The remake of the original modern “Persona” game just released this week, “Persona 3 Reload” won first and third place respectively with the PlayStation 5 version of the game selling 76,368 units, and the PlayStation 4 version of the game selling 40,024 unit. sold. . The double version totals approximately 116,000 sets.
Compared with other highly homogeneous sales of “Persona 4 Golden Edition” of about 150,000 units in the first week and “Persona 5 Royal Edition” of about 200,000 units in the first week, it is obviously not very good. . Even compared to the approximately 160,000 units of the first week of Persona 5 Brawl: Phantom Strikers, a spin-off work different from the game type, there is still a big gap.
Although the official released a press release announcing that the game’s total shipments surpassed one million units within a week of its release, making it the best-selling game in the company’s history. But this is largely due to the fact that this game is actually a new main-level “Persona” work, and it is the first time it is launched simultaneously on platforms around the world. There’s no way to directly compare it to past works.
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Naturally, for this reason, a certain number of Japanese users will be absorbed by the PC version that will be launched at the same time for the first time, but even taking this into account, it is difficult to say that it can match the numbers of other works. I think it may have also been influenced by the remastered version of “Persona 3 Portable Edition” released just a year ago, a truly incomprehensible film release strategy.
It was followed by “Granblue Fantasy Relink”, a derivative of the popular web game, which ranked second and fifth respectively with sales of 48,754 units of the PlayStation 5 version of the game and 22,083 units of the PlayStation 4 version of the game. The total number of dual versions is approximately 70,000. Compared to the approximately 86,000 units of Granblue Fantasy Versus, which is also a spin-off, in its first week, the drop is so noticeable that it cannot be ignored.
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Furthermore, this game is an action RPG, which is obviously more popular than fighting games in terms of gameplay type. The main reason is of course that the influence of the original web game has continued to decline in recent years, which has caused the number of draws that can be obtained from the bonus serial numbers included in the game to continue to decrease. As a result, the number of pre-orders for the game could not increase the first time and thus the order volume from the channel was also very limited.
Therefore, although the trial version was well received after release and attracted many non-original players who were still waiting to see the game, it was unable to modify the first batch of shipments of the game, causing a serious out of service of the game. stock after its release. And although this means that market demand was not met initially, according to the official announcement, physical films shipped after the official announcement will no longer be provided with serial numbers, based on the assumption that the resale price of the Japanese serial numbers is still relatively high, in the future we will continue to choose to buy physical films. I’m afraid the readership for this film is limited.
It’s also worth mentioning that this game also performs very well on the STEAM platform, with the largest number of people online at the same time exceeding 110,000, a new record for this type of Japanese animation-style RPG. In addition, the version sold by STEAM does not have a serial number, which means that this game has attracted so many players due to its strength, which probably many people could not imagine when it was first announced.
Juju Kaisei Souka Ranbu, adapted from the popular manga, follows in fourth and 19th place with sales of 25,242 units respectively for the Nintendo Switch version and 4,009 units for the PlayStation 5 version. The total sales volume of the two versions is approximately 30,000 units, a rather impressive number compared to the approximately 114,000 units of the first week of “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Fire God Blood Wind Tan” adapted from the popular JUMP Gap magazine work.
But although it is also a seminal work of JUMP, compared to “Demon Slayer”, which became a truly national social phenomenon thanks to the right time, place and people, “Demon Slayer” cannot be completely compared to “Jutsu Kaisen”. . And while this game also has a PlayStation 4 version, it is only available for download and no physical movie has been released. You can also see from the gap between the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 versions that this game is still a mass-market work, and the lack of a visible PlayStation 4 version of the game should have a considerable impact.
Game Title Launch Platform Ranking Cumulative Sales Volume for Week 1 “Persona 3 Reload (ペルソナ3 リロード)”
PS5 76368 76368 2 《Granblue Fantasy Relink》
PS5 48754 48754 3 《Goddess Ibunko 3 Reload (Persona 3 Reload)》
PS4 40024 40024 4 “Magical Kaishu Shuanghua Ranbu (媪jutsu Kaishen Shuanghua Ranbu)”
NS 25242 25242 5 《Granblue Fantasy Relink》
PS4 22083 22083 6 《Mystery Dungeon Furai no Shiren 6 Toguro Island Exploration Record》
NS 18103 103527 7 《Ryu ga Gotoku 8》
PS4 16503 93637 8《Ryu ga Gotoku 8》
PS5 15388 118328 9 《Super Mario Brothers Wonder (Super Mario Bros. Wonder)》
NS 14140 1715110 10 《Momotaro Electric Railway World ~ Hope movement by the Circle of Earth! ~(Momotaro Dentetsu World ~The earth revolves around hope!~)》
NS 11464 960282 11 “Marvel’s Spiderman 2”
PS5 10786 275674 12 《Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition》
NS 7634 5695589 13 “Minecraft”
NS 5518 3435788 14 “Tekken 8 (Tekken 8)”
PS5 5374 25890 15 《Assemble! Animal Forest Friendship Fellowship (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)
NS 5348 7684237 16 《Nintendo Myojo Daigo Special Edition (Super Smash Bros. SPECIAL)》
NS 5066 5439632 17 《Vermilion Kamu Treasure‧Purple (Pokémon Scarlet Purple)》
NS 4908 5288899 18 《Dragon Quest Monsters 3 The Journey of the Demon Prince and the Elf》
NS 4853 543698 19 “Magic Kaishuan Shuanghua Ranwu (媪书会戦戦华双乱)”
PS5 4009 4009 20 《Pikmin 4》
NS3842 1169803
In terms of consoles, the three models in the Nintendo Switch family sold a total of 41,966 units this week, and while it continues to fall below the bottom, the range is not wide and this is a normal performance in all respects. It is worth mentioning that in Nintendo’s recently released financial statements for the third quarter of fiscal 2024, it can be seen that Nintendo Switch shipments in Japan reached 33.34 million units, a discrepancy of about 1.4 million of units compared to the statistical value. . In addition to part of the market inventory, it is mainly because Nintendo is very active in official online purchases for direct shipments in this generation, and this part is a black number in the market that cannot be counted. It can be said that Nintendo Switch has actually surpassed NDS to become the dominant player in the history of Japanese game consoles. Of course, as mentioned last week, even just looking at the statistics, it is absolutely certain that this record will be reached within this year.
The two PlayStation 5 models sold a total of 34,484 units, a very noticeable drop. It could be because the “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2” value bundle that has been driving console purchases over the past couple of months appears to have been digested, thus weakening gamers’ motivation to buy consoles. From the list of games you can see that some bundled sets have been sold this week, so next week’s PlayStation 5 console sales will be a very important point of observation.
Console Name Cumulative Sales for the Week NS 4171 19714895 NS Lite 7376 5729137 NS OLED 30419 6625872 PS5 27066 4474632 Digital Version PS5 7418 710189 Xbox Series 0 5 7918515 N2DSLL 12 1192813
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