Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Tops the Japanese Charts - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 20 June 2024 / 2,992 Views

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (NS) has debuted in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 31,888 units, according to Famitsu for the week ending June 16, 2024.

The PlayStation 5 version of Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance debuted in second place with sales of 18,610, while the PlayStation 4 version debuted in seventh place with sales of 6,367 units.

Monster Hunter Stories (NS) debuted in fourth place with sales of 10,216 units. Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley (NS) debuted in 10th place with sales of 3,430 units.

Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (NS) dropped two spots to third place with sales of 10,663 and Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS) is in fifth place with sales of 7,841 units. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) is in sixth place with sales of 6,534 units.

Minecraft (NS) is in eighth place with sales of 4,872 units and Super Smash Bros. Utimate (NS) is in ninth place with sales of 3,655 units.

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform with 38,515 units sold. The PlayStation 5 sold 22,882 units, the Xbox Series X|S sold 1,372 units, and the PlayStation 4 sold 179 units.

Here are the best-selling games in Japan:

[NSW] Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (ATLUS, 06/14/24) – 31,888 (New)
[PS5] Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (ATLUS, 06/14/24) – 18,610 (New)
[NSW] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo, 05/23/24) – 10,663 (179,496)
[NSW] Monster Hunter Stories (Capcom, 06/14/24) – 10,216 (New)
[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,841 (7,800,710)
[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 6,534 (5,870,560)
[PS4] Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (ATLUS, 06/14/24) – 6,367 (New)
[NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 4,872 (3,544,346)
[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,655 (5,525,609)
[NSW] Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley (Kakehashi Games, 06/14/24) – 3,430 (New)

Here is the hardware breakdown (followed by lifetime sales):

Switch OLED Model – 25,639 (7,398,161)
PlayStation 5 – 19,336 (4,912,097)
Switch Lite – 8,556 (5,885,101)
Switch – 4,320 (19,809,317)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,546 (793,922)
Xbox Series X – 921 (283,089)
Xbox Series S – 451 (314,806)
PlayStation 4 – 179 (7,926,750)

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

2 Comments

Salnax (on 21 June 2024)

Surprised that SMT5V sales are so low, considering how the game's done so well worldwide and the original had 143k FW in Japan.

Even as a revision, 56k between 3 platforms isn't very impressive. SMT4 Final's FW was 96k, SMT3 HD was 101k, and even Strange Journey Redux was 57k despite being a remake for 3DS in late 2017.