Famitsu Digital Estimates (Jul 29th - Aug 25th)

Digital Estimates for August

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] Goonya Fighter - 45.349 / 45.349 (MUTAN) {27/09/2019}*+
02. [SWI] Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 22.863 / 91.240 (Nintendo) {26/07/2019}
03. [PS4] Metal Wolf Chaos DX - 16.781 / 16.781 (From Software) {06/08/2019}
04. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - 16.351 / 945.137 (Capcom) {26/01/2018}*+
05. [SWI] Obakeidoro - 15.814 / 15.814 (Free Style) {01/08/2019}
06. [PS4] Black Desert - 15.068 / 15.068 (Pearl Abyss) {23/08/2019}
07. [PS4] Demon Gaze 2: Global Edition - 14.149 / 14.149 (Kadokawa) {14/12/2017}*+
08. [SWI] Super Mario Maker 2 - 12.546 / 101.213 (Nintendo) {28/06/2019}
09. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V  - 12.376 / 105.965 (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {11/12/2014}*+
10. [PS4] PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds - 11.970 / 211.818 (PUBG Corp.) {07/12/2018}*+
11. [PS4] NieR: Automata - Game of the YoRHa Edition - 10.289 / 22.734 (Square Enix) *+{21/02/2019}
12. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 8.861 / 470.165 (Microsoft) {12/05/2017}*
13. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 8.822 / 246.955 (Nintendo) {28/04/2017}
14. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition - 8.087 / 405.770 (SCE) {25/12/2014}*
15. [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 7.980 / 524.963 (Nintendo) {07/12/2018}
16. [PS4] Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled - 6.177 / 6.177 (SEGA) {01/08/2019}
17. [SWI] Super Mario Party - 5.867 / 115.051 (Nintendo) {05/10/2018}
18. [PS4] Pro Baseball Spirits 2019 - 5.770 / 41.127 (Konami) {18/07/2019}
19. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 4.997 / 140.501 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}
20. [PS4] Oninaki - 4.845 / 4.845 (Square Enix) {22/08/2019}
21. [SWI] Run Factory 4: Special - 4.679 / 16.046 (Marvelous) {25/07/2019}
22. [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 4.654 / 292.700 (Nintendo) {21/07/2017}
23. [SWI] Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version - 4.548 / 8.024 (Bandai Namco) {25/07/2019}
24. [SWI] Oninaki - 2.916 / 2.916 (Square Enix) {22/08/2019}
25. [SWI] Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet - Complete Edition for Nintendo Switch - 2.304 / 2.304 (Bandai Namco) {08/08/2019}
26. [SWI] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball - 2.030 / 31.100 (Konami) {27/06/2019}
27. [SWI] Olympic Games Tokyo 2020: The Official Video Game - 2.028 / 2.028 (SEGA) {24/07/2019}*
28. [SWI] Yo-Kai Watch 4 - 1.649 / 21.711 (Level 5) {20/06/2019}
29. [SWI] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 1.087 / 75.153 (Nintendo) {11/01/2019}
30. [SWI] Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu! / Let's Go Eevee! - 1.046 / 127.008 (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 - 224.741
02. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 187.633**
03. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III - 130.731**
04. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 107.124
05. [SWI] Super Mario Maker 2 - 101.213
06. [PS4] Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice - 100.999**
07. [PS4] Anthem - 97.181**
08. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - 92.762**+
09. [SWI] Fire Emblem: Three Houses - 91.240
09. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 89.421

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