Japanese Charts: Princess Peach: Showtime Wears The Crown Once Again

Final Fantasy VII just vanished lol. Stock issues, or did it really just not capture the public imagination over there?

Princess Peach Showtime is doing well in Japan!

Lack of Fifa know is very disappointing know.

PS5 with barely 20k sales, what a disaster.

PS5 sales is still good despite of its sales number this week. 🙂

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@Max_the_German ps5 only 2.5 million behind the ps 4 in japan it will surpass that number ..easily and in a much shorter time...

@dew12333
I don't think is a PlayStatiodoomed when I see lower PS5 sales on this week.
It looks like the PS5 sales still good enough for me.
I can't wait to buy PS5 machine very soon as I have collected some PS5 games since 2 years ago before purchasing the machine.

@RadioShadow 104 thousand in 2 weeks in japan for a nintendo published game is nothing to write home about..

@Ralizah final fantasy sells way better in the west then it does in japan...

@Ralizah Tbf in Japan it's sold more than Princess Peach, Persona 3 Reloaded, Dragons Dogma 2 and Rise of fhe Ronin combined so far, I think everyone who wanted it just bought it on release plus we know playstation games don't usually last long in these charts anyway, but it in no way flopped like people seem to think it has.

@johnedwin I dunno about that, over 300k physical copies in Japan alone is pretty good, probably has the same in other counties as well. When people say it sells better in the west id wager that goes for every game as you're comparing one countries sales vs the whole of Europe and America's.

Absolutely did not expect Peach to be on top, let alone more than one week. But you know what, good for her!

Was hoping to see Unicorn Overlord return to the top 10 but I guess that's not in the cards.

I wonder if many decided to go digital when the stock issues got bad.

@UltimateOtaku91 @johnedwin Pretty much everything sells better in the States. That said, a new Dragon Quest or Monster Hunter game would clear at least a million or more units physically, even on Playstation. I just wasn't aware Final Fantasy's sales potential had fallen so low in Japan.

@Ralizah Buts it's not just Final Fantasy, Persona 3 Reloaded had poor sales, and so does Dragons Dogma 2 for a game of its budget and Japan's biggest publisher backing it. I don't know it's it's either just certain franchises people are getting bored of, the fact digital sales are on the rise so these physical charts don't show the full picture, or in Japan people aren't interested in playstation like they used to.

@UltimateOtaku91 P3R is a remake from a smaller developer, and Dragon's Dogma 2... wasn't the original kind of a weird, niche game anyway? I wouldn't expect that to blow up the charts.

Physical sales data for Monster Hunter Wilds and Dragon Quest XII are going to tell us a lot about where the problem actually is.

@StevenH It's a Horse Racing simulation. It's been around since the 16bit days. Not sure if it's ever made it out of Japan though.

New 2DS LL sales plummet to 6...

@johnedwin the ps4 has a total of 9.67 million in japan including pro sales. 4 million to go not 2.5 million.

@johnedwin @johnedwin @johnedwin of course many more people live in the west. per capita, final fantasy still sells better in japan.

@Ralizah Yeah those games you would think would be huge sellers, maybe even keep an eye for Metaphor Re Fantazio from Atlus as you would expect that to sell well as well.

@Yosher And long may she reign! Love it when games loads of people dismiss do well, Ring Fit was a classic for that...lest we forget LABO outsold God of War in Japan...

@OorWullie One Winning Post made it out of Japan and it was on the Saturn. Not another since then. I wish it did because I love horse racing and out in the west we haven't had a good sim game since the PS3.

Whisper it, but the PS5, mark my words, will eventually overtake the Switch in sales.

The Switch Lite that is.

@Mythra ps4 pro is different then the base ps4 the ps5 disk and diskless version are the same..

Happy for Princess Peach, we need more games like this. Probably it will be the GotY for me.

PS5 sales indicate they need a next gen sooner than later.
(/s)

Sony and Xbox both rumoured to be getting into the handheld space. Both have been chasing specs for far too long with PC always one step ahead. Nintendo in my opinion went in the right direction going with form factor and the play anywhere approach. Steam and a few others are following suit. Hybrid is the future.

I have a Switch and a Steam Deck OLED and having gamed since the 80s, I have absolutely zero interest now in a console that is still tethered to a TV. I want both, handheld and TV, I have both.

Come on Nintendo, give us the Mk 2 Switch with an extra GPU for docked. 😀

@johnedwin than why is sony saying ps4 sold 117 million worldwide? If the ps4 and ps4 pro are separate then the ps4 has sold less than 100 million worldwide.

Congratulations to Princess Peach for a solid hold at number 1. Can't say fairer than that 😄

Princess Peach: Showtime! is a fantastic game made with a lot of love, and people appreciate that. I completed it 100% and it has been a very fun experience, absolutely great.

@UltimateOtaku91 I don't, actually. A new franchise from Atlus with a weird name? I'll be shocked if it sells particularly well.

I am excited for it, though.

Assuming sales are steady, SWOLED should hit 7 million in Japan come next chart report.

DDII not even getting 100k by now shows how weak the Sony presence got in Japan. Making a Peach spin-off game look like a heavy hitter. Also what is with that HW sale disparity? I thought Switch HW sales was dying and PS5s were on the rise or according to the narrative at least. Is this the current state of PS5s when they don’t got bundle boosts?

@johnedwin Uh yes it is…when it’s a Peach spin-off game. This isn’t Mario Wonder. Sub 100k for Dogma 2 in week 2 + barely 20k PS5 sales is nothing to write home about… if we are doing that logic

Nice to see PPS and the Switch on top again.

@Arawn93 yes but you’re not taking into account digital sales of the PS5…ask @johnedwin - I love his posts, they remind me of Bobby the Brain Heenan’s wrestling commentary. 😂 his fighter is getting torn apart but somehow they’re winning…

@Mythra It doesn't matter about lifetime sales numbers. In 15 years time, Sony will just say the PS4 outsold the Switch.

switch console sales last year at this time in japan were 936.351
this year switch console sales in japan are at 721.741..

The PS4 was down to about 1.3M units for the year prior to the PS5 release. Switch still has legs at this rate.

@Ralizah They should've just made an actual remake. And not try to move the goalpost.

@UltimateOtaku91 it's gotten 50,000 so far steam reviews in it's 2nd week. It's doing well so far. I wouldn't compare final fantasy to a game that just came out pnly 2 weeks ago that has performance issues.