Japanese Charts: Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment Slashes Through The Competition

Sony are gonna need that Japan only PS5 sharpish. Deary me.

PS5 is still stay on number 4.
Not that bad number.
Some contributions for PS5 to stay survive. 😌

Happy for Hyrule Warriors, it looks like a really good game. Happy for Z-A and Mario Kart World, and especially happy that the Switch 1 version of Dragon Quest outsold the GKC Switch 2 version 😀.

Good sales numbers. I played the first Hyrule Warriors and just couldn't get into it for whatever reason. It didn't really "click" with me and I gave up on it after a few hours. At least others are getting to enjoy it

I have this still in the plastic as I’m waiting to finish up age of calamity. Can’t wait to get into it.

I'm curious how the these charts will look after the cheaper Japan-only digital PS5 drops. I still expect the Switch family to dominate overall, but the numbers may surprise me.

For comparison, Hyrule Warriors for Wii U sold 69,090 units, in its first week, in Japan.

And Age of Calamity sold 173,215 units during its first week.

I'm having a great time with Age of Imprisonment. Playing it on "hard" gives enough challenge without feeling overwhelmed.

that age of imprisonment number is far less then expected..for physical sales...

@Jhena But this new one launched on a console thats less than 6 months old. Age of Calamity launched over 3 years into the Switch life cycle.

@UltimateOtaku91
This is one of the reasons, why I also mentioned the Wii U Hyrule Warriors sales. At the end of 2014 the Wii U has sold 9,2 million units.

We can only assume how big the difference would be.

The cheaper Japanese PS5 will be interesting. it's all digital, which is the worst sellingmodel in Japan. Does the price drop offset that inthe consumer's eye?

@Tyranexx there will be no change. people aren't not buying PS5 in japan because its too expensive, they aren't buying it because they don't want it.

I think them finally acknowledging their "home market" 5 years into the generation solely because they are getting curb stomped by Nintendo is not something that is lost on Japanese people

@Jeff2sayshi the price drop will certainly increase ps5 sales in japan..ps5 has sold almost 6 million consoles in japan ps4 sold 2 million more over a much longer stretch of time..people do want it but not at was the current price remember switch 2 price is being subsidized in japan selling for $330 us dollars..

@johnedwin 3 skus for PS5 barely sold more than the Switch Lite. The sales are the sales. its not the price. its the demand.

@GetontheStiix we shall see what sales numbers are when the price is lowered their will be a increase..the ps4 dominated japan until the switch came out and still only sold 2 million more consoles then the ps5 in a much longer time period..

@johnedwin It will increase the sales.. but by how much, really?I'm not saiyng it won't work, I'm saying no idea.

@GetontheStiix It'll be interesting to see how things play out. I'm expecting an initial jump in sales when the Japan only digital PS5 variant releases, but overall I still expect the Switch family to dominate. I find it interesting to watch these scenarios play out every week in the Japanese and UK charts and wish other regions also had weekly reports.

Once again, the Switch Lite alone outsells the PS5 family of systems. That’s gotta sting… my mistake, the PS5 trio of systems HAS outsold the Switch Lite this week, by 16 units.

Hyrule Warriors has impressive sales. Not my cup of tea mind, I tried the previous one but got stale quick.
PS5 game snuck in there, but being Dragon Quest I'm not surprised it did. DQ has been hugely popular there since it first entered the scene many years ago.

@Jeff2sayshi it needs games that Japanese people want to play, the PS5 is just a slightly better selling XBox over there now. Big western titles usually vanish after a week from their charts.

LMAO There's something funny about the PS5 Digital Edition selling 777 units, like it hit a Jackpot or something.

I can't wait to play Age of Imprisonment. It looks so good.

@Jhena 9.2 million worldwide. It's more important what it sold in Japan to compare here.

Will a cheaper PS5 increase sales in Japan? Sure.

Will it increase sales a substantial amount, such as to fundamentally change the market situation? I highly doubt it. Its not like you'd be looking at a price drop from $500 to $100- the PS5 is still going to be an expensive investment in hardware, not an impulse buy. And pricing won't change the "size" and "library" problems. If Sony really wanted to improve their situation in Japan, they'd be better off spending money making and marketing games that appeal to the Japanese audience. However, that would require actual effort, as opposed to the comparatively cheap cost of hacking together a region-locked SKU.

Wow. Almost 2.7 Million Switch 2 sales. Impressive.

3 million before the end of the year is not crazy.

Even the original Switch is crushing PS5. Nintendo own Japan 😊

Rough numbers for AOI globally, it might barely crack 1 million lifetime.

Usually I just buy a game or dont, but I'm really on the fence with this one. The other hyrule warrior games were fun, but after the story mode become a slog for me to continue. I tend to want to finiah/complete all the games I buy so Im juat unsure. Maybe on a sale, because I dont have FOMO over this game. More like it'd be cool to play it eventually

@BTB20
Of course, thank you. Hyrule Warriors released on August 14, 2014, on the Wii U. By November 30, 2014 the Wii U had sold 2,009,513 life-time sales, in Japan.

If you compare this to the 2,642,256, the Switch 2 has sold now in Japan, you can even argue that Age of Imprisonment underperformed, as long as we do not get data on digital sales, for the title.