Famitsu Digital Estimates (April 29th, May 26th)

Digital Estimates for May

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] Monster Hunter: World - 32.409 / 884.784 (Capcom) {26/01/2018}+*
02. [SWI] Human Fall Flat - 29.254 / 29.254 (Teyon Japan) {28/12/2017}+*
03. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 24.925 / 251.790 (Ponos) {20/12/2018}+
04. [PS4] Horizon: Zero Dawn - Complete Edition - 19.650 / 19.650 (SIE) {07/12/2017}+*
05. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition - 16.438 / 388.366 (SCE) {25/12/2014}+*
06. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 15.509 / 443.410 (Microsoft) {12/05/2017}+*
07. [PS4] Borderlands: The Handsome Collection - 13.420 / 26.441 (Take Two Interactive Japan) {14/05/2015}+*
08. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 12.365 / 224.782 (Nintendo) {28/04/2017}
09. [PS4] Human Fall Flat - 10.953 / 10.953 (Teyon Japan) {23/05/2019}
10. [PS4] NieR: Automata - Game of the YoRHa Edition - 10.183 / 12.445 (Square Enix) {21/02/2019}*
11. [PS4] Days Gone - 9.937 / 31.071 (SIE) {26/04/2019}
12. [PS4] PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 8.480 / 199.848 (PUBG Corp.) {07/12/2018}*
13. [PS4] Ys: Memories of Celceta - 7.491 / 7.491 (Nihon Falcom) {16/05/2019}
14. [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 7.062 / 495.461 (Nintendo) {07/12/2018}
15. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V  - 6.850 / 97.189 (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {11/12/2014}*
16. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 5.477 / 119.387 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}
17. [PS4] Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 4.943 / 100.999 (From Software) {22/03/2019}
18. [SWI] Super Mario Odyssey - 4.874 / 138.635 (Nintendo) {27/10/2017}
19. [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 4.612 / 277.923 (Nintendo) {21/07/2017}
20. [SWI] Kirby Star Allies - 4.066 / 65.103 (Nintendo) {16/03/2018}*
21. [SWI] Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - 2.366 / 6.803 (Square Enix) {25/04/2019}
22. [SWI] Yoshi's Crafted World - 2.356 / 16.667 (Nintendo) {29/03/2019}
23. [SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! - 2.208 / 35.784 (Bandai Namco) {19/07/2018}*
24. [PS4] Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain - 2.165 / 55.375 (D3 Publisher) {11/04/2019}
25. [SWI] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 2.145 / 71.638 (Nintendo) {11/01/2019}
26. [SWI] Super Mario Party - 1.904 / 102.411 (Nintendo) {05/10/2018}
27. [SWI] Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu! / Let's Go Eevee! - 1.615 / 123.026 (Pokémon Co.) {16/11/2018}
28. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III - 1.571 / 130.731 (Square Enix) {25/01/2019}
29. [SWI] Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission - 564 / 3.086 (Bandai Namco) {04/04/2019}

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

Top Downloads for 2019

01. [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 186.239
02. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 173.034
03. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III - 130.731
04. [PS4] Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 100.999
05. [PS4] Anthem - 97.181**
06. [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown - 87.087**
07. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 80.369
08. [PS4] Resident Evil 2 - 73.396**
09. [SWI] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 71.638
10. [PS4] Tom Clancy's The Division 2 - 69.657**

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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