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Japanese Chart: Shenmue III Sales May Be Below Expectations Deep Silver

Shenmue fans' highly anticipated action-adventure Shenmue III debuted at number four on the Japanese charts last week. It sold less than 18000 copies.

Japanese Chart: Shenmue III Sales May Be Below Expectations Deep Silver

According to according to Famitsu, Shenmue III sold 17857 copies on PlayStation 4 in the week ending November 24, 2019. GamesIndustry suggests, that the result may not have met Deep Silver's expectations, since the number of potential fans for the game in Japan should be higher than in the rest of the world. However, it is worth noting that this is the best-selling PlayStation 4 title on the chart.

If we compare the performance of Shenmue III with other games from Japanese studios that were released on only one console platform, then Astral Chain from Platinum Games bought twice as many in Japan in the first week (32236 copies), and Code Vein from Bandai Namco Studios - three times more (60843 copies).

Let us remind you that in the British chart Shenmue III debuted in seventeenth place. With over 70000 people backing the game on Kickstarter and PC sales not being fully tracked, the Shenmue and Shenmue II remaster sold twice as much at launch in 2018. In addition to PlayStation 4 and PC, it was also released on Xbox One, but this version is unlikely to have much impact on the overall picture.


Japanese Chart: Shenmue III Sales May Be Below Expectations Deep Silver

As is often the case in Japan, the Nintendo Switch dominated the chart. Pokemon Sword and Shield holds the top spot with over 382 thousand copies sold. How said Video Games Chronicle, the game sold 2 million copies in just ten days.

Top 10 best-selling games in Japan for the week ending November 24, 2019:

  1. [Switch] Pokemon Sword and Shield (The Pokemon Company, 15/11/19) - 382 copies (total - 540);
  2. [Switch] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 18/10/19) - 26141 copies (290 total);
  3. [Switch] Luigi's Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 31/10/19) - 23872 copies (total - 258);
  4. [PS4] Shenmue III (Deep Silver, 21/11/19) - 17857 copies (new);
  5. [PS4] Death Stranding (including limited editions) (SIE, 08/11/19) - 12520 copies (total - 235);
  6. [PS4] Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (including Deluxe edition) (Electronic Arts, 15/11/19) - 10321 copies (total - 37082);
  7. [Switch] Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Sega, 01/11/19) - 8826 copies (total - 51582);
  8. [Switch] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 05/10/18) - 8576 copies (total - 1);
  9. [Switch] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (including bundles) (Microsoft, 21/06/18) - 8512 copies (total - 1);
  10. [Switch] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/17) - 7360 copies (2 total).



Source: 3dnews.ru

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