Japanese Charts: Mario Strikers Is Pipped At The Post By Demon Slayer

I was about to say "that looks low for Strikers" and then I realized the series has only sold roughly 1.60 million on GCN and 2.60 million on Wii. I always thought Strikers was more popular than it is

Considering how little love there is for the world's game here in Murica, I wouldn't be surprised if Mario Strikers didn't chart in the top 10 for June NPD.

Must be a shortage of OLED models.

Not surprising since soccer may be popular in Europe and South America, most others find it horribly boring. Plus saw more than a couple streamers having buyers remorse day 1.

The fact that late port demon slayers did 90k range like the PS4 version showed how much it was a mistake to make it a late port. Wouldn’t surprise me if Switch version has better legs

Mario Strikers historically FYI launched with these numbers before. In Japan Strikers was one of the lesser popular Mario sport game spin-offs. I think even Sluggers did better so it’s not because “it had no content!” as if Golf or Tennis was full of content on launch lol. Strikers will do fine in rest of world especially in Europe.

Also weird no mention that OLED might have dipped due to supply issues just like how it’s typically said for why PS5 sell the amount it does

Also when was barely over 10k for PS5 ever “solid” when PS5 had weeks before that did much better?

@SteamEngenius

Pretty sure football is a very popular sport in Japan.

@KindofaBigDeal Yeah, but there are other sports more popular in Japan then Soccer. Baseball for instance is very huge in Japan so if Nintendo was shooting for domestic audience/better America reception they would have done another Sluggers game, but they are banking on Strikers to bring the biggest overall global sales

Next Level games is an amazing development studio, but I’m gonna go ahead and say I don’t mind if Strikers falls flat. At some point Nintendo needs to get the message that launching a lite game and drip feeding content until the game stops selling is a terrible policy.

I was 90% sure I was going to get this game, but did a full turn when I read about the lack of single player content. No thanks. Not for me.

@RobotReptile Couldn't agree more. Having gotten it myself, I've enjoyed the game immensely... for a day, before I got bored due to the utter lack of content and began questioning on whether the purchase was really worth it or not. And it's a question whether or not the dripfeed content will hook me back in. Golf and tennis sure didn't.

A real shame, this game deserved to be so much more, but Nintendo gotta Nintendo.

Demon Slayer is selling pretty darn well for such a late port. Of course, the IP is still massively popular, so that's no surprise.

Sony should just pull the "digital edition" of the PS5 from the shelves. They completely misread the market there. The digital only edition should have been priced exactly the same as the disc drive version. The difference should have been a much bigger hard drive in the digital version. People are already complaining that they can only store like 7 games on that built in drive.
Nintendo should seriously consider keeping the "Switch 2" at 1080p because hard drive requirements get ridiculous at 4K. Instead they should focus on 1080p at 120fps or at least 90fps.

@SteamEngenius Football is also very popular in Africa and Asia. The J-League gets decent attendances in Japan, the sport is extremely big in South Korea - but the Middle East is a hotbed.

Really, you just meant “not North America”. And maybe Australasia, where it still has a big following.

Despite all that, yeah - those are some pretty weak sales for a Nintendo first-party title. Ouch.

I guess there are a few suckers who got trick into getting Gran Turismo 7 last week. That game would do good once Jim Ryan port it to PC next year, the DRM for that would feel right at home with Steam players.

(Looking at PS5 sales)
So far still good. 😊

Well, that doesn't really surprise me. Demon Slayer seems to be a huge phenomenon in Japan. I have yet to check out Strikers, though ...Is it really worth it right now? I'm still worried they could add a ton of microtransactions with the whole customisation angle they have in there, but so far it seems to be ...fine?

@Serpenterror Gran Turismo 7 is an absolute travesty and disgrace to humanity. I think even people on Steam wouldn't touch Polyphony's garbage with a ten foot pole. Should have been free to play at best and gacha mobile trash at worst.

Amazing Demon Slayer numbers! Especially for a nearly 8 month old port. Can you imagine the kind of numbers a mainline Persona game would do....

Shame about Mario strikers

@GrailUK no, it's low demand. Nintendo is finished.

@SteamEngenius Soccer is literally the most popular sport in the world by a pretty wide margin.

@IronMan30 At this point, releasing new hardware will doom them quickerer. O.<

@thinkhector Hard agree, I've been saying 1080p looks fine, keep this resolution and work on fluidity, expansive worlds/gameplay, and shorter load times. These bigger 4K games are lovely experiences and maybe even fun the first playthrough due to the sheer spectacle, but the gameplay isn't always there after that. Graphics shouldn't be the main measure of a game's quality. "Switch 2" should be a beefier version of what we have, with a second screen to get some DS compatibility, it would sell like crazy.

@thinkhector I'm pretty sure I heard Nintendo was looking/investing in DLSS technology to achieve 4k resolution for the next Switch.

They could easily achieving 4k using this method without needing major hard drive requirements

@GrailUK that's true. That'd be the most fastest way to doom them.

@SteamEngenius football/soccer is, by far, the most popular sport in the world.It is the Number 1 sport in 226 countries around the world.

Anyway, I'm not that surprised that Demon Slayer took number one. It might not last forever, but Demon Slayer is white hot right now. My kids are both into it and it's widely promoted everywhere, it seems like. And the reviews of the game seem good, so even I'm interested (but not buying it yet - I already have too much on my plate).

I expect Demon Slayer will be charting for a few weeks before the new cool arrives, but Mario Strikers will hang in there for longer.

What I'm honestly amazed by is Ring Fit Adventure. Those sales are insane for a fitness game. It's a quality game and a great workout, so I'm happy for its success and maybe some DLC or a sequel down the road.

Interesting how this charted #1 easily in Japan but failed to make the top 10 in the UK