Japanese Charts: Metal Gear Solid Can't Sneak Past Super Mario Bros. Wonder

Pikmin 4 is still selling well! Maybe we'll only have to wait 9 years instead of 10 for Pikmin 5...

Switch OLED hardware sales look like a typo! Incredible.
But what the heck, never ever ever thought I would see a day where Metal Gear Solid sells more on a Nintendo console than a Sony one. Bonkers.

Minecraft just won’t give up. Amazing. Best success Microsoft has had in Japan.

The PlayStation Blog post confirms that the launch versions of both PS5 consoles will be phased out as these new models hit store shelves in the U.S. sometime in November. the last 2 weeks the ps5 has dropped off by a lot could be this or no stock left of original ps5 as it is being phased out..

@GrailUK not surprised about metal gear collection selling more in japan on the switch then on the ps even though it is lacking in frame rate...

Holy moly, switch is still selling this good. They are in a good spot for the holidays.
Will be getting some switch games around that time.

MGS are old games though

@johnedwin But if someone was to tell you a couple of generations ago that it would happen, I wouldn't have believed them.

Did the Xbox just beat PlayStation sales in Japan for a week? That’s gnarly.

They’re probably just waiting for the slim version. I’d much prefer the old PS5 over the slim because it’s same price and the OG looks more premium.

@GrailUK

to be fair, has there ever been a MGS game simultaneously released on a Nintendo and Sony platform? but yeah its weird tho 👍

1. Switch OLED Model – 53,381 (5,937,965)
2. Switch – 6,200 (19,582,667)
3. Switch Lite – 6,580 (5,534,410)

but of a mixup in the rank, there? 👍

Sony is really pandering to the Western market as of late. Also strong and steady sales numbers like these for the Switch is why I think the next console is going to be more Switch+ rather than a new console altogether.

Those SWOLED numbers… it’s gonna hit 6million on its own within two weeks. Look at Minecraft! I remember at one point thinking wow, it’s gonna do one million physical in Japan soon, and now it’s well over 3million! Incredible.

@johnedwin All well and good. But the burning question is what relevance this has on a Nintendo site? I appreciate your input but it feels like a discussion for another place, in all respects. Better served on a cross platform site.

Most likely stock issues are the reason PS5 is so low as the old model gets phased out. November 10th for the new model is just a rumour at the moment though and time is running to announce the release date if it is then.

Quite clear playstation are withholding stock ready for the new slim version, yet some sites are celebrating 😑. Though I suppose Xbox beating PlayStation in Japan is a once in a year occasion 🤣.

Mario Wonder will be hard to knock off top for a very long time, I doubt Persona 5 Tactica will move it but maybe Mario RPG could.

Also nice to see Pikmin 4 approaching that million milestone, hopefully can achieve it this year.

@WiltonRoots Tbf the article does say

Oof, PlayStation, what happened here? The Switch is still the reigning champion this week in terms of hardware sales, but the PlayStation 5 has taken a bit of a tumble, falling below even the Xbox Series X. We're not sure what the crack is here, but we're certain there will be a valid reason as to why folks held off on purchasing a PlayStation this week. Maybe they're waiting for the PS5 'Slim', which launches in Japan on November 10th.

So a discussion about that topic does have some relevancy here.

Whoah what happen here, Xbox Series X beating PS5 for the first time ever in Japan. Seems like Sony is losing ground in Japan not only to Nintendo but Microsoft as well. This doesn't look good for the copycat company. Heck the PS5 Digital Garbage even sold worst than the PS4, does this mean Japan is just waiting for the modular versions?

Maybe mgs would have done better if it ran properly. Wonder if they’ll fix that.

Great numbers for Switch hardware and Mario Wonder. And yeah, quite impressive that Pikmin 4 is closing in on 1M physical copies sold in Japan alone. Well deserved for that game.

Makes sense, it's just a mediocre collection of old classics most fans already own.

MGS collection, I can’t bring myself to play it, now knowing they were being so lazy. Watched a few Digital Foundry videos and it’s upsetting.

And I’ve never played any of them, I was really interested. But I’m too much of a perfectionist myself to enjoy such a sloppy job.

As always, I’m just here for the 2DS XL numbers

@UltimateOtaku91 fair dos but he does come in here every week whether Sony gets much of a mention or not and usually drops multiple posts about Sony in rapid succession, sometimes he just copy pastes from articles.

With holding a console for a slimmer version is just bad business decision and will come back to bite. You never hold back consoles even if there is a new one coming that tells your consumer base you could give a (*&(&(& about them and their wants. If they buy they buy that's how you survive this market.

I’m really curious to hear how many copies Pikmin 4 has sold when you factor in digital. Shouldn’t be too long till Nintendo give a true total.

It’s potentially been a big hit. That delights me.

Edit: 7th of November and I’ve got my answer. 2.61m copies so far. For what was a quite niche series, I think we could call this one a hit. Awesome.