Famitsu Digital Estimates (Dec 31st, 2018, Jan 27th, 2019)

Digital Estimates for January

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. [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 148.498 / 457.720 (Nintendo) {07/12/2018}
02. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III - 102.054 / 102.054 (Square Enix) {25/01/2019}
03. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 96.781 / 175.537 (Ponos) {20/12/2018}
04. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - 80.096 / 80.096 (Bandai Namco) {17/01/2019}
05. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 - 55.277 / 55.277 (Capcom) {25/01/2019}
06. [PS4] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 45.955 / 45.955 (Nintendo) {11/01/2019}
07. [PS4] PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 36.853 / 180.966 (PUBG Corp.) {07/12/2018}
08. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 31.660 / 189.194 (Nintendo) {28/04/2017}+
09. [SWI] Super Mario Party - 24.088 / 86.827 (Nintendo) {05/10/2018}
10. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 20.787 / 383.828 (Microsoft) {12/05/2017}**
11. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders 2 - 16.959 / 71.611 (Square Enix) {20/12/2018}
12. [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 16.412 / 253.454 (Nintendo) {21/07/2017}
13. [PS4] Dead by Daylight - 16.339 / 287.154 (Starbreeze AB) {04/04/2018}
14. [PS4] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition - 14.257 / 14.257 (Bandai Namco) {11/01/2019}
15. [SWI] Dragon Quest Builders 2 - 13.402 / 46.908 (Square Enix) {20/12/2018}
16. [SWI] Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition - 10.582 / 10.582 (Bandai Namco) {11/01/2019}
17. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 - 9.636 / 155.094 (SIE) {12/10/2018}+
18. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX - 8.815 / 20.536 (Square Enix) {09/03/2017}+
19. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 8.275 / 101.408 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}
20. [SWI] Fitness Boxing - 7.964 / 7.964 (Imagineering) {20/12/2018}
21. [PS4] Battlefield V - 7.937 / 93.541 (Electronic Arts) {20/11/2018}
22. [SWI] Mario Tennis Aces - 6.792 / 38.837 (Nintendo) {22/06/2018}
23. [PS4] Judgement - 5.931 / 31.154 (SEGA) {13/12/2018}
24. [SWI] Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu! / Let's Go Eevee! - 5.812 / 113.757 (Pokémon Co.) {16/11/2018}
25. [SWI] Kirby Star Allies - 5.366 / 61.037 (Nintendo) {16/03/2018}
26. [PS4] God Eater 3 - 4.186 / 66.095 (Bandai Namco) {13/12/2018}
27. [SWI] Go Vacation - 4.169 / 4.169 (Bandai Namco) {27/12/2018}
28. [SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! - 4.148 / 28.571 (Bandai Namco) {19/07/2018}
29. [PS4] Yakuza 4 - 3.154 / 3.154 (SEGA) {17/01/2019}
30. [SWI] Super Mario Odyssey - 1.869 / 129.466 (Nintendo) {27/10/2017}

*LTD not up to date, 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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