 Here we are in week 16 April 15th to the 21st of sales for video games and platforms in Japan and the sales data comes from Fumitsu that we're about to talk about Mostly because media create went behind a paywall and it's a pretty significant paywall So we don't really have numbers to play with from them anymore But according to Fumitsu out of Japan the Nintendo switch has finally crossed eight Million units to put this in perspective It is only a tad bit over 33,000 units away from passing the PlayStation 4 and Very well might do it either by the end of this month or the first week of May I say this because Nintendo switch did outsell the PlayStation 4 by nearly 30,000 units this week so if it can get a small bump next week compared to PlayStation 4 it could actually pass PlayStation 4 next week, but you know, we'll wait it might not be till the first week of May That being said that is a huge number and I need to explain this for a number of reasons to see the PlayStation 4 has sold eight million thirty three thousand five hundred and eighty seven units The PlayStation 4 has been on the market now at this point for Almost six years, you know, you got about another six months or so before we can officially say about six years so it's been on the market for a long time and In that time to sell eight million units is actually really really good There are systems that have done a little bit better than that obviously over the years in Japan But Japan has been a largely mobile gaming market for a long time So PlayStation 4's numbers are actually really impressive in Japan Obviously in comparison to the hundred million or so they've sold worldwide. It might not sound that impressive But that's just the way it like Nintendo switch, you know, so eight million here But you know, they probably have 38 40 million worldwide So again, it's more impressive because a larger percentage is in Japan But it's also only been on the market for two years And I think that is what makes it so impressive technically two years and about one month Now if you might say oh well PlayStation 4 is not a fair comparison because after all Nintendo switch has a portable aspect to it. Well, the Nintendo 3ds is at 24 million four hundred and two thousand Units the Nintendo 3ds released back in 2011 Really seriously, it's been on the market that long. Yeah, we're talking almost eight years Eight years to hit 24 million four hundred and two thousand now We're not going to presume that Nintendo switch is going to maintain these sales for eight years But if they did maintain for eight years the Nintendo switch would be at 32 million units Of course, we know that's not what's going to happen and in comparison Nintendo switch to 3ds They're actually on a very similar sales path in Japan Which is crazy to me because Nintendo switch is comparing to 3ds in sales over the same time period It's about to surpass PlayStation 4. It's obviously already surpassed PlayStation V at xbox one as you saw on the chart This is insane to me. This week. We're about to get the update for the lifetime sales of the Nintendo switch Through March 31st of this year We get this in I believe tomorrow night or Friday morning I can't remember one of the two and it's going to be pretty insane to see what these numbers are now we You know at least I expect that Nintendo is going to fall short of their 20 million goal They initially said Nintendo expects it as well By the way, they readjusted their goal at their last financial meeting a few months back and back in january and they said Hey, look, you know 20 million was kind of, you know, rough We're actually aiming more for like 17 and a half And we'll see if they end up hitting 17 and a half which would be more than they sold in the prior fiscal year So it's still growth But obviously they have a lot that could be talking about there's a lot of upcoming games Every now and then they talk about those games at the investor meetings So we might have some news about games and we'll be talking about all this on the next episode of the nintendo prime podcast But i'm just sitting here looking at these numbers from this week and i'm just i'm in shock I mean we only get the top 10 now because media create used to give us top 20 But the midst of only only shows the top 10 and still seven of the titles in April of 2019 our nintendo switch Nothing from 3ds, which by the way 3ds is basically falling off a cliff at this point moving only a few thousand And a couple playstation 4, you know seven nintendo switch three playstation 4 And when you look at the nintendo switch, there's some staying power and there's some newer games You know super smash roads ultimate launched last december Still sitting at the number three spot for the entire week Like what and it's moved over three million units already in japan alone making it like the best selling smash roads game in japanese history nintendo label the vr kit, you know everyone's like oh that's going to fall off a cliff Well, it's at 35 000 units moving 9 000 units last week. So it's still selling decently well Yoshi's crafted world for crying out loud that came out at the end of last month that moved 9 000 units soon It's over 100 000 units in japan. I'm pretty sure nintendo considers that a pretty big success Heck there was a new game launched on playstation 4 and switch this year and langrisser 1 and 2 And yeah, it sold more on playstation 4 because the audience for that game is more on playstation 4 But the switch version even with less switches on the market was only a few thousand behind playstation 4 That's pretty damn good Minecraft on nintendo switch is well on its way to eventually passing a million units. It's still 737 000 units like Minecraft the nintendo switch version of minecraft and these are just physical sales They don't track digital So physical sales of minecraft are going to be crossing 1 million at some point this year What? If super dragon ball heroes world mission from bananamco games, you know that moved 8 000 as well It's way to passing 100 000 units. Obviously you got secure shadow type twice That is a playstation 4 exclusive game that came off from from software That's still doing decently well there at the number 9 spot, you know when it's moved over 230 000 but then you get to new super mario bros you deluxe and What's impressive? I think about this top 10 is it's the first top 10 that I can remember Where games from 2017 from nintendo aren't in the top 10 Um splatoon 2 has been in the top 10 forever Right breath of the wild and super mario odyssey regularly come up in the top 10 But finally we're starting to see that at least the games that nintendo's getting at the top 10 are all ones that came out in the last five months And that is good news for nintendo because what it does mean is that they're not just selling on the backs of those 2017 titles, you know those new super mario brothers the Washington Well, you know the super mario odyssey and the breath of the wilds and splatoon 2 those are kind of like the big Three mario kart 8 deluxe like for a long time nintendo sales were based on that and now finally we're seeing smash rows being a reason It's selling the dang labo Being a reason like nintendo labo is actually kind of doing well here. Yoshi's craft a world of mine craft I guess that's one that came out back in 2017 So I guess there's one revenue, but I meant from nintendo side of things Um new super mario bros you deluxe that came out, you know in january granted I know we you port blah blah blah In fact, it's listed as new super mario bros you deluxe new super mario bros you slash new super Oh, man, I love I love how the titles are technically officially listed because that is technically what the title is Um, just it's amazing to me Just sit back and see how well the switch is doing in japan and yeah If I had numbers for uh north america if I had numbers for uh any other major countries I'd probably talk about those too because the switches numbers are just impressive across the board But you know what I wanted to get this out and I wanted to talk about it It's been a long time since I've really just sat back and glanced at the japanese sales on the whole I used to cover them every few weeks and now it's like, yeah, maybe one off mentioned in prime news But nothing really else and I am I'm just in shock and maybe you're in shock too. I don't know Um, but I am really stoked about these sales and we're about to get worldwide sales updates as well Which won't be as up to date as this for japan But we'll have a big update worldwide and I'm expecting the sales for switch to be a little bit higher than a lot of pundits expect Uh, and yeah, I just can't wait to see those financials and see the update on the game sales Um, I really want to I'm really very very curious for super smash bros is I mean across 3 million in japan Where is it at worldwide? Are we over 10 now or are we over 15? Uh, how how much did super smash bros sell after its launch month? We have a lot of unanswered questions And by the end of this week, we're going to know the answers to all of them. 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