Media Create (JP) 01/08/18-01/14/18: Switch momentum possibly dying/dead; PS4 is over 6 million!

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS4] Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (Square Enix, 01/11/18) – 105,667 (New)
2. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 34,632 (1,917,342)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 28,193 (1,536,340)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 22,836 (1,238,435)
5. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 21,494 (1,498,509)
6. [3DS] Mario Party: The Top 100 (Nintendo, 12/28/17) – 20,320 (124,319)
7. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 12,415 (815,227)
8. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 5 (D3 Publisher, 12/07/17) – 10,717 (212,130)
9. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Treasure Legend Banbaraya – Sword / Magnum (Level-5, 12/16/17) – 7,851 (473,836)
10. [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 7,352 (346,681)
11. [PS4] Call of Duty: WWII (SIE, 11/03/17) – 7,185 (369,194)
12. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,886 (377,919)
13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 4,806 (362,509)
14. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 12/01/17) – 4,476 (172,676)
15. [NSW] Super Bomberman R (Konami, 03/03/17) – 4,134 (145,029)
16. [NSW] Snipperclips Plus: Cut It Out Together (NIntendo, 11/10/17) – 3,215 (47,124)
17. [3DS] Kirby: Battle Royale (Nintendo, 11/30/17) – 2,959 (142,524)
18. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 12/07/17) – 2,908 (195,332)
19. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/17) – 2,842 (1,276,619)
20. [NSW] Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver. (Capcom, 08/25/17) – 2,810 (201,839)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 37,500 (146,006)
2. PlayStation 4 – 32,890 (75,344)
3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 10,918 (16,339)
4. New 2DS LL – 9,929 (28,237)
5. New 3DS LL – 5,270 (12,246)
6. PlayStation Vita – 4,388 (11,929)
7. 2DS – 1,656 (5,254)
8. Xbox One – 107 (190)
9. Xbox One X – 6 (9)

Thanks, 4Gamer.net.

Read more at https://gematsu.com/2018/01/media-create-sales-1-8-18-1-14-18#IDjbH4VHSwRgKlR5.99

If you add PS4 and Pro, PS4 actually won this week. Of course, we all know why but some haters are going to act like the "Switch will stop selling after passing Wii U" theory is proven, so let them.

Edit: No, it was confirmed that the Switch shortages are ending: https://r.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO25732250W8A110C1MM0000

However, keep in mind that there are massive physical game shortages for Switch, so it might just be that people don't want to buy the console until they can get a game with it.

We all knew it would slow down...... well everyone except for sheep.

PS4 back on top!

Ye old.... lol Japan and Xbox Won. :P

Nothing was excluded. Stock was really just that low last week. They might be holding stock so they beat PS4 on MHW week just to make PS4 look bad.

clearly you can see why PS4 took lead this week in Japan by looking at what the top selling game was, my guess is when sales of that drop Switch will take it's place leading hardware again

... Oh dear.

It's actually not a supply problem. Demand is dying. This article confirms it: https://r.nikkei.com/article/DGXMZO25732250W8A110C1MM0000

I love this thread!!!!

If it had showed that Switch beat PS4 again it would of been on 3 pages by now but as PS4 won all of a sudden people are skipping it...HAHAHAHAHAHAHA....

@techhog89: would you please stop? 1 bad week doesn't mean the end of a console hype! Japan still prefers handhelds over consoles and will still pass 5 million faster than the ps4 in Japan! Yes, all the hype is going to Monster Hunter World now and Nintendo currently has no answer against it. But it WILL keep selling this year regardless on your stupid prediction. Switch still has Pokemon this year and Nintendo will rely more on third parties as well

Translate the article. It's bad. If it drops again next week it's over.

@techhog89: I already did, and they're wrong! Another bad week isn't the end of the company, genius!

If Xbox Won a snowball fight in hell would've broke out. lol :P

They're not wrong. They're just reporting news. Like I said, it might just be due to the game shortages.

Supply is confirmed to be good this week. If this week ends up being weak too, it's bad news.

PS3 beats Wii60

and

PS4 beats SwitchBone

@techhog89: so, secretly wishing for Switch to fail confirmed?

@xantufrog:I Have no idea why cows want the other consoles to fail so bad is first place not enough? Do they seriously want a console gaming monopoly where Sony will eventually no longer be the "good guy" since they have no incentive to and then we get another Xbox One reveal all over again and paying $100 minimum to play online.

No, though I do want whatever casual crap they're announcing today to flop hard.

PS4 and PS4 Pro are two different things, right?
Switch still on top.

They're both PS4's...... if Pro wasn't available they would of bought a PS4 and visa versa...... trying to downplay that they're not a part of the same thing is pure desperation.

January? Hello? If Switch is dying then PS4 must be long dead if that's the case.

And those who wouldn't or couldn't buy a Switch would buy any of the many 3DS iterations.

So 2 weeks of low sales would mean the Switch would be over? -__-

Chill. Seriously.

It's well-known TC has low standards when it comes to reputation and credibility. Last week he made a doomsday thread about Switch momentum since he was sure there would not be a Nintendo Direct, and not even 24 hrs later the Direct was online lmao.

So being in first place in hardware sales equals to the switch dying?? Jesus even for op this is a crappy thread...

What? lol

They're tired of being wrong about Switch and Nintendo. They have to grasp at every straw they can.

PS4 is back on top

awwww yeahhhhhh

Second place. PS4 is in first place this week.

Xbone X sales are absolutely on fire in Japan.

Switch has one down week and cows are losing their minds

@techhog89: I couldn't even read the rest if your article because it's behind a paywall, so it doesn't tell me that there are switch in stock last week

How many times has TC made like this same thread or similar posts and the switch is still not dead?

It's in the headline...

Talk about being melodramatic. Jesus. lol

Just report the news.... the spin in the OP and the thread title is making me dizzy.

@drlostrib:

"no Switch news or Nintendo direct for Jan CONFIRMED! The end is nigh!"

meanwhile, the next day, Nintendo direct and Switch news...

"I want Switch to do well - the doom was nigh but passed it by for now"

A week later...

"the end is officially here this time!"

PS4 beats XboneU once again.

@techhog89: headline doesn't prove anything but to get the readers attention! The article states about the Switch available and second hand prices. Do you even bother reading the entire articles before you post?

Ouch, the PS4 only sold 19,000 during that analogous week in Jan the year following its JP release. PS4 is doomed brah

https://gematsu.com/2015/01/media-create-sales-1515-11115

So because they couldn't buy a console version they would buy a hand held.... stupid sheep logic grasping at straws.

Your math is broken... PS4 came top...

I'm kind of glad that Switch sales are slowing down in Japan. It really would've been 3 pages into the thread in if the Switch beat the PS4.

@GameboyTroy: it's inevitable for the Switch to outsell the PS4 you never owned, in Japan

I don't really feel anything you say to me anymore. Move along.

Yeah, PS4 is pretty fucked in Japan.

?? @ the angry sheep in this thread.

@techhog89: so because the holidays are done and sales are back down the switch is dead? Wow also realized dq world just released

this is what switch sold all year last year.

it only started selling 200k a week because of the holidays.

ps4 is selling good right now because of monster hunter preperation and hype. oh and FF dissidia. i think when MH starts to die down ps4 numbers will go back to normal which is about 25k a week.

switch will remain at 35k all year except for when big games drop it will spike or some kind of holiday.

lol exactly. people got amnesia all of a sudden.