Famitsu Digital Estimates (Nov 28 - Dec 25)

Digital Estimates for December


Usually 4 to 5 weeks after the month is over, Famitsu will have a Top 30 for that month in their newest issue, this Top 30, unlike the ones published on their website, it's only released in print form, and, what we care about, it actually contains their tracked retail software sales as well as some digital estimates.

How do they get these estimates? By looking at the weekly rankings of online stores, online polls, and probably just what they guess.

Obviously this data shouldn't be take as a hard truth as Famitsu has been wrong before, however it is data worth taking into account given the rise of digital media so it shouldn't be completely dissmised either.

Rankings

position. [system] title: monthly estimates / total estimates (publisher) - {release date}

01. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV: 88.553 / 88.553 (Square Enix) - {29/11/2016}
02. [PS4] Yakuza 6: The Song of Life: 20.805 / 20.805 (SEGA) - {08/12/2016}
03. [3DS] Pokémon Sun / Moon: 18.021 / 76.895 (Pokémon Co.) - {18/11/2016}
04. [PSV] SaGa: Scarlet Grace: 15.144 / 15.144 (Square Enix) - {15/12/2016}
05. [PS4] The Last Guardian: 14.777 / 14.777 (SIE) - {08/12/2016}
06. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS: 12.106 / 12.106 (Nintendo) - {08/12/2016}
07. [PS4] Watch Dogs 2: 10.437 / 10.437 (Ubisoft) - {01/12/2016}
08. [PS4] Battlefield 1: 7.533 / 64.713 (Electronic Arts) - {18/10/2016}
09. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!!: 7.176 / 7.176 (Nintendo) - {22/12/2016}
10. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition: 7.095 / 238.946 (SCE) - {25/12/2014}*
11. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki: 5.318 / 5.318 (Level 5) - {15/12/2016}
12. [3DS] Miitopia: 3.888 / 3.888 (Nintendo) - {01/12/2016}
13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo: 3.852 / 5.294 (Nintendo) - {23/11/2016}
14. [PSV] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis: 3.417 / 19.267 (Bandai Namco) - {22/11/2016}
15. [PS4] SD Gundam G Generation Genesis: 3.205 / 22.227 (Bandai Namco) - {22/11/2016}
16. [WIU] Minecraft: Wii U Edition: 3.097 / 178.199 (Microsoft) - {17/12/2015}*
17. [3DS] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes: 2.385 / 2.385 (Konami) - {15/12/2016}
18. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition: 2.253 / 352.233 (SCE) - {23/06/2014}
19. [WIU] Super Mario Maker: 1.185 / 75.968 (Nintendo) - {10/09/2015}*
20. [3DS] Puyo Puyo Chronicle: 1.036 / 1.036 (SEGA) - {08/12/2016}
21. [WIU] Splatoon: 1.016 / 144.240 (Nintendo) - {28/05/2015}*
22. [3DS] Mario Kart 7: 1.008 / 5.831 (Nintendo) - {01/12/2011}*
23. [3DS] Mario Party: Star Rush: 766 / 4.268 (Nintendo) - {20/10/2016}
24. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot: 667 / 21.125 (Nintendo) - {28/04/2016}*
25. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X: God Chapter / Dragon Chapter: 628 / 8.852 (Gung Ho) - {28/07/2016}*
26. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2: 512 / 4.012 (Nintendo) - {28/07/2012}*
27. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura: 454 / 26.094 (Level 5) - {16/07/2016}
28. [3DS] Beyblade: Burst: 324 / 586 (FuRyu) - {10/11/2016}
29. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu: 309 / 973 (Nippon Columbia) - {21/07/2016}*
30. [3DS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Revolution: 256 / 256 (Bandai Namco) - {01/12/2016}

*LTD is incomplete month(s) of data may be missing

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https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/digital-sales-archive/monthly-charts