Japan is clearly up for yet more Persona 5, as action-based sequel Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers has topped the latest software charts. It's off to a pretty good start, moving 162,000 copies or so across both PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, though, it's the PS4 version that's proving to be much more popular, with 116,000 units being tied to Sony's system compared to 46,000 on Switch. Indeed, with the original Persona 5 and enhanced re-release Persona 5 Royal only available on PlayStation platforms, you'd expect this kind of result.
But again, these are decent opening numbers, especially since the aforementioned Persona 5 Royal launched in Japan just a few months back. As for a Western release of Persona 5 Scramble, it's safe to say that it will be heading overseas at some point, but Atlus probably won't be talking about it until after Royal hits store shelves in late March.
[source famitsu.com, via nintendolife.com]
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Maybe this why P5 isn't getting a Switch release anytime soon then.
@AdamNovice because a sequel to a game sold better on the platform where the original is actually available? You can't expect the switch version to do nearly as well as the ps4 one.
@Chocorin1907 Switch still has a bigger install base so you'd think that would play into it.
It looks great, I'll pick up Royal first..
@Chocorin1907 why not? Hasn't the switch outsold ps4 by now?
I loved the demo and really cant wait for it to come over to the UK, my love for Persona 5 is hitting new heights almost bought the dancing game earlier 😄
Especially good since the Switch has 150% of the install base of the PS4 in Japan. So the fact the PS4 version's sales are nearly 3 times larger is even more impressive - it effectively outsold the Switch version by nearly 5 to 1.
@Chocorin1907 That only makes sense if you pretend most people with a Switch don't also have a PS4 or PS3.
I was waiting for the "of course it sold better on PS that's where the fanbase is" comments on a lot of websites that I go to. Was not disappointed 👍
Third party games (beside indie) always sells better on playstation
Not surprising, everyone knows that people buy a Nintendo console for only Nintendo games regardless of quality period, the top best sellers are always only Nintendo games like Pokémon and Mario only a few gamers really buy third party games on Switch but those are the minority
It actually sold more units than all three "new" 3rd party released on Switch combined ("115,881"). On 2 million fewer systems.
I mean still good for 3rd party on a Nintendo system.
This is not surprising. New January data out of UK shows only 16% of Digital sales are on Switch if not including Nintendo 1st party games. It is like this everywhere... why we need a strong PS5 showing this year
Interesting one, obviously PS4 would be better performance while Switch has portability.
My personal experiance, I couldn't get into on Switch.
@Agramonte Nintendo has never and will never have a strong showing there. England has always belonged to Xbox or Sega or Sony...
@Link41x Nintendo has zero problems selling games there. It is actually one of the top publisher.
Again, it all goes south when you take 1st party Nintendo games off the sales numbers.
Same thing as the US. The entire top 10 in January on Switch were all Nintendo games, except 1... and that was garbage Just Dance.
@Chocorin1907 My thoughts exactly. Since I never played P5, I am waiting for P5R before buying this one, and without a PS4 I wouldn't even consider playing P5S
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