Media Create Sales: Everyone in Japan wants to Smash (12/3/18 – 12/9/18)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 1,220,535 retail units during its opening week in Japan, the latest Media Create sales figures reveal.

Also new last week, the PlayStation 4 version of Just Cause 4 opened at 16,100 retail units, and Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle opened at 7,318 units on PlayStation 4 and 5,903 units on Switch.

On the hardware side, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate pushed Switch hardware sales to 281,222 (compared to the previous week’s 120,546), while the PlayStation 4 family moved 74,496 units and the 3DS family moved 14,272 units.

[EddieNX]

Unbelievable the Switch has sold 400k in two weeks in Japan 0_o

Switch is the perfect console for Nintendo I wouldn't be surprised if their next gen console in 4-5 years is just a Switch 2

[Geobros]

Yeah!! December will be very hot for Switch in Japan. It is possible to have 1,000,000 consoles sold in one month.

[blawren4]

I hope they never ditch the hybrid console aspect.

[Neonridr]

Nintendo literally "smashed" the competition. Over 1.2 million copies of Smash in one week. 280k Switches sold making it almost 500k in the past 3 weeks alone. PS4 actually did really well too, 75k is no slouch of a sales number.

13 of the 20 titles in the list belong to the Switch, including the top 6 spots. Almost every title that charted for Nintendo was an exclusive too.

Lime, where you at buddy.. I miss your comedy.

[Literal_Cringe]

He's been missing for around a month now, i noticed because he stopped sending me constant hourly PMs about how bad the Switch is.

[EddieNX]

MIA since he realised the Switch is brilliant and it's selling phenomenaly.
He's probably made a new account called 80"sNintendoGamer haha

[Literal_Cringe]

He's back, he just sent me like 3 PMs on how GoW won Goty and Smash selling a few hundred units short of MonHun World is a bad thing.

[ZeekQuattro]

Don't worry I'm sure he'll peak his out when RE2 and KH3 drops. Until then it's hard for even him to spin this negatively for Nintendo. Not even a price cut and Spider-Man bundled in for free was enough for the PS4 to win a week in Japan and we all know how Lime used to drone on and on about that game for weeks. Lol

[Lime123]

Smash had best first week ever for Nintendo game outside of Pokemon and still it's worse than first week for Monster Hunter World on PS4.

Pokemon Let's Go first week worse than FFXV (PS4 version), DQXI (PS4 version) and MHW (PS4 version).

After first 21 months Switch is behind DS, 3DS, Wii and GBA in Japan.

[Neonridr]

wait what? MHW isn't even an exclusive, so congrats.

Again, you are bragging against games that aren't exclusive. Yet which of the games you listed will sell the most?

Splatoon 2 sold more than MHW, how does that make you feel?

[Skankinruby]

Never in my life will I understand the appeal of these games, no surprise by these numbers Japan clearly adores Nintendo

[EddieNX]

Lol. Try and play smash Bros ultimate, you will soon get "the appeal" if the game. It's the best fighting game there is.

It's more of a hardcore game than most of the multiplat trash that releases nowadays.

[Sirk7x]

I love Smash, but best there is is subjective lol. People will say the same about Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike.

[notachance]

well I tell you one thing, I've never been a fan of fighting game but this one I just can't stop playing.
It's pretty accessible to newcomers like me.. although I suspect I'll have my ass kicked hard if I try to go online

[King_Noctis]

You are talking as if Smash is a niche title or something. Smash is also number one in the UK and it is most likely to be number one is the US as well.

[CrystalFantasy3]

According to birthrate data from the last decade we can see its the complete opposite

[michellelynn0976]

Smash is gonna be an evergreen title as well. That's the scary part. This game isn't done by a long shot.
Also, Pokemon Let's Go already passed a million, so that's more great news as well.

[Sirk7x]

There's going to be a point where the Switch will need a really nice price drop to become appealing to people that don't already own one. That will also boost software sales significantly, because there are titles like Smash, and Zelda, which almost every Switch owner will eventually purchase.

[michellelynn0976]

I think one will happen late next year.

[Thundercat77]

I have no appeal for that kind of game but I am glad Nintendo is doing good in Japan.

This year have been very good to Playstation as the #1 console in the world and Switch getting more momentum than Xbox and good sales in Japan.

[thesoftware730]

Simply Amazing! the funny thing is Nintendo has so much more of their IP to release. A main line Pokemon and Metroid alone will be huge in 2019. I see no end in sight for this type of success, 2020-21 we could possibly see a follow up to BoTw and another big title that will dominate..rinse and repeat with 2-3 huge Nintendo IP games per year, and fill the gap with surprise 3rd party games(Doom, MK11,..ect) and tons of indie titles =Nintendo wins.

By the way..Splatoon 2 selling power is amazing!! it is simply amazing that its charting so high for so long.

[Gemmol]

Nintendo just added two more million sellers to their list of games that sold 1 million retail

They have 6 games that sold 1 million retail not including digital

Splatoon, breath of the wild, Mario odyssey, Pokemon let's go series, and mario kart, smash bros ultimate

Sony have zero first party million sellers, i look thru the list over and over, I'm not even sure how many Sony have over 500k the games struggle to reach 500k, i guess people in japan only buy playstation for third party. Sony have 3 third party games that reach 1 million retail not including digital

Sony have

Final fantasy XV, Dragon Quest 11 and Monster Hunter 11

Crazy part Nintendo did this with less hardware sold

[Neonridr]

Splatoon 2 sold more than Monster Hunter World, which shows you just how big that game is. And when we look at what is charting for the PS4 it's 3rd party software primarily as the 1st party stuff tends to disappear. I mean Spiderman was huge and only managed like 300K copies in Japan while Mario Party outsold that with ease and will continue to sell.

[Gemmol]

Splatoon shock me with that one, i didn't think it last against dragon quest but it stood toe to toe and still stay on the charts even after dragon quest fell off the list, so when monster hunter came out i said no way it survive again, but it out last monster hunter still charting. People do not give it the credit it deserve, when do we finally admit splatoom a AAA game now since it beat other AAA games

[Sirk7x]

I believe that Nintendo has been the highest selling publisher for the entire year so far. This is across multiple platforms and many games however.