Estimates Reveal Monster Hunter World Was the Best-Selling Game in Japan in 2018
Recently Capcom announced that Monster Hunter World has sold 12 million copies since its launch last January and to celebrate they offered gifts to everyone just for signing in. Now, according to a report from a Japanese website and video game magazine Famitsu, translated by Gematsu, Monster Hunter World was the best-selling game in Japan in 2019.
Famitsu has just released a report breaking down the top ten games sold in Japan during 2018 and it seems like Monster Hunter World has come out on top. Additionally, it seems that software sales skyrocketed, up 108.2 percent from 2017, while hardware sales saw a bit of a decrease, selling only 84.1 percent of what it had in the previous year. So how much did the consumers in Japan spend collectively on hardware and software? Famitsu estimates they spent roughly 264.21 billion yen (approx. $2.38 billion USD) on software, and 170.09 billion yen (approx. $1.53 billion USD) on hardware.
You can check out the numbers for yourself below but just remember that these numbers are Famitsu’s estimates and therefore may not be completely accurate.
Japan’s Top-Selling Software of 2018
1) Monster Hunter: World
Physical Sales: 1,985,886
Digital Sales: 873,898
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 2,859,784
2) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Physical Sales: 2,360,655
Digital Sales: 309,229
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 2,669,884
3) Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!
Physical Sales: 1,253,677
Digital Sales: 107,945
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 1,361,622
4) Splatoon 2
Physical Sales: 1,122,324
Digital Sales: 68,630
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 1,190,954
5) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Physical Sales: 926,553
Digital Sales: 76,139
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 1,002,692
6) Super Mario Party
Physical Sales: 764,853
Digital Sales: 62,739
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 827,592
7) Kirby: Star Allies
Physical Sales: 664,815
Digital Sales: 56,104
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 720,919
8) Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
Physical Sales: 525,045
Digital Sales: 166,272
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 691,317
9) Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
Physical Sales: 479,511
Digital Sales: 145,458
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 624,969
10) Super Mario Odyssey
Physical Sales: 575,926
Digital Sales: 22,020
Combined Physical and Digital Sales: 597,946
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