Game Data Library

Last week there were a couple of big anniversaries, here are some Famitsu charts from 30 and 25 years ago.

The 2018 update was the final update for PS3 and Wii games, here are the list of top selling games for both platforms. This 2019 update will likely be the final for WIU, NDS & XB1.

Thanks to our friends @InstallBaseF we've archived the 2019 Famitsu Top 1000, featuring hundreds of updates of SWI/PS4/3DS/PSV games and some more. sites.google.com/site/gamedatal…

Monster Hunter Stories 3 is off to a rough launch in Japan. Retail launch was less than half of the second game, it's the second worst launch for MH spin off. Digital should be higher, but I doubt it makes up for it. A drop from 2 was expected, but not to this point.

Hardware sales Total sales of Nintendo Switch 2 for the year so far in Japan top 1 million units. sites.google.com/site/gamedatal…

Game Sales (Mar 9 - Mar 15) 1[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 117.029 / 658.400 2[SW2] Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection - 37.718 / NEW 3[PS5] Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection - 17.188 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedatal…

No indication that the current SKU is going away, but I'm wondering if this is some kind of stealth price increase. Sales of the PS5 in Japan are still pretty low even with the cheaper SKU, I'd assume Sony is losing a pretty yen on each console sold (This applies to the SW2 too)

On April 24th there'll be a new version of the Japanese language only PS5, one that comes with two controllers. 65k yen, more or less the same as what the current Japan only model costs + an extra controller.

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen and Resident Evil Requiem were the top downloads in Japan for February. eShop rankings only include games up to CERO D. So CERO Z games, like RE Requiem, are not included. metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/03/apan-d…

It's the 3rd biggest launch on Switch 2 so far, biggest for a non bundled game. It's a bigger launch than both DQ Builders, as well as any version of Minecraft and all Animal Crossing games except the 3DS and SWI ones.

Retail launch sales of Pokémon Pokopia are the second biggest for a Pokémon spin off, only below the second Mystery Dungeon title. It had a 1m launch with digital, which I think it's the biggest launch for a spin off of any kind in Japan.

Hardware Sales sites.google.com/site/gamedatal…

Game Sales (Mar 2 - Mar 8) 1[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 541.371 / NEW 2[PS5] Resident Evil: Requiem - 23.459 / 178.832 3[SW2] Mario Kart World - 10.023 / 2.856.782 sites.google.com/site/gamedatal…

Hardware, year on year SW2: 795k SWI: 186k (-61%) PS5: 128k (-48%) XBS: 5646 (-61%)

Pokopia is gearing up for a huge launch, it'll likely be the top seller at the end of the month.

Best selling retail games of the year so far, February update Dragon Quest and Resident Evil take the top spots with great launches, further down Yakuza, Mario Tennis and NiOh 3 also join the list March should be a big month with Pokopia (6th) and MonsterHunter Stories 3 (13th)

By PC-Engine we're counting all models that can play at least HU Cards, as data reported by NEC/Hudson and archived by CESA.

Total sales of Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan have surpassed those of the PC-Engine, 4.58m vs. 4.52m, that's 7 1/2 years undone in 9 months. Next up is the Nintendo 64 at 5.54m.

Retail launch sales of Resident Evil: Requiem in Japan are the highest for the series since the Resident Evil 2 remake back in 2019 About a 30% increase over RE8 Should be a bigger launch than RE7 (and maybe RE2) with digital Great launch for the game, 80% of sales were on PS5

Hardware Sales sites.google.com/site/gamedatal…

Game Sales (Feb 23 - Mar 1) 1[PS5] Resident Evil: Requiem - 155.373 / NEW 2[NS2] Resident Evil: Requiem - 38.793 / NEW 3[PS5] Tokyo Xtreme Racer - 17.669 NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedatal…