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24 | I share things about sales data and video games in general.
A graph is worth a thousand words.
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Japan Charts | Week 46, 2025 (Nov 10 - Nov 16)
Nintendo Switch 2 sold over 328.000 units in the US during October
• Reaching around 3m units sold in the US alone
• Up 68% compared to Nintendo Switch 1 (1.8m units in 5 months)
• Beating October 2017 for the Switch 1 (290k units with Super Mario Odyssey release)
Hardware (up 36% in value)
• NS2 is still the fastest selling console, tracking faster than NSW (by 68%) and PS4 (by 3%)
• NSW is down 52%
• XBS is down 37%
• PS5 is down 22%

*Nintendo does not share digital sales
*Bundle sales not included

Thanks, @matpiscatella.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
US Charts | October 2025

1. Battlefield 6 (NEW)
2. Pokemon Legends Z-A* (NEW)
3. Ghost of Yōtei (+1)
4. NBA 2K26 (-2)
5. FC 26 (-2)
6. Madden NFL 26 (-1)
7. The Outer Worlds 2 (NEW)
8. Little Nightmares III (NEW)
9. Digimon Story: Time Stranger (+4)
10. Borderlands 4 (-9)
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Japan Charts | Week 46, 2025 (Nov 10 - Nov 16)
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
France Charts | Week 45, 2025 (Nov 3 - Nov 9)

1 [NS2] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (NEW)
2 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (-1)
3 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (-1)
4 [PS5] Battlefield 6 (-1)
5 [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (=)
November 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Japan Charts | Week 45, 2025 (Nov 3 - Nov 9)
November 13, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Ys X: Proud Nordics will release on PS5 in February 2026 for Japan (according to Dengeki)
Western version is still planned for early 2026, no PS5 support announced yet.
Nihon Falcom Schedule (starting Oct 2025)
The company plan to launch at least 5 titles in the next fiscal year (ending September 2026), of which :
• 4 are localizations (including a port on PS5 for Ys X: Proud Nordics in JP)
• 1 is a remake
• Tokyo Xanadu New Project is TBD
November 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Nihon Falcom Sales by Region
• Japan - ¥1552m (59%)
• NA & EU - ¥992m (38%)
• Asia - ¥69m (3%)
November 12, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Top partners for Nihon Falcom
• Komami - ¥576m (+1% vs 2024)
• NIS America - ¥349m (-39%)
• Clouded Leopard - ¥331m (+9%)
• GungHo America - ¥292m (New)
• Sony Interactive Entertainment - ¥244m (-11%)
Nihon Falcom Results
• New Record for net sales, which are up 3% to ¥2612m (~$16.9m)
• Operating profit are up 8% to ¥1340m (~$8.7m)
• Net profit are up 6% to ¥903m (~$5.8m)
• Beat forecast across all metrics
• Trails in the Sky the 2nd planned for release by September 2026
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Capcom Million Sellers Update (as of September 30, 2025)
• Monster Hunter World is now over 21.8m units
• The top 20 ship over 4.8m units (same as Q3 2024)

Full list : ibb.co/JWJMVqrv
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
ARC Raiders sold over 4m units in 3 days
• Over 700k concurrent players across all platforms (including over 450k on Steam)
• New Chinese adaptation in the work (via Tencent)
installbaseforum.com/forums/threa...
November 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Nihon Falcom Results
• New Record for net sales, which are up 3% to ¥2612m (~$16.9m)
• Operating profit are up 8% to ¥1340m (~$8.7m)
• Net profit are up 6% to ¥903m (~$5.8m)
• Beat forecast across all metrics
• Trails in the Sky the 2nd planned for release by September 2026
November 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe attach rate reached 77% for the quarter ending September.
That's a new record.
For every 4 Switch sold, more than 3 copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe were also distributed.
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Ghost of Yōtei sold over 3.3m units in 1 month (32 days / Sony)
This should be similar to Ghost of Tsushima debut.
www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/... (p13)
November 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
PlayStation Results
• PS5 ship 3.9m units this quarter, up from 3.8m last year
• Cumulative sales are now over 84.2m to date, slower than PS4 by about 2.1m
• Monthly active users are up to 119m (+3m YoY)
• 80.3m games shipped (inc. 6.3m first party)
• Digital is up to 72%
November 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Updated - Nintendo Top 100 bestseller
Notable change :
• Zelda BOTW ⇾ #7 (+1)
• MK World ⇾ #64 (+35)
• SMP Jamboree ⇾ #72 (+6)
Top 100 is up 8.26m units in 3 months

Full image : ibb.co/Z1GC8b3S
November 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Nintendo Software Schedule
• Updated with Pokemon Pokopia release timing
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nintendo Software Schedule
• Updated with Pokemon Pokopia release timing
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
🇫🇷 France Charts | Week 44, 2025 (Oct 27 - Nov 2)

1 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (-)
2 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (-)
3 [PS5] Battlefield 6 (-)
4 [PS5] Ghost of Yōtei (-)
5 [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 (-)
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 PM
South Korea Charts | Week 43, 2025 (Oct 20 - Oct 26)

1 [NS2] Pokemon Legends Z-A: NS2 Edition (=)
2 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (=)
3 [NS2] Mario Kart World (+1)
4 [PS5] Ghost of Yotei (+1)
5 [PS5] Ninja Gaiden 4 (NEW)
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Taiwan Charts | Week 43, 2025 (Oct 20 - Oct 26)

1 [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A (=)
2 [NS2] Pokemon Legends Z-A: NS2 Edition (=)
3 [PS5] Ninja Gaiden 4 (NEW)
4 [NS2] Mario Kart World (+1)
5 [PS5] Ghost of Yotei (-2)
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Europe Charts | Week 43, 2025 (Oct 20 - Oct 26)

1. BF6 (-55%)
2. FC 26 (-26%)
3. Pokemon Legends Z-A (-84%)*
4. Hogwarts Legacy (-19%)
5. Ghost of Yotei (-34%)
6. Plants vs Zombies R (NEW)
7. GTA V (-3%)
8. Titanfall 2 (+3688%)
9. RDR2 (+37%)
10. Mass Effect LE (729%)
November 10, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Bandai Namco Results
• Record for net sales, up 5% to ¥644b (~$4.2b)
• Net profits are down 2% to ¥79b (~$513m)
• Sold over 22.94m games (up 26%) at a lower average price of ¥4.041 (-34%)
• Forecasts revised up for all categories, but results still expected down vs last FY
November 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Mario Kart World reach 2m units in Japan alone (retail)
It's the fastest selling Mario Kart game, surpassing previous titles (launch aligned).
Perfect launch title for Nintendo Switch 2.
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
🇫🇷 France Charts | Week 43, 2025 (Oct 20 - Oct 26)

1 [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Z-A (=)
2 [PS5] EA Sports FC 26 (+2)
3 [PS5] Battlefield 6 (=)
4 [NS2] Pokemon Legends: Z-A - NS2 Edition (-2)
5 [NS2] Mario Kart World (RE)
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Square Enix Results
• Net sales are down 15% to ¥134b (~$873m)
• Net profits are down 14% to ¥10b (~$65m)
• Increased sales of catalog titles
• Net profits forecast was slashed from ¥28.7b to ¥16.9b (-41%) with a reorganization of overseas divisions, effective immediately
November 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM