Famitsu Digital Estimates (Oct 28 - Nov 24)

Digital Estimates for November

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

DISCLAIMER: As the margin of error of Famitsu's digital estimates and actual data continues to be large, their data will no longer be taken seriously on sales discussion, however it will continue to be archived.

position. [system] title: monthly estimates / total estimates (publisher) - {release date}

01.  [SWI] Pokémon Sword / Shield - 629.636 / 629.636 (Pokémon Co.) {11/15/2019}
02.  [PS4] Death Stranding - 109.375 / 109.375 (SIE) {11/08/2019}
03.  [SWI] Luigi's Mansion 3 - 72.600 / 72.600 (Nintendo) {10/31/2019}
04.  [SWI] Fortnite Dark Fire Bundle - 63.497 / 63.497 (Warner Entertainment Japan) {11/07/2019}
05.  [PS4] Persona 5: Royal - 60.473 / 60.473 (Atlus) {10/31/2019}
06.  [SWI] Romancing SaGa 3 - 53.288 / 53.288 (Square Enix) {11/11/2019}
07.  [PS4] Romancing SaGa 3 - 43.769 / 43.769 (Square Enix) {11/11/2019}
08.  [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - 27.456 / 109.205 (SIE) {10/25/2019}
09.  [PS4] The Last of Us Remastered (PlayStation Hits) - 27.417 / 174.043 (SIE) {07/26/2018}*+
10.  [SWI] Groove Coaster: Wai Wai Party!!!! - 24.319 / 24.319 (Taito) {11/07/2019}
11.  [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne - 23.090 / 742.043 (Capcom) {09/06/2019}
12.  [PSV] Romancing SaGa 3 - 16.209 / 16.209 (Square Enix) {11/11/2019}
13.  [PS4] Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order - 16.136 / 16.136 (Electronic Arts) {11/15/2019}
14.  [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 11.419 / 556.284 (Nintendo) {12/07/2018}
15.  [PS4] Need for Speed: Heat - 10.064 / 10.064 (Electronic Arts) {11/08/2019}
16.  [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 9.579 / 276.252 (Nintendo) {04/28/2017}
17.  [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 9.016 / 500.288 (Microsoft) {05/12/2017}*
18.  [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 6.679 / 161.111 (Nintendo) {03/03/2017}
19.  [SWI] Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town - 4.860 / 24.316 (Marvelous) {10/17/2019}
20.  [SWI] Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version - 4.860 / 16.267 (Bandai Namco) {07/25/2019}*
21.  [SWI] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition - 4.691 / 92.851 (Square Enix) {09/27/2019}
22.  [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening - 4.269 / 51.006 (Nintendo) {09/20/2019}
23.  [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne Master Edition - 4.106 / 387.443 (Capcom) {09/06/2019}
24.  [SWI] Super Mario Maker 2 - 3.978 / 118.612 (Nintendo) {06/28/2019}
25.  [SWI] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 - 3.797 / 3.797 (SEGA) {11/01/2019}
26.  [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 3.537 / 307.326 (Nintendo) {07/21/2017}
27.  [PS4] Shenmue III - 3.327 / 3.327 (Deep Silver) {11/19/2019}
28.  [SWI] Super Mario Party - 2.632 / 129.619 (Nintendo) {10/05/2018}
29.  [SWI] Dysney Tsum Tsum Festival - 872 / 2.799 (Bandai Namco) {10/10/2019}

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

Top Downloads for 2019

01. [SWI] Pokémon Sword / Shield - 629.636
02. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne Master Edition - 383.337
03. [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 247.062
04. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 187.633**
05. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 137.247
06. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III - 130.731**
07. [SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 118.718
08. [SWI] Super Mario Maker 2 - 118.612
09. [PS4] Death Stranding - 109.375
10. [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - 109.205

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.

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