In Japan, a shortage of flagship models Nintendo switch. This is evidenced by the latest sales statistics published today by the publication Famitsu. Last week, stores sold a total of 16 thousand hybrid consoles – this is almost everything that remained in the warehouses and that the players could still find. For comparison, over the previous week, the Japanese bought 80 thousand devices.
Nintendo has not yet been able to resume delivery of systems to its home region due to the coronavirus epidemic in China. Production of new batches is also temporarily stopped.
All this happens amid the hype around Animal Crossing: New Horizons – the expected game for Switch, which should become one of the main drivers of sales of the console family this year.
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Fearing a protracted iron deficiency, the Japanese began to actively buy a portable model of the family, Switch lite, which, since its launch, has lost the hybrid flagship in popularity and is still in stock. Last week, its indicators tripled.
Thanks to Switch Lite, total Japanese weekly platform sales fell by just 20,000 systems, from 100,000 to 80,000. At the moment, it is not known how many more portable models remain with retailers. If they are few, then Switch performance for a while runs the risk of just freezing.
The first place in the software chart following the results of last week was taken by a music game Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix from company Sega. Leading in the previous top fighting game Granblue Fantasy: Versus rolled back to third place, sifting 86%.
Long-suffering Ring fit adventure this week was the fifth (-56%). Coronavirus also affected its production.
Top Ten Bestsellers in Japan Last Week:
01./00. [NSW] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva MegaMix – 53.606
02./03. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield – 24.534 / 3.427.385
03./01. [PS4] Granblue Fantasy: Versus – 12.165 / 98.413
04./07. [NSW] Minecraft – 11.275 / 1.263.898
05./02. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 10.238 / 686.144
06/05. [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch – 9.367 / 151.548
07/06. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 9.155 / 3.561.812
08/08. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 8.548 / 2.773.951
09./00. [PS4] Death end re; Quest 2 – 7.003 / NEW
10/04. [PS4] Yakuza: Like a Dragon – 6.844 / 235.303
Japan Console Sales Last Week:
- Nintendo Switch Family – 80.312 (16.869 Switch and 63.443 Switch Lite)
- Family PlayStation 4 – 7.832
- Nintendo 3DS Family – 757
- Xbox One Family – 41
Rating for the previous week of sales: More popular than Tekken 7 and SoulCalibur VI combined – PS4-exclusive Granblue Fantasy: Versus became a bestseller in Japan.
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