Famitsu Digital Estimates (Jan 28th, Feb 24th)

Digital Estimates for February

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] Hitman: The Complete First Season - 121.755 / 128.230 (Square Enix) {10/08/2017}*+
02. [PS4] Anthem - 86.891 / 86.891 (Electronic Arts) {22/02/2019}
03. [PS4] For Honor - 77.286 / 86.891 (Ubisoft) {16/02/2017}*+
04. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III - 21.170 / 123.224 (Square Enix) {25/01/2019}
05. [SWI] Final Fantasy IX - 20.462 / 20.462 (Square Enix) {14/02/2019}
06. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 18.994 / 194.531 (Ponos) {20/12/2018}
07. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Game of the Year Edition - 18.195 / 19.646 (Spike Chunsoft) {01/09/2016}*+
08. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 - 15.548 / 70.825 (Capcom) {25/01/2019}
09. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 14.262 / 398.090 (Microsoft) {12/05/2017}*
10. [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 12.977 / 470.697 (Nintendo) {07/12/2018}
11. [SWI] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 12.558 / 58.513 (Nintendo) {11/01/2019}
12. [PS4] Catherine: Full Body - 11.766 / 11.766 (Atlus) {14/02/2019}
13. [PS4] Jump Force - 11.292 / 11.292 (Bandai Namco) {14/02/2019}
14. [PS4] PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 10.402 / 191.368 (PUBG Corp.) {07/12/2018}
15. [SWI] Super Mario Party - 7.620 / 94.447 (Nintendo) {05/10/2018}
16. [SWI] Fitness Boxing - 7.566 / 15.530 (Imagineering) {20/12/2018}*
17. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD I.5 + II.5 ReMIX - 7.469 / 28.005 (Square Enix) {09/03/2017}*+
18. [PS4] Far Cry: New Dawn - 7.467 / 7.467 (Ubisoft) {15/02/2019}
19. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - 6.991 / 87.087 (Bandai Namco) {17/01/2019}
20. [PS4] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World - 6.958 / 6.958 (Koei Tecmo) {31/01/2019}
21. [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 6.049 / 259.503 (Nintendo) {21/07/2017}
22. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 5.993 / 195.187 (Nintendo) {28/04/2017}
23. [SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! - 5.005 / 33.576 (Bandai Namco) {19/07/2018}
24. [PS4] Metro: Exodus - 4.956 / 4.956 (Spike Chunsoft) {15/02/2019}
25. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 4.735 / 106.143 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}
26. [SWI] Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu! / Let's Go Eevee! - 3.584 / 117.341 (Pokémon Co.) {16/11/2018}
27. [SWI] Dragon Quest Builders 2 - 2.893 / 49.801 (Square Enix) {20/12/2018}
28. [PS4] Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi with Power-Up Kit - 2.493 / 2.493 (Koei Tecmo) {14/02/2019}
29. [PS4] NieR: Automata - Game of the YoRHa Edition - 2.262 / 2.262 (Square Enix) {21/02/2019}
30. [SWI] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World - 1.954 / 1.954 (Koei Tecmo) {31/01/2019}

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

Top Downloads for 2019

01. [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 161.475
02. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III - 123.224
03. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 115.775
04. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - 87.087
05. [PS4] Anthem - 86.891
06. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 - 70.825
07. [SWI] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 58.513
08. [PS4] PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 47.255
09. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 37.653
10. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 35.049

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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