Video Game Sales Report: Dragon Among Us 8 Takes Top Spot with Nearly 180,000 Units Sold

2024-02-03 04:38:22

First up this week is the latest series game “Dragon Among Us 8”, which took first and third place respectively with the sales volume of 102,940 units of the PS5 version of the game and the sales volume of 77,134 units of the PS4 version of the game.

The total number of the two versions is about 180,000, which is the same as the first week of “Dragon Among Us 7: The Unknown Hero”, which was launched just a year ago, about 123,000 units, and the first week of the main sequel “Dragon Among Us 7: The Direction of Light and Darkness” In comparison, there are about 156,000 sets per week, which is a relatively obvious growth. Although it is still not as good as the 200,000 of “Dragon Among Men 6: Life Psalm” before the system overhaul and the replacement of the protagonist, but considering that this game is For the first time in the Japanese market, the PC version of the game was launched simultaneously, and with players switching platforms to the PC version, the actual first week may not be too far away.

Although the proportion of the PS5 version is obviously much higher than in the past, the proportion of the PS4 version is still relatively high compared with other cross-generation works. In addition, the production team itself stated this time that it will be Kiryu Ichi, the protagonist of the first generation of the series. Ma’s last performance should have attracted a lot of sentimental votes. If you don’t beat yourself up in the future, it will be difficult to stay on the PS4 console, and the next game that truly enters the post-Kiryu era may be the real test of this series.

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This is an orthodox new work released after a long time in the old series, “The Ever-Changing Labyrinth: Wind Comes the Wind 6: Snake Island Adventure Story” won the runner-up with a sales volume of 85,424 units. Judging from the book figures alone, it is second only to “The Changing Labyrinth: Wind Comes the Wind 2: Ghost Attack!” released on the N64 console. Xi Lian City”, setting a new high in the series’ more than 20 years of history. Compared with the approximately 25,000 sets in the first week of its direct predecessor “The Changing Labyrinth of Wind: Crimson 5: Tower of Destiny and Destiny Dice”, it has more than tripled.

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In addition, because the sales of the previous game were not very good, the market was not very promising. As a result, the demand after the actual release exceeded expectations, so it fell into a serious shortage after the release, which naturally increased the share of the download version. ratio. Moreover, the record figures mentioned above were all in an era and platform before downloadable versions. If the downloadable version is included, this game is likely to have set the highest record in the series. It can be said to be a case of successfully reviving the series. .

Next is the new 3D fighting game series “Tekken 8”, which ranked fifth with sales of 20,516 units. Compared with the previous game in the series “Tekken 7”, which was launched on the console in 2017, with approximately 54,000 units in the first week, it has a decline that is more than halved and can be said to be a collapse. Compared with “Fighting Tornado 6”, which was launched in the middle of last year and is often compared to others, and even I have collaborated with it, which had about 33,000 units in the first week, there is a relatively obvious gap.

Of course, “Tekken 6” is still a cross-generation game for PS5 and PS4, and “Tekken 8” has already become a current-generation exclusive game for PS5. The impact of this cannot be ignored. On the other hand, for this decline, in addition to the decline of the series and type itself, the long-term sluggishness of the PS 5 software market may also be one of the factors that has a great impact.

Finally, the re-recorded version of the compilation “Ace Attorney 456 Wang Nixi Collection” ranked eighth and 28th respectively with sales of 10,593 sets of the Nintendo Switch version of the game and 2,104 sets of the PlayStation 4 version. . The previous similar work in the series “Ace Ace Attorney 1 & 2 – The Adventures and Enlightenment of Ryunosuke Naruhodou -” sold approximately 17,000 copies in its first week, while “Ace Ace Attorney 123: Phoenix Knights” which includes the original trilogy of the series Anthology” sold approximately 8,000 copies in its first week.

Looking at them side by side, you will feel that the most important factor affecting the first week sales is probably the number of times the game has been ported. The Original Trilogy has had the lowest sales volume because it has had countless transplanted versions over the years. On the other hand, Ace Attorney 1&2 is obviously the latest work to be transplanted. Since it is almost the first transplant, more consumers are paying for it. If you think about it carefully, It’s quite reasonable to think about it.

Ranking Game Title Launched on the platform, cumulative sales for the week were 1 “Dragon among Humans 8 (龙が如く8)”
PS5 102940 102940 2 《Mystery Dungeon Furai no Shiren 6 Toguro Island Exploration Record》
NS 85424 85424 3 《Ryu ga Gotoku 8》
PS4 77134 77134 4 “Marvel’s Spiderman 2”
PS5 21276 264888 5 “Tekken 8 (Tekken 8)”
PS5 20516 20516 6 《Super Mario Brothers Wonder (Super Mario Bros. Wonder)》
NS 13628 1700970 7 《Momotaro Electric Railway World ~ Hopeful Movement by Earth Circle! ~(Momotaro Dentetsu World ~The earth revolves around hope!~)》
NS 11882 948818 8 《Gyakuten Saiban 456 Odeiki Selection Collection (Gyakuten Saiban 456 Odeiki Selection)》
NS 10593 10593 9 《Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Edition》
NS 7174 5687955 10 “Minecraft”
NS 5526 3430270 11 《Gather! Animal Forest Friendship Association (Animal Crossing: New Horizons)
NS 5338 7678889 12 《Another Code Recollection: Two Memories / Door of Memory》
NS 5108 20849 13 《Treasure Kamu Vermilion‧Purple (Pokémon Scarlet/Violet)》
NS 5003 5283991 14 《Nintendo Myojo Daigo Special Edition (Super Smash Bros. SPECIAL)》
NS 4649 5434566 15 《Pikmin 4》
NS 4603 1165961 16 《Dragon Quest Monsters 3 The Journey of the Demon Prince and the Elf》
NS 4004 538845 17 《Treasure Kamu Vermilion‧Purple + Zero’s Treasure (Pokémon Scarlet Violet + Zero’s Treasure)》
NS 3598 103345 18 《Splatoon 3》
NS 3592 4217553 19 《World Play Encyclopedia 51 (World Play Encyclopedia 51)》
NS 3429 1238330 20 《Nintendo Switch 運動（Nintendo Switch Sports）》
NS 3150 1265750

In terms of consoles, the two PS5 models sold a total of 49,945 units this week. Although it is still possible to achieve this result with the Yuwei bundled with “Marvel’s Spider-Man 2” value set, at least this week because There are more new games released, so the game list looks much richer. In the next two months, many key works for the PlayStation platform will be launched. We hope that these works will perform better as the host base has increased.

The three models of the Nintendo Switch family sold a total of 46,435 units. Although there is almost no change compared with last week, the cumulative sales of units officially exceeded 32 million units this week, which is far away from the Japanese game market held by NDS. The record for the highest number of consoles sold has only about 900,000 units left. Even if Nintendo’s new console is indeed launched within this year as rumored, it is a number that will definitely break the record.

In addition, a total of 3,905 units of the Xbox Series Japanese players who don’t have a gaming computer but want to try it out can choose to buy a console as a lower-priced channel.

Console name Cumulative sales for the week NS 4156 19710724 NS Lite 8991 5721761 NS OLED 33288 6595453 PS5 41188 4447566 PS5 digital version 8757 702771 Xbox Series X 2158 249481 Xbox Series S 1747 298280 PS4 65 5 7917910 N2DSLL 15 1192801