Famitsu Digital Estimates (Apr 30th. May 27th)

Digital Estimates for May

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] Dark Souls Remastered - 54.306 / 54.306 (From Software) {24/05/2018}
02. [PS4] Dead by Daylight - 28.099 / 104.676 (Starbreeze AB) {04/04/2018}
03. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 - 16.009 / 48.408 (Konami) {26/04/2018}*+
04. [PS4] Nier: Automata - 15.544 / 120.481 (Square Enix) {23/02/2017}
05. [SWI] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze - 14.507 / 14.507 (Nintendo) {03/05/2018}
06. [PS4] Detroit: Become Human - 11.526 / 11.526 (SIE) {25/05/2018}
07. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 9.972 / 248.713 (Microsoft) {12/05/2017}*
08. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition - 7.775 / 356.148 (SCE) {25/12/2014}*
09. [PS4] Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege - Advanced Edition - 7.274 / 21.316 (Ubisoft) {01/03/2018}
10. [PS4] Undertale - 7.238 / 37.598 (8-4) {16/08/2017}*
11. [PS4] Cities: Skylines - PlayStation 4 Edition - 4.864 / 18.896 (Spike Chunsoft) {12/04/2018}
12. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - 4.770 / 845.940 (Capcom) {26/01/2018}
13. [PS4] God of War   - 4.644 / 21.280 (SIE) {20/04/2018}
14. [PS4] Caligula Overdose - 4.544 / 4.544 (FuRyu) {17/05/2018}
15. [SWI] Kirby Star Allies - 3.575 / 45.031 (Nintendo) {16/03/2018}
16. [PS4] Persona Dancing: All-Star Triple Pack - 3.536 / 3.536 (Atlus) {24/05/2018}
17. [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 3.407 / 193.844 (Nintendo) {21/07/2017}
18. [PS4] Persona 5: Dancing Star Night - 2.981 / 2.981 (Atlus) {24/05/2018}
19. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 2.769 / 99.373 (Nintendo) {28/04/2017}
20. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 - 1.834 / 7.666 (Konami) {26/04/2018}
21. [PS4] Far Cry 5 - 1.807 / 35.145 (Ubisoft) {29/03/2018}
22. [SWI] Super Mario Odyssey - 1.290 / 117.657 (Nintendo) {27/10/2017}
23. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 1.185 / 72.803 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}
24. [PSV] Persona Dancing: Deluxe Twin Plus - 1.064 / 1.064 (Atlus) {24/05/2018}
25. [SWI] Arms - 709 / 31.046 (Nintendo) {16/06/2017}*
26. [SWI] The Snack World: TreJarers Gold - 696 / 3.163 (Level 5) {12/04/2018}
27. [SWI] 1 2 Switch - 561 / 19.246 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}*
28. [3DS] Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon - 225 / 44.870 (Pokémon Co.) {17/11/2017}
29. [3DS] Detective Pikachu - 219 / 2.897 (Pokémon Co.) {23/03/2018}

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

Top Downloads of 2018

01. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - 845.940
02. [PS4] Dead by Daylight - 104.676
03. [PS4] Dark Souls Remastered - 54.306
04. [PS4] NieR: Automata - 49.570**+
05. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 - 48.408
06. [SWI] Kirby Star Allies - 45.031
07. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors - 36.470
08. [PS4] Far Cry 5 - 35.145
09. [PS4] Dissidia Final Fantasy NT - 29.487**
10. [PS4] (Warner the Best) Mad Max - 28.432**+

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

+ Game was on sale

From Weekly Famitsu 1542 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