Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 24, 2020 to August 30, 2020

Sales of Video Game hardware saw improvements for most machines going into the last week of August with the Playstation 4 experiencing nearly a week-to-week 60% jump in sales, bringing the total of machines sold for PS4 to 1,817 units that week. Its counterpart, the PS4 Pro is not in much luck. Sales fell almost Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 24, 2020 to August 30, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 17, 2020 to August 23, 2020

Sales of video game software for the week between August 17 to August 23 did not see much movement that week as only a handful of titles were released during the same period. Therefore, a rather slow week with familiar faces still in the Top 10. Note that it is thanks to the awesome folks Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 17, 2020 to August 23, 2020

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 10, 2020 to August 16, 2020

Sales have dropped albeit a minuscule one for Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the week between August 10 to August 16 according to Famitsu here, though the sales projected are still considered big as it thrusts the title beyond the 5.5 million copies sold mark. At number 2 is Ring Fit Adventure which sales have Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 10, 2020 to August 16, 2020

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