Famitsu Digital Estimates (Dec 30th, 2019 - Jan 26th, 2020)

Digital Estimates for January

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] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 37.876 / 349.433 (Nintendo){28/04/2017}
02. [SWI] Pokémon Sword / Shield - 34.500 / 772.060 (Pokémon Co. ){15/11/2019}
03. [PS4] Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon - 33.781 / 33.781 (SEGA ){16/01/2020}
04. [SWI] Fortnite Dark Fire Bundle - 31.164 / 189.264 (Warner Entertainment Japan ){07/11/2019}
05. [SWI] Human Fall Flat - 30.441 / 155.021 (Teyon Japan ){28/12/2017}*+
06. [SWI] Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch - 27.436 / 62.979 (Nintendo ){27/12/2019}
07. [PS4] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot - 25.409 / 25.409 (Bandai Namco ){16/01/2020}
08. [SWI] Together! The Battle Cats - 22.669 / 323.460 (Ponos ){20/12/2018}*+
09. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition - 20.994 / 426.764 (SCE ){25/12/2014}
10. [SWI] Tokyo Mirage Sessions ♯FE Encore - 16.088 / 16.088 (Nintendo ){17/01/2020}
11. [SWI] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition - 14.123 / 535.905 (Microsoft ){12/05/2017}
12. [SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 13.819 / 602.623 (Nintendo ){07/12/2018}
13. [PS4] 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim - 12.872 / 28.945 (Atlus ){28/11/2019}
14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare - 11.759 / 134.275 (SIE ){25/10/2019}
15. [PS4] Death Stranding - 11.447 / 136.279 (SIE ){08/11/2019}
16. [SWI] Splatoon 2 - 9.812 / 327.202 (Nintendo ){21/07/2017}
17. [SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 9.523 / 183.267 (Nintendo ){03/03/2017}
18. [PS4] Romance of the Three Kingdoms 14 - 8.633 / 8.633 (Koei Tecmo ){16/01/2020}
19. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne Master Edition - 7.829 / 401.993 (Capcom ){06/09/2019}
20. [SWI] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 7.824 / 89.773 (Nintendo ){11/01/2019}
21. [SWI] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition - 7.402 / 108.373 (Square Enix ){27/09/2019}
22. [SWI] Luigi's Mansion 3 - 6.503 / 96.934 (Nintendo ){31/10/2019}
23. [SWI] Super Mario Maker 2 - 4.318 / 167.008 (Nintendo ){28/06/2019}
24. [SWI] Super Mario Party - 3.906 / 147.143 (Nintendo ){05/10/2018}
25. [SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! - 3.793 / 46.610 (Bandai Namco ){19/07/2018}
26. [SWI] Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch Version - 2.382 / 21.523 (Bandai Namco ){25/07/2019}
27. [SWI] Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games: Tokyo 2020 - 2.289 / 10.737 (SEGA ){01/11/2019}
28. [SWI] Super Mario Odyssey - 2.185 / 144.356 (Nintendo ){27/10/2017}
29. [SWI] Dysney Tsum Tsum Festival - 1.287 / 6.283 (Bandai Namco ){10/10/2019}

*LTD not up to date, 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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