Sony who? Nintendo Switch dominates 29/29 top selling games in Japan

Nintendo just cant be stopped. It dominates everywhere it goes and just destroys every top games list known to man. And its clear to see how poorly Sony games sell when theyre not forcing gamers to buy their 1st party games through expensive bundles. Even in Europe when the GoW Bundle replaced the Horizon Forgotten West bundle, Horizon just disappeared as gamers were no longer force to buy a game they didnt want.

And holy crap look at the legs on all these Nintendo games. Crisis Core just totally flopped on PS5, they should have just skipped that sad console.

Famitsu and Media Create, with Hardware and Software sales for December 2022 (Famitsu: November 28th to December 25th, so 4 weeks in total / Media Create: December 5th to January 1st, so 4th weeks in total) in Japan!

Media Create

Top 30 Software (Nintendo Switch)

• 01./01. [NSW] Pokemon Violet <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) – 597.738 / 2.042.810 (-59%)
• 02./04. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) – 404.501 / 3.848.202 (+52%)
• 03./02. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) – 382.947 / 1.261.885 (-56%)
• 04./00. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.12.09} (¥7.264) – 227.721 / NEW
• 05./08. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports # <SPT> (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) – 138.161 / 1.018.975 (+207%)
• 06./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 111.622 / 5.286.062 (+138%)
• 07./06. [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 111.238 / 2.896.827 (+124%)
• 08./03. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet Double Pack {Pokemon Scarlet \ Pokemon Violet} <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥11.960) – 85.679 / 655.139 (-85%)
• 09./11. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 74.784 / 5.408.400 (+136%)
• 10./13. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.03.25} (¥5.980) – 72.612 / 1.129.204 (+132%)
• 11./17. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars <ETC> (Nintendo) {2021.10.29} (¥5.980) – 72.313 / 1.226.313 (+205%)
• 12./00. [NSW] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.12.13} (¥6.200) – 68.257 / NEW
• 13./16. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) – 62.833 / 7.567.484 (+154%)
• 14./18. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope <SLG> (Nintendo) {2022.12.02} (¥5.980) – 62.770 / 83.348 (+205%)
• 15./27. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! <TBL> (Konami) {2020.11.19} (¥6.300) – 58.870 / 2.862.826 (+419%)
• 16./19. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival <ACT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2022.09.22} (¥5.980) – 57.775 / 129.847 (+199%)
• 17./14. [NSW] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits # <SPT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2022.10.27} (¥5.980) – 49.803 / 93.680 (+89%)
• 18./25. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury <ACT> (Nintendo) {2021.02.12} (¥5.980) – 37.361 / 1.257.411 (+175%)
• 19./24. [NSW] FIFA 23: Legacy Edition <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2022.09.30} (¥3.909) – 35.876 / 75.717 (+153%)
• 20./23. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (¥3.980) – 34.840 / 1.088.560 (+145%)
• 21./26. [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 <ACT> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2020.03.26} (¥7.800) – 34.821 / 263.927 (+162%)
• 22./00. [NSW] Witch on the Holy Night # <ADV> (Aniplex) {2022.12.08} (¥6.000) – 28.993 / NEW
• 23./21. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure # <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) – 28.608 / 3.737.621 (+57%)
• 24./28. [NSW] The Battle Cats Unite! # <SLG> (Ponos) {2020.07.16} (¥3.500) – 27.497 / 304.064 (+164%)
• 25./00. [NSW] Ishu Saikyou Ou Zukan: Battle Colosseum <RPG> (Nippon Columbia) {2022.12.15} (¥5.800) – 27.067 / NEW
• 26./00. [NSW] Fitness Boxing: Fist of the North Star <HOB> (Imagineer) {2022.12.22} (¥6.980) – 26.369 / NEW
• 27./00. [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 24.902 / 2.529.217
• 28./29. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe <New Super Mario Bros. U \ New Super Luigi U> <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.01.11} (¥5.980) – 24.263 / 1.325.966 (+138%)
• 29./00. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2019.06.28} (¥5.980) – 23.783 / 1.382.953
• 30./12. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2022.09.15} (¥7.800) – 23.381 / 276.536 (-26%)

Hardware

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+ |System | This Month | Last Month | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD | +-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+ | NSW # | 651.489 | 648.380 | 959.393 | 4.420.033 | 5.175.887 | 27.377.950 | | PS5 # | 218.174 | 188.860 | 75.288 | 1.189.928 | 1.026.456 | 2.507.620 | | XBS # | 4.582 | 17.289 | 8.080 | 122.461 | 65.361 | 208.264 | +-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+ | ALL | 874.245 | 854.529 | 1.043.050 | 5.732.422 | 6.351.456 | 30.093.834 | +-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+ | PS5 | 192.260 | 170.430 | 65.095 | 1.068.595 | 868.645 | 2.170.090 | | PS5DE | 25.914 | 18.430 | 10.193 | 121.333 | 157.811 | 337.530 | | XBS X | 1.687 | 3.017 | 4.344 | 36.330 | 36.149 | 88.707 | | XBS S | 2.895 | 14.272 | 3.736 | 86.131 | 29.212 | 119.557 | |NSWOLED| 421.667 | 462.479 | 502.234 | 2.730.010 | 888.068 | 3.618.078 | | NSW L | 106.677 | 99.812 | 201.511 | 620.137 | 1.289.932 | 5.151.019 | | NSW | 123.145 | 86.089 | 255.648 | 1.069.886 | 2.997.887 | 18.608.853 | +-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

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Horizon was literally a top 20 best selling game in both NPD and, the UK in November so I have no idea where the **** people come up with nonsense like how it just disappeared.

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Fun fact: PlayStation sold more PS5 units in those 4 weeks than the entire LTD of the Series X/S. lol

Cows love a good old sales thread,even though they never win,but as long as they are selling more than Xbox they are happy

Saps

@Nonstop-Madness: Fun Fact: It was only a top selling game cause Sony forced gamers to buy the bundle at an increase in price. And it disappeared in December, when the bundle was no longer available. The non-bundle wasnt and still isnt available.

Oh yeah? But Xbox!

@mesome713:

Wrong.

https://twitter.com/Chris_Dring/status/1611353657626206209

@Nonstop-Madness: LOL, Twitter fanboy says its false, it must be false 🤡

European GSD December 2022 Top 20 (Digital + Physical)

* Digital data unavailable

Xbox Won!! :P

@mesome713:

Are you saying the head of GamesIndustry.biz isn't a legitimate source? He literally has all of the GSD AND GFK data at his disposal; the exact same one you referenced. lol

@Nonstop-Madness: Post it then mate. Prove to us forcing gamers to buy the game in a bundle didnt count for the majority of the games sales. Just post us that amazing data.

When Horizon wasnt a bundled game, it flopped on the charts, when it was bundled, it ranked high. Now December its not a bundle, if fell off the chartz again. WHen the game released it didnt do good. Sony wouldnt even announce the numbers like they usually do. So they forced gamers to buy the game through a bundle.

Does Japan not like movies?!

They do but good ones hence Sony had no chance.

@mesome713: The guy with the data is saying your argument is bull****. How about you prove him wrong instead? You're making up a narrative to fit your agenda.

so I guess every mario games sold with the console flopped because it was bundled right?

so I guess every bundle including forza bundle coming = game did not sell?

bundles are made to sell console with the popular game release that month or year. not to sell the game.

logic please.

Some excellent games in that list. 👍

Cool. I’d rather welcome non-Nintendo Japanese companies to focus more on worldwide releases rather than the Japanese market.

Get back to when a third party title sells the most on nin console.

until then only a handful of nin games sells like crazy every gen on a nin console.

sheep don't see this.

why third party are the most on nin switch yet the worst version.

only reason why nin exclusives sell so much. because there the only games that sell on a nin console.

😂

That guy in your pic was shilling the new pokemon game so hard. He was mad that people were exposing the shitty dev behind it, imagine that🤭The state of Nintendo fans🤣

Poor cows... living in denial. Hilarious!!!!!

@Nonstop-Madness: The guy with the "data" refuses to post the data to prove his point. Thats why we all made fun of the clown.

@hardwenzen: That dude in the pic made a popular video about how bad the new pokemon was. He also reviewed it low. Cause hes a clown like you.

He is one of the most obnoxious youtubers i've seen in the last few years. Literally the definition of a blind nintendo fanboy. Tell him to join SW, i will destroy him.

@hardwenzen: Everyone knows he’s a Sony fanboy. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. A total 🤡

@organic_machine: LOL!

@mesome713: it's true 🤣 he's only pretending to be a sheep, but he's actually a cow in sheep clothing. Poor sack, getting exposed so hard.

I'm not quite sure people can publicly disclose the exact data from NPD, GSD, GFK etc.

Either way, what's the point in posting the data? It's not like you can verify or validate it.

And again, he's the Head of GamesIndustry.biz; he has no reason to ruin his professional integrity over some console wars.

lol

@Nonstop-Madness: “Top 20”? Considering Sony has everything riding on sales of their 1st person exclusives, I don’t think top 20 cuts it for them.

Nintendo only dominates Japan.

@silentchief: It’s dominating UK and NA also. It’s dominating the whole universe.

Nintendo is for children

If only those pesky facts didn't get in the way !

The PS5 is number 1 in dollar sales and has been number 1 in unit sales the past few months as the shortage has ended. The Switch won't be number 1 again.

"Nintendo Switch, for now, is holding on as the best-selling console in units sold.".🤔

Except it wasn't. Not in November and most likely never again.

Non sequitur. What does that has to do with the topic at hand?

Your link stated, "Nintendo Switch, for now, is holding on as the best-selling console in units sold."

That's for the total year and because of shortages. In November it was behind In both Units and dollars.

I quoted the article and your response was "Except it wasn't." Indicating that the quote from your very article was false, now you are changing your tune.🤷🏽‍♂️

The writing is on the wall for Sony. You either make a Switch-like hybrid handheld or you kiss the Japanese market goodbye. People in Japan are more interested in portable gaming nowadays. The idea of having ultra-bulky home consoles is quickly getting out of fashion.

I like how Nintendo switch is listed as “NSW” in the sales chart. Here in Australia, NSW means New South Wales, which is the state I live in.

Quote something relevant to my claim. The article states

"The PS5 was the best-selling console in the U.S. in both unit and dollar sales in the month and it remains the best-selling console of 2022 in dollar sales."

The Switch lost it's number 1 spot in November. That trend is going to continue now that the shortage is over. This isn't rocket science Pedro.

"Nintendo Switch, for now, is holding on as the best-selling console in units sold." <--- Plain English.

Did it sell the most units in November?

Yes or no?

If the answer is No( which it is) then it didn't hold on to best selling console did it?

My guess was he was talking about for the entire year.

When the other consoles had shortages.

I said nothing about November. I posted a quote from your link.

"Nintendo Switch, for now, is holding on as the best-selling console in units sold."

You stated "Except it wasn't." to the quote. 🤷🏽‍♂️

Teh $ales lol

Sales only matter when their favorite company is not losing.😂

Teh $ales enhance my enjoyment of video game.

Liek,idk, something about $ales makes games more enjoyable