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Japan's top 10 games of 2018


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  1. Monster Hunter: World
    • Platform: PlayStation 4
    • Publisher: Capcom
    • Release Date: January 26, 2018
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 1,985,886
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 873,898
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 2,859,784
  2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
    • Platform: Switch
    • Publisher: Nintendo
    • Release Date: December 7, 2018
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 2,360,655
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 309,229
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 2,669,884
  3. Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!
    • Platform: Switch
    • Publisher: The Pokemon Company
    • Release Date: November 16, 2018
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 1,253,677
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 107,945
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 1,361,622
  4. Splatoon 2
    • Platform: Switch
    • Publisher: Nintendo
    • Release Date: July 21, 2017
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 1,122,324
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 68,630
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 1,190,954
  5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
    • Platform: Switch
    • Publisher: Nintendo
    • Release Date: April 28, 2017
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 926,553
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 76,139
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 1,002,692
  6. Super Mario Party
    • Platform: Switch
    • Publisher: Nintendo
    • Release Date: October 5, 2018
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 764,853
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 62,739
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 827,592
  7. Kirby Star Allies
    • Platform: Switch
    • Publisher: Nintendo
    • Release Date: March 16, 2018
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 664,815
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 56,104
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 720,919
  8. Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
    • Platform: Switch
    • Publisher: Microsoft
    • Release Date: June 21, 2018
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 525,045
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 166,272
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 691,317
  9. Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII
    • Platform: PlayStation 4
    • Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
    • Release Date: October 12, 2018
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 479,511
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 145,458
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 624,969
  10. Super Mario Odyssey
    • Platform: Switch
    • Publisher: Nintendo
    • Release Date: October 27, 2017
    • Estimated Physical Sales: 575,926
    • Estimated Digital Sales: 22,020
    • Combined Estimated Physical and Digital Sales: 597,946
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2 minutes ago, Bodycount N said:

Nintendo really needs to moneyhat Monster Hunter again! :glad: 

Those days are over.  Nintendo will get unique Monster Hunter games, but they wont be mainline big budget games.  No need to moneyhat what Capcom will undoubtedly decide to do themselves. :shrug: 

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2 minutes ago, Bodycount N said:

depends if they want to hurt sony or not. Nintendo's got Japan on lock if PS4 can never get another MH game.

 

Unlike the pussies at MS, Nintendo fights back.

Nintendo doesn't have the money to keep Monster Hunter off Playstation now.  Those days ended with MHW.

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2 hours ago, Bodycount N said:

depends if they want to hurt sony or not. Nintendo's got Japan on lock if PS4 can never get another MH game.

 

Unlike the pussies at MS, Nintendo fights back.

Nintendo's got Japan on lock with or without MH. The Japanese weekly sales charts have been pretty much Nintendo Top 20 for years now.

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4 hours ago, Pureis said:

Nintendo's got Japan on lock with or without MH. The Japanese weekly sales charts have been pretty much Nintendo Top 20 for years now.

Not really. PS4 is still better at selling third parties, most multiplats sell best on PS4. 

 

It's just that Nintendo IPs are too strong. The only third parties that can sell that much are the likes of MH and DQ. (which both found great success on PS4)

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8 minutes ago, Ramza said:

Not really. PS4 is still better at selling third parties, most multiplats sell best on PS4. 

 

It's just that Nintendo IPs are too strong. The only third parties that can sell that much are the likes of MH and DQ. (which both found great success on PS4)

Yes Nintendo is just too strong in Japan. PS4 enjoyed so many 3rd party heavy hitters which are not on Switch: DQ11, FFXV, MHW, RE7, RE2R, MGSV...I could go on and on and yet Switch sales in Japan run circles around the PS4. Nintendo has Japan firmly on lock, Sony will never win in Japan again.

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6 hours ago, Voidler said:

Pokémon is one of the biggest wastes of money I’ve spent in years

Why? I stopped playing after ruby/sapphire for GBA like 15 years ago. But I want to get back into these games when I have the time.

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