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

Digital Estimates for April

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] The Surge - 82.987 / 82.987 (Oizumi Amusio) {30/11/2017}*+
02. [PS4] Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain - 53.210 / 53.210 (D3 Publisher) {11/04/2019}
03. [SWI] Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy Of The Duelist: Link Evolution - 25.116 / 25.116 (Konami) {25/04/2019}
04. [PS4] Days Gone - 21.134 / 21.134 (SIE) {26/04/2019}
05. [SWI] Cuphead - 18.004 / 18.004 (Studio MDHR) {18/04/2019}
06. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 13.239 / 226.865 (Ponos) {20/12/2018}
07. [PS4] Borderlands: The Handsome Collection - 13.021 / 13.021 (Take Two Interactive Japan) {14/05/2015}*+
08. [PS4] Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 12.563 / 96.056 (From Software) {22/03/2019}
09. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 11.947 / 427.901 (Microsoft) {12/05/2017}*
10. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 11.916 / 212.417 (Nintendo) {28/04/2017}
11. [SWI] Puyo Puyo eSports - 11.751 / 113.146 (SEGA) {25/10/2018}*+
12. [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 7.109 / 273.311 (Nintendo) {21/07/2017}
13. [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 6.111 / 488.399 (Nintendo) {07/12/2018}
14. [PS4] Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - 6.036 / 69.657 (Ubisoft) {15/03/2019}
15. [SWI] Final Fantasy X / X-2 HD Remaster - 5.174 / 5.174 (Square Enix) {11/04/2019}
16. [SWI] Yoshi's Crafted World - 4.954 / 14.311 (Nintendo) {29/03/2019}
17. [SWI] Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - 4.437 / 4.437 (Square Enix) {25/04/2019}
18. [SWI] Super Mario Odyssey - 4.295 / 133.761 (Nintendo) {27/10/2017}
19. [SWI] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 3.582 / 69.493 (Nintendo) {11/01/2019}
20. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 3.480 / 113.910 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}
21. [PS4] Langrisser I & II - 3.474 / 3.474 (Kadokawa Games) {18/04/2019}
22. [SWI] Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization - Deluxe Edition - 3.450 / 3.450 (Bandai Namco) {11/04/2019}
23. [SWI] Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission - 2.522 / 2.522 (Bandai Namco) {04/04/2019}
24. [PS4] Devil May Cry V - 2.475 / 56.853 (Capcom) {08/03/2019}
25. [SWI] Super Mario Party - 2.244 / 100.507 (Nintendo) {05/10/2018}
26. [SWI] Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen - 2.089 / 2.089 (Capcom) {25/04/2019}
27. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III - 1.734 / 129.160 (Square Enix) {25/01/2019}
28. [SWI] Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu! / Let's Go Eevee! - 1.624 / 121.411 (Pokémon Co.) {16/11/2018}

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

Top Downloads for 2019

01. [SWI] Super Smash Bros, Ultimate - 179.177
02. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 148.109
03. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III - 129.160
04. [PS4] Anthem - 97.181
05. [PS4] Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 96.056
06. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - 87.087**
07. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 - 73.396
08. [PS4] Tom Clancy's The Division 2- 69.657
09. [SWI] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 69.493
10. [PS4] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 64.860

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