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New year, new (old) data.

Thanks to our friends at @installbase.bsky.social we've saved up the 2017 Famitsu Top 1000, here are updates for hundreds of games for the 7th and 8th systems, as well as the first Switch year.

Updated data is also on the main page
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November 2025 U.S. Video Game Market Highlights Thread from Circana - The release of Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 marked the 18th consecutive year that a CoD franchise release has been the best-selling game of its release month, while PS5 led hardware in both unit and dollar sales.

Friendly reminder that October 2025 US video game market results from Circana will be released tomorrow at 9am Eastern.

Should be a fun one.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A had a massive US launch at retail.

Launch week physical unit and dollar sales of Pokémon Legends: Z-A were the biggest for a new physical video game launch since The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom back in May of 2023.

Source: Circana Retail Tracking Service

Steam and Switch2 eshop have crashed 😅😅

Media Create Sales: Week 35, 2025 (Aug 25 - Aug 31) Media Create Sales: Week 35, 2025 (Aug 25 - Aug 31) ___ Famitsu Sales: Week 35, 2025 (Aug 25 - Aug 31) 01./00. [PS5] Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater (Konami) {2025.08.28} (¥7.800) - 63.585 / NEW 02./00. [NSW] Super Robot Wars Y (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2025.08.28} (¥8.900) - 60.532 /...

Media Create Sales: Week 35, 2025 (Aug 25 - Aug 31) https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/media-create-sales-week-35-2025-aug-25-aug-31.3994/

New Mario Kart, new infamous Polygon article? 😅

The US chart being revenue-based, bundled sales of Mario Kart World (which accounted for a vast majority of Switch 2 & MK sales), are not counted in the chart. ❌️

3rd time's the charm ? Maybe ? 🧐

www.polygon.com/2014/5/15/57...

New Mario Kart, new infamous Polygon article? 😅

The US chart being revenue-based, bundled sales of Mario Kart World (which accounted for a vast majority of Switch 2 & MK sales), are not counted in the chart. ❌️

3rd time's the charm ? Maybe ? 🧐

www.polygon.com/2014/5/15/57...

Hollow Knight has sold 15M copies as of today (August 21st, 2025) (Bloomberg) The news comes from Schreier's latest article for Bloomberg. Access link is in the Bluesky post. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-08-21/why-silksong-team-cherry-s-sequel-to-hollow-kn...

Hollow Knight sold over 15.000.000 copies ! 🔥🔥

Its sequel, the highly anticipated Silksong, is launching on September 4th.

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Media Create Sales: Week 33, 2025 (Aug 11 - Aug 17) Media Create Sales: Week 33, 2025 (Aug 11 - Aug 17) ___ Famitsu Sales: Week 32+33, 2025 (Aug 04 - Aug 17) Famitsu Sales: Week 33, 2025 (Aug 11 - Aug 17) 01./00. [NS2] Mario Kart World # (Nintendo) {2025.06.05} (¥9.073) - 144.911 / 159.539 02./00. [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo)...

Media Create Sales: Week 33, 2025 (Aug 11 - Aug 17) https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/media-create-sales-week-33-2025-aug-11-aug-17.3967/

Target sold +116K Switch 2 Mario Kart Bundles and +9K Base consoles in the last 30 days

Updated sales numbers for Switch/Switch 2 titles: Mario Kart World (5.63M), and more https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2025/250801_2e.pdf https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/switch.html updated sales numbers as of June 30, 2025 (+sales in the last quarter): Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 68.86M Animal Crossing...

Updated sales numbers for Switch/Switch 2 titles: Mario Kart World (5.63M), and more https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/updated-sales-numbers-for-switch-switch-2-titles-mario-kart-world-5-63m-and-more.3928/

Nintendo FY3/2026 Q1 Earnings Release, Switch HW Q1: 0.98M units (-55.33% YoY), 153.10M units LTD. Switch 2 HW Q1: 5.82M units Nintendo's 1st Quarter earnings release for the fiscal year ending March 2026. Note: M = Million (or rather 10^6) My webpage has past data and will have the current data as well, don't forget to check the special page data. My webpage now has search features within most of the data. You can...

Nintendo FY3/2026 Q1 Earnings Release, Switch HW Q1: 0.98M units (-55.33% YoY), 153.10M units LTD. Switch 2 HW Q1: 5.82M units https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/nintendo-fy3-2026-q1-earnings-release-switch-hw-q1-0-98m-units-55-33-yoy-153-10m-units-ltd-switch-2-hw-q1-5-82m-units.3929/

This market is not going back to a world of high walled gardens and expensive barriers to player entry. Not in a market that is this competitive, with so much content that is widely available on any device, which is, quite often, free-to-play.

The console wars have been over for a while. Let it go.

"But what about Nintendo!"

Nintendo is a unicorn. No other company can replicate what it does, the brand loyalty it has built over decades, or the massive cultural presence of its IP.

Look at literally any other company and what they're doing to try to fend off Fortnite, mobile or Roblox.

Donkey Kong Bananza starts with 128K units sold at retail in Japan 🇯🇵

Best opening for a DK game at retail since Returns on Wii, digital might push it above 🔥

Now to see whether this monkey has legs 📈

Circana June 2025: #1 #2 #15 #19 ; Switch 2 sold 1.6M NPD Archives State of the market Nintendo Switch 2 debuted as the fastest selling video game hardware device in US history, while consumer spending in both video game hardware and accessories reached new all-time June records. June 2025 projected U.S. total spending on video game hardware...

Circana June 2025: #1 #2 #15 #19 ; Switch 2 sold 1.6M https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/circana-june-2025-1-2-15-19-switch-2-sold-1-6m.3893/

Hardware - Nintendo Switch 2 sold 1.6M units in June, the highest launch month unit sales for video game hardware in US history. The previous high was the 1.1M units of PlayStation 4 sold during November 2013.

Assassins Creed Shadows reach 5M players

Assassin's Creed Shadows reaches 5M players worldwide, up from 3M in Late March.

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Circana (ex-NPD) June report coming tomorrow 👌

Might say a thing or two about the Switch 2 launch in the US 😊

First report to cover retailer + My Nintendo sales 🔴

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In Thursday's edition of The Game Business Show and Newsletter, I'll be sharing some Donkey Kong-related charts for the UK. What had the biggest launch… Donkey Kong Bananza or Donkey Kong Country? Where did DK64 place? Sign-up for free! www.thegamebusiness.com

Circana May 2025: #1 Elden Ring Nightreign #2 DOOM Dark Ages #15 F1 25 #19 Capcom Fight Collection 2 ; PS5 #1 Units + Rev NPD Archives State of the market May 2025 projected U.S. total spending on video game hardware, content and accessories grew 1% when compared to a year ago, to $4.1 billion. Year-to-date spending finished the month 6% behind 2024’s pace, at $21.8 billion. May video game content spending...

Circana May 2025: #1 Elden Ring Nightreign #2 DOOM Dark Ages #15 F1 25 #19 Capcom Fight Collection 2 ; PS5 #1 Units + Rev https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/circana-may-2025-1-elden-ring-nightreign-2-doom-dark-ages-15-f1-25-19-capcom-fight-collection-2-ps5-1-units-rev.3871/

But has it peaked yet @matpiscatella.bsky.social ? 🤭

The full scale of today's Xbox layoff is not yet clear, but you can expect more news of project cancelations and job cuts as the U.S. west coast wakes up. Some studios are planning meetings within the next two hours.

Sadly this is wrong information since that data was already available last week.

It is most likely a leaked forecast.

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Graphique montrant les courbes de ventes de consoles au Japon au cours des dix dernières années.

Liste des records établis par des consoles au Japon, comme les plus grosses ventes sur une semaine ou le nombre de semaines à plus de 100 000 ventes.

Graphique montrant l'historique du chiffre d'affaires généré par l'industrie du jeu vidéo sur console au Japon.

Répartition des ventes de la 3DS au Japon selon ses différents modèles.

La base de données Japon de Ludostrie a bénéficié de grosses mises à jour récemment:
- Refonte de la page principale
- Refonte de la page Panthéon
- Ajout d'une nouvelle page "Industrie"
- Nouvelle page console consacrée à la 3DS
ludostrie.com/japon/

The Nintendo Switch 2 just got its first million-seller in Japan, after merely 3 weeks 🏎🇯🇵

This is a record that will probably never be broken 🏆

So many people have been checking out Install Base, this is crazy to see grow over the past few weeks.

We are primarily a forum, so sign up if you haven't already, but we also push news out on the home page

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It was the biggest console launch of all time, but was Nintendo Switch 2 a success for third-parties? Plus! We take a look at the Summer Game Fest numbers

CD Projekt’s Cyberpunk 2077 was the best-selling third-party game during the launch of Switch 2, beating launch sales of CD Projekt’s The Witcher 3 on Switch 1
www.thegamebusiness.com/p/it-was-the...

Third party unit share of Switch 2 physical software during week 1 reached just shy of 40%. For month 1 of the Switch launch it was less than 20%.