Famitsu Digital Estimates (Oct 1st, Oct 28th)

Digital Estimates for October

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] Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - 113.561 / 113.561 (SIE) {12/10/2018}

02. [PS4] Red Dead Redemption 2 - 50.646 / 50.646 (Take Two Interactive Japan) {26/10/2018}

03. [SWI] Puyo Puyo eSports - 35.410 / 35.410 (SEGA) {25/10/2018}+

04. [PS4] Puyo Puyo eSports - 24.914 / 24.914 (SEGA) {25/10/2018}+

05. [PS4] Battlefield 1 - 20.632 / 140.884 (Electronic Arts) {18/10/2016}*+

06. [PS4] Resonance of Fate 4K / HD Edition - 19.909 / 19.909 (Tri Ace) {05/10/2018}

07. [PS4] Assassin's Creed: Odyssey - 18.105 / 18.105 (Ubisoft) {05/10/2018}

08. [PS4] Soul Calibur VI - 16.245 / 16.245 (Bandai Namco) {18/10/2018}

09. [PS4] Dead by Daylight - 15.602 / 244.469 (Starbreeze AB) {04/04/2018}

10. [SWI] Super Mario Party - 12.168 / 12.168 (Nintendo) {05/10/2018}

11. [PS4] Mega Man 11 - 11.058 / 11.058 (Capcom) {04/10/2018}

12. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 - 10.912 / 48.236 (Koei Tecmo) {27/09/2018}

13. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 10.720 / 332.318 (Microsoft) {12/05/2017}*

14. [PS4] FIFA 19 - 7.466 / 20.581 (Electronic Arts) {28/09/2018}

15. [PS4] Marvel's Spider-Man - 7.239 / 102.359 (SIE) {07/09/2018}

16. [SWI] Dark Souls Remastered - 6.476 / 6.476 (From Software) {18/10/2018}

17. [PS4] Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection - 5.364 / 5.364 (Capcom) {25/10/2018}

18. [SWI] Mega Man 11 - 5.043 / 5.043 (Capcom) {04/10/2018}

19. [PS4] Crystar - 4.689 / 4.689 (FuRyu) {18/10/2018}

20. [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 2.798 / 209.348 (Nintendo) {21/07/2017}

21. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trials of Cold Steel IV - The End of Saga - 2.422 / 24.440 (Nihon Falcom) {27/09/2018}

22. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 2.307 / 125.308 (Nintendo) {28/04/2017}

23. [SWI] Warriors Orochi 4 - 2.098 / 7.815 (Koei Tecmo) {27/09/2018}

24. [PS4] Varnir of the Dragon Star: Ecdysis of the Dragon - 1.897 / 1.897 (Bandai Namco) {11/10/2018}

25. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 1.597 / 81.237 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}

26. [SWI] Dragon Ball FighterZ - 1.062 / 2.361 (Bandai Namco) {27/09/2018}

27. [SWI] FIFA 19 - 975 / 2.956 (Electronic Arts) {28/09/2018}

28. [SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! - 876 / 20.945 (Bandai Namco) {19/07/2018}

29. [SWI] Super Mario Odyssey - 770 / 122.309 (Nintendo) {27/10/2017}

30. [3DS] Pokémon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon - 255 / 46.183 (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 - 244.469

03. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - 113.561

04. [PS4] Marvel's Spider-Man - 95.120 - 102.359

05. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 93.577**

06. [SWI] Octopath Traveler - 76.326**

07. [PS4] Dark Souls Remastered - 71.579**

08. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 - 69.619**

09. [SWI] Kirby Star Allies - 50.844**

10. [PS4] Red Dead Redemption 2 - 50.646

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
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