, Microsoft isn't successful over there.
So... with Sony out of the picture, Microsoft never in the picture and Nintendo's online service being a laughing stock. I don't see the situation changing.
Japan hasn't taken to any business that has a strong online presence, if you're going to sit there and try to tell me there is nothing wrong with Nintendo's online offering and it provides all the multiplayer gaming the Japanese could ever want.
I'll laugh at you for being a shill.
@Razer so ACCORDING TO YOU japan isn't "a really great market for mutiplayer games" and has "strange taste in videogames" cause they don't prefer west centric fps á la call of duty?
Oh boy, you must be so funny to hang out with.
@Razer But isn't that the point everyone is making (except you)?
They're not MMOs, but they are in fact online games.
You're calling me a shill, because I (and others) am pointing out that your statement is factually incorrect?
Which part of your original statement is true? The games mentioned are real. The games mentioned play online. The games mentioned have multiplayer.
Don't throw around ad hominems because you don't know how to communicate your perspective clearly. And don't put words in my mouth, because you can't say what you mean.
I said what I meant, and I didn't defend Nintendo's online service, despite your inference to the latter.
@Anti-Matter doesn't help they are being snubbed by Sony either. Can sort of understand them avoiding Xbox as your unsure they'll do what Sony has.
@Razer Just because the way multiplayer works is different, doesn't mean it's not a decent multiplayer game. It was originally created to be multiplayer since the very first one, village quests solo mostly are considered 'practice' for most players of the game as the real meat is in the multiplayer as monsters scale in difficulty and while there's no pvp it doesn't mean you can't mess with other players (though probably don't try running off with the mounted monster in a game of keep away when playing with randoms.)
The games have always had some of the best online experiences as the community is generally fantastic, something that can't be said for some pvp games. Just because westerners prefer playing solo doesn't mean that's where the fun of the game lies. You get more rewards playing online and now you can even get rewards helping players out. The game is not a MMO or RPG, it's a hack and slash in it's purest form with very deep nuances in its mechanics that many games in the genere lack. Just because it's not set up how other western multiplayer games are doesn't mean it's BAD. Seriously MHOnline ( https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Monster_Hunter_Online) was HUGE in China and Frontier was in Japan ( https://monsterhunter.fandom.com/wiki/Monster_Hunter_Frontier) Frontier being the first massively online version of the game and it was on PC, later 360. It ran for many years too, only recently having servers shut before the launch of MHW. You can check out SuperRad ( https://youtu.be/G2WsiC0p_Aw) if you want more history on it, he goes into incredible detail from the base release all the way to the last with Zenith. It never came to the west and is the most badly understood version of the series.
And of course your forgetting about Final Fantasy ...the online one is huge in Japan and still going strong despite a complete restart to overhaul mistakes! It wouldn't have got that if the player base wasn't massive.
Edit: Oh, and I forgot Phantasy star online...which btw has fan servers still running the game because how loved it was at the time!
Not all good MMOs do well in the west. The fantastic Warhammer online (seriously has the best depiction of Warhammer fantasy orcs EVER, they where so characterful and just magnificent...much better than WoW at the time) didn't last long at all and it was flipping brilliant. Things just happen and not everyone wants to play the same games we're obsessed with here in the West. Just because it popular in one country doesn't mean a different one hasn't forfilled that same niche over somewhere else. Japan gets alot of games we in the west don't and vice versa, meaning there could be an equivalent doing gang busters over there we've never heard of.
@Razer Great, does that mean Switch can finally get Persona 5? Or Neir automata?
@Bizzyb there's a genuine possibility of that now yes.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ign.com/articles/sony-japan-studio-restructure-mass-exodus-playstation%3famp=1
https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-japan-loses-more-talent-as-bloodborne-and-demons-souls-producer-announces-exit/amp/
@Meikahidenori too much blah blah, not enough substance to back up anything you say. Literally everything points to the contrary.
https://kotaku.com/why-pc-gaming-is-still-niche-in-japan-5977001
The lack of a market for pc gaming means there's never been a big market for huge multiplayer mmo games, games like WoW or League never picked up in Japan for a reason, its indicative of the fact that they prefer smaller either local multiplayer or couch co-op.
Why do you think Street Pass was popular over there? Look i don't care what you believe, i go by what i see.
I don't see a big online presence when it comes to Japanese gamers. It's just how it's always been.
@Razer so you expect to have everyone read what you have as fact but egnore others when we have examples that online multiplayer games do get played overseas that aren't all western games and say MH isn't a true Multiplayer game despite that it 100% is? Uh ok....
Kotaku have been wrong many times, much like here and other websites. Using them as your source doesn't tell me a great deal, other than you choose to belive that those games aren't popular in Japan - which to be fair they are western market aimed and designed for anyway - but it doesn't mean Japan hasn't got it's own massively multiplayer styled games that are popular (making your point that they don't play alot of Multiplayer moot. ) also WHY are you linking a Kotaku article..when they're based in Australia and NOT Japan? You should be using Famitsu as a source as it is a Japanese one and more accurate at least in regards to gaming in the country.
Seriously internet cafes in Japan make big money from online PC players, especially MMO ones. Many websites don't ever mention that and it's a pretty well known fact they're popular but wouldn't be counted as it's not owned in the home. I'm sure if they did figures would show different.
@Meikahidenori you literally have no evidence.
Type "why doesn't Japan like PC gaming" into google and check for yourself.
It's never been popular in Japan, why are you trying to pretend that it is?
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