Famitsu Digital Estimates (Aug 27th, Sep 30th)

Digital Estimates for September

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] Marvel's Spider-Man -  95.120 / 95.120 (SIE) {07/09/2018}
02. [PS4] God of War III: Remastered -  67.313 / 126.050 (SCE) {16/07/2015}*+
03. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 -  37.324 / 37.324 (Koei Tecmo) {27/09/2018}
04. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2019 -  35.841 / 35.841 (Konami) {30/08/2018}
05. [PS4] Dead by Daylight -  31.676 / 228.867 (Starbreeze AB) {04/04/2018}+
06. [PS4] Battlefield 1 -  30.495 / 120.252 (Electronic Arts) {18/10/2016}*+
07. [PS4] Conan Exlies -  22.452 / 38.484 (Spike Chunsoft) {23/08/2018}
08. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trials of Cold Steel IV - The End of Saga -  22.018 / 22.018 (Nihon Falcom) {27/09/2018}
09. [PS4] Mafia III -  19.582 / 111.307 (Take Two Interactive Japan) {27/10/2016}*+
10. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition -  17.804 / 321.598 (Microsoft) {12/05/2017}*
11. [SWI] Undertale -  14.128 / 14.128 (8-4) {15/09/2018}
12. [PS4] FIFA 19 -  13.115 / 13.115 (Electronic Arts) {28/09/2018}
13. [PS4] Zone of Enders: The 2nd Runner from Mars -  8.945 / 8.945 (Konami) {06/09/2018}
14. [PS4] Shadow of the Tomb Raider -  6.127 / 6.127 (Square Enix) {14/09/2018}
15. [SWI] Warriors Orochi 4 -  5.717 / 5.717 (Koei Tecmo) {27/09/2018}
16. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe -  3.832 / 123.001 (Nintendo) {28/04/2017}
17. [SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! -  3.176 / 20.069 (Bandai Namco) {19/07/2018}
18. [PS4] NBA 2K19 -  2.854 / 2.854 (Take Two Interactive Japan) {11/09/2018}
19. [PS4] Utawarerumono Zan -  2.394 / 2.394 (Aquaplus) {27/09/2018}
20. [SWI] FIFA 19 -  1.981 / 1.981 (Electronic Arts) {28/09/2018}
21. [SWI] Splatoon 2 -  1.904 / 206.550 (Nintendo) {21/07/2017}
22. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild -  1.525 / 79.640 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}
23. [SWI] Mario Tennis Aces -  1.421 / 28.182 (Nintendo) {22/06/2018}
24. [SWI] Dragon Ball FighterZ -  1.299 / 1.299 (Bandai Namco) {27/09/2018}
25. [SWI] Super Mario Odyssey -  920 / 121.539 (Nintendo) {27/10/2017}
26. [SWI] My Hero Academia: One's Justice -  878 / 3.689 (Bandai Namco) {23/08/2018}
27. [SWI] Kirby Star Allies -  747 / 50.844 (Nintendo) {16/03/2018}
28. [3DS] WarioWare: Gold -  423 / 2.950 (Nintendo) {02/08/2018}
29. [3DS] Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon -  190 / 45.928 (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 - 852.375**
02. [PS4] Dead by Daylight - 228.867
03. [PS4] Marvel's Spider-Man - 95.120
04. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 82.857**
05. [SWI] Octopath Traveler - 76.326**
06. [PS4] Dark Souls Remastered - 71.579**
07. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 - 69.619**
08. [SWI] Kirby Star Allies - 50.844
09. [PS4] Nier: Automata - 49.570**
10. [PS4] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 49.570

Games sold on large discounts are not included

**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