This week is the second remake of a legendary classic, “Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth”, which won the championship with 262,656 units. However, compared with the first remake of the game released on the PlayStation 4 console, which sold about 700,000 units in the first week, the decline is More than 60%. Moreover, the first game hit the peak of the epidemic when it was released, and the game tablet production capacity was insufficient, and it fell into a serious shortage after its release. Therefore, the gap in market demand between the two is even greater than the book figures.
Even compared with the latest game in the series “Final Fantasy 16”, which was also launched exclusively on the PlayStation 5 console, the first week sales were about 336,000 units, which is a drop of about 70,000 units, a magnitude that cannot be ignored. Although the download version of this game comes with a double package that almost gives away the PlayStation 5 version of the first game for free, it is not a very attractive inducement for players of the series who have already played the first game, and it is difficult to induce people to change. Consumption habits shift towards downloadable versions. Even if the download version rate can be increased, it is very limited, and it is unlikely that the download version can fill the gap with “Final Fantasy 16”.
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In fact, the biggest impact on sales should be in the matter of division. There have always been multi-part games with directly connected plots. With very few exceptions, the sales trend has been deteriorating. Even the “Final Fantasy” series itself has actually demonstrated this before. Therefore, although there are other factors, the decline in the data is a bit high, but those who have a deeper understanding of the game market may not be very surprised by this result. But this also makes people more worried. It should take another three or five years to wait for the third remake of the game. How much market will be willing to pay when it is released?
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In any case, because “Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth” is still a big draw, in order to avoid being forced into contact, there are not many works released this week. The most important other new game on the list is the game adaptation of the popular novel “Goblin Slayer – Another Adventurer – Nightmare Feast”, which ranked seventh with 6,822 units sold.
Judging from the book figures alone, it cannot be said to be very good. However, although the original “Goblin Slayer” has been a hit, it cannot be said to be a big hit at the level of being out of the circle, and it is already far from its heyday. it’s been a while. In addition, the production company Bushido has a small-cap management mentality for its works, so both the level of the finished game and the scale of pre-release publicity are quite conservative. It can even be said that nearly 7,000 units have been sold, which is unexpected.
Existing games even experienced slight growth again this week with last week’s “Sprawl 3”, ranking eighth with 5,613 units sold. The reason is that the main gameplay of additional downloadable content “Expansion Ticket Order” has been launched. It’s just a multiplayer online battle game. It’s actually surprising that the single-player “Expansion Ticket Order” has grown for two consecutive weeks. I wonder if the production team will consider it after seeing such a good response. How about continuing to develop this gameplay, or even launching an independent spin-off work?
Ranking game title launch platform Cumulative sales volume for the week 1 “Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth (ファイナルファンタジーVII リバース)”
PS5 262656 262656 2 《Maliwei vs. Yan Qigang (Mario vs. Donkey Kong)》
NS 14480 103523 3 《Super Mario Brothers Wonder (Super Mario Bros. Wonder)》
NS 11643 1767792 4 《Momotaro Electric Railway World ~ Hopeful Movement by Earth Circle! ~(Momotaro Dentetsu World ~The earth revolves around hope!~)》
NS 9708 998957 5 《Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition》
NS 9251 5728200 6 《Crayon Shin-chan “Shiro of Charcoal Town”》
NS 7352 28945 7 “Goblin Slayer-Another Adventurer-NIGHTMARE FEAST (ゴブリンスレイヤー-ANOTHER ADVENTURER-NIGHTMARE FEAST)”
NS 6822 6822 8 《Splatoon 3》
NS 5613 4239708 9 “Jasmine no Jiong Tenming Yin Yiden”
NS 5537 5537 10 “Minecraft”
NS 5468 3458115 11 《Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wind 6: The Adventures of Toguro Island》
NS 5428 132883 12 《Gather! Animal Forest Friendship Association (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)
NS 5012 7705912 13 《Nintendo Myojo Daigo Special Edition (Super Smash Bros. SPECIAL)》
NS 4554 5457661 14 “Marvel’s Spiderman 2”
PS5 4005 295171 15 《Ryu ga Gotoku 8》
PS5 3652 136452 16 《Treasure Kamu Vermilion‧Purple (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet)》
NS 3550 5304772 17 《Nintendo Switch 運動（Nintendo Switch Sports）》
NS 3271 1282212 18 《Pikmin 4》
NS 2965 1183208 19 《World Play Encyclopedia 51 (World Play Encyclopedia 51)》
NS 2961 1253994 20 《Goddess Ibunka 3 Reload (Persona 3 Reload)》
PS5 2955 98018
In terms of consoles, the three models of the Nintendo Switch family sold a total of 62,531 units this week, which has obviously exceeded the recent general sales benchmark of the Nintendo Switch. As mentioned before, there are no major works for sale this week except “Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth”. Therefore, we can only assume that it was the two live broadcasts held the previous week, especially “Pokémon Legend ZA” that made up for many people’s childhood shortcomings. It made everyone believe that there are many new games and even masterpieces available for purchase on Nintendo Switch, which can stabilize the military morale. People should buy a console at the end of its lifespan.
As for PlayStation 5, the two models sold a total of 48,067 units this week. Compared with previous weeks, it can be seen that “Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth” still slightly boosted console sales. It’s just that this may be the most important release week for exclusive works in the Japanese market this year. Both in terms of absolute quantity and level of promotion, it is still inferior to its neighbors and even its friends with only a title LOGO picture. It is still a little bit embarrassing.
Console name Cumulative sales for the week NS 4302 19733798 NS Lite 6979 5759478 NS OLED 51250 6787979 PS5 41786 4613083 PS5 digital version 6281 732266 Xbox Series X 1130 257671 Xbox Series S 1221 303471 PS4 17 22 7922006 N2DSLL 13 1192865
