Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 3, 2020 to August 9, 2020

Sales have pretty much improved across the board for video games the week between August 3 to August 9 in Japan according to Famitsu here, most likely driven by the long Obon holiday period in Japan. It is thanks to Famitsu that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis, so please be Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 3, 2020 to August 9, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 3, 2020 to August 16, 2020

First off, Famitsu has published a two-week period of the hardware and software sold in Japan between August 3 to August 16. Therefore, in this post, there will be no week-to-week percentage difference for sales of hardware. I will be making separate posts for August 3 to August 9 and August 10 to August 16 Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 3, 2020 to August 16, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 27, 2020 to August 2, 2020

Sales of Playstation machines are up for the week between July 27 to August 2 after seeing massive plunge the previous week. While sales of Switch, 2DS and 3DS are down, Switch Lite saw another increase in sales for the week. Xbox One S also experienced a slight drop while Xbox One X climbed 8%. Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 27, 2020 to August 2, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 20, 2020 to July 26, 2020

Well, I figured I should just publish the partial list rather than holding onto it till tomorrow. Please note that the full Top 30 list will be out via Famitsu tomorrow (GMT +9, around 11 AM or 12 PM). Let’s change things up a little and talk about sales for hardware the week between July Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 20, 2020 to July 26, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 6, 2020 to July 12, 2020

Animal Crossing: New Horizons dropped three spots in the latest weekly Video Game chart available via Famitsu here for the period between July 6 to July 12. Despite the drop in ranks, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has seen sales improving for the week. It was toppled off by Konami’s latest title, eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 6, 2020 to July 12, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 29, 2020 ~ July 5, 2020

Sales of Animal Crossing: New Horizons have been on a downtrend for the past few weeks. For the period between June 29 to July 5, sales have plunged 24% for the title, the biggest drop for the 5-week period since June 1, 2020. As a result, number of copies sold in Japan have dropped from Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 29, 2020 ~ July 5, 2020

Famitsu’s Half-Year Video Game Sales Ranking 2020

Famitsu has released data concerning the Half-Year performance of both hardware and software sold in Japan for the year 2020, available on their site here. Therefore, it is thanks to them that we get to see all of the information available on this post, so be sure to head over to their site here and Continue reading Famitsu’s Half-Year Video Game Sales Ranking 2020