Famitsu Digital Estimates (Mar 26th, Apr 29)

Digital Estimates for April

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] Dead by Daylight - 76.577 / 76.577 (Starbreeze AB) {04/04/2018}
02. [PS4] Far Cry 5 - 33.338 / 33.338 (Ubisoft) {29/03/2018}
03. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 - 32.399 / 32.399 (Konami) {26/04/2018}
04. [PS4] (Warner The Best) Mad Max - 28.432 / 28.432 (Warner Interactive Japan) {03/11/2016}*+
05. [PS4] Super Robot Wars X - 21.963 / 21.963 (Bandai Namco) {29/03/2018}
06. [PS4] God of War   - 16.636 / 16.636 (SIE) {20/04/2018}
07. [PS4] Cities: Skylines - PlayStation 4 Edition - 14.032 / 14.032 (Spike Chunsoft) {12/04/2018}
08. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - 11.428 / 841.170 (Capcom) {26/01/2018}
09. [SWI] Kirby Star Allies - 9.913 / 41.456 (Nintendo) {16/03/2018}
10. [PS4] Metal Max: Zeno - 8.962 / 8.962 (Kadokawa Games) {19/04/2018}
11. [PS4] Ni No Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom - 7.909 / 20.189 (Level 5) {23/03/2018}
12. [PSV] Super Robot Wars X - 7.832 / 7.832 (Bandai Namco) {29/03/2018}
13. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Kai - The Erebonian Civil War - 7.115 / 7.115 (Nihon Falcom) {26/04/2018}
14. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 - 5.832 / 5.832 (Konami) {26/04/2018}
15. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Advanced Edition - 5.025 / 14.042 (Ubisoft) {01/03/2018}
16. [PS4] Utawarerumono: Chiriyukusha e no Komoriuta - 3.164 / 3.164 (Aquaplus) {26/04/2018}
17. [PS4] Death end re:Quest - 2.982 / 2.982 (Compile Heart) {12/04/2018}
18. [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 2.623 / 190.437 (Nintendo) {21/07/2017}
19. [PS4] Shining Resonance: Refrain - 2.590 / 2.590 (SEGA) {29/03/2018}
20. [SWI] The Snack World: TreJarers Gold - 2.467 / 2.467 (Level 5) {12/04/2018}
21. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 2.336 / 96.604 (Nintendo) {28/04/2017}
22. [PS4] Valkyria Chronicles 4 - 2.073 / 13.127 (SEGA) {21/03/2018}
23. [PS4] Attack on Titan 2 - 1.809 / 13.179 (Koei Tecmo) {15/03/2018}
24. [SWI] Hyrule Warriors: Definite Edition - 1.455 / 4.560 (Koei Tecmo) {22/03/2018}
25. [SWI] Super Mario Odyssey - 1.325 / 116.367 (Nintendo) {27/10/2017}
26. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 1.115 / 71.618 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}
27. [3DS] Detective Pikachu - 730 / 2.678 (Pokémon Co.) {23/03/2018}
28. [3DS] Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon - 244 / 44.645 (Pokémon Co.) {17/11/2017}

*LTD not up to date, month(s) of data may be missing

Top Downloads of 2018

01. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - 841.170
02. [PS4] Dead by Daylight - 76.577
03. [SWI] Kirby Star Allies - 41.456
04. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors 9 - 36.470**
05. [PS4] NieR: Automata - 34.026**+
06. [PS4] Far Cry 5 - 33.338
07. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball - 32.399
08. [PS4] Dissidia Final Fantasy NT - 29.487**
09. [PS4] (Warner The Best) Mad Max - 28.432**+
10. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - 23.954**

**YTD incomplete, month(s) of data may be missing

+ Game was on sale

From Weekly Famitsu 1539 which can be purchased here and here via JapaneseNintendo whose website is available here and is on Twitter here.

Check all other digital information here
https://sites.google.com/site/gamedatalibrary/digital-sales-archive