Catherine: Full Body for Nintendo Switch Debuts with 6.9k Copies Sold in Japan

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Catherine: Full Body for Nintendo Switch was released in Japan last week on July 2nd, and sales tracker Famitsu reports that 6,917 copies of the action puzzle game port were sold during its first week in stores.

The Famitsu estimated sales data for the Nintendo Switch port of Catherine‘s remake in Japan are of sales ranging from June 29 to July 5, 2020.

Debuting at 6,917 copies sold (excluding digital sales), the Nintendo Switch port of Catherine: Full Body sold 11.2% of the total first week sales for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita releases on February 14, 2019. It debuted with around 1,000 fewer copies sold than the PS Vita release last year.

Catherine Series Sales Comparison

Below is a comparison of the opening sales (followed by lifetime sales) of the different Catherine game releases in Japan, separated by platform. All sales data is from the Famitsu sales tracker.

  1. [PS3] Catherine {2011-02-17} — 136,531 / 210,543
  2. [PS4] Catherine: Full Body {2019-02-14} — 53,606 / 69,804
  3. [360] Catherine {2011-02-17} — 17,768 / 26,222
  4. [PSV] Catherine: Full Body {2019-02-14} — 7,980 / 7,980
  5. [NSW] Catherine: Full Body for Nintendo Switch {2020-07-02} — 6,917 / NEW
  6. [PS3] Catherine [Best Selection] {2012-12-20} — 5,281 / 5,281

Sales results for the July 7th Western release of Catherine: Full Body for Nintendo Switch have not been announced yet. The original Full Body ranked 19th in the overall September 2019 NPD sales results, and 9th just for the PS4 games in the same month.

The PC port of the original 2011 game from January 2019, Catherine Classic, was never officially released in Japan. However, according to Steam Spy, the Steam version of the game sold at least 200k copies, with an estimated range of 200k to 500k copies sold.

This Week’s Software Sales (Famitsu)

The top selling games in Japan from June 29 to July 5, 2020 (followed by lifetime sales) via Famitsu.

  1. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) {2020-03-20} – 53,506 / 5,058,226
  2. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) {2020-06-05} – 23,591 / 195,211
  3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019-10-18} – 19,285 / 1,092,799
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017-04-28} – 10,037 / 3,015,080
  5. [PS4] The Last of Us Part II (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020-06-19} – 9,279 / 213,968
  6. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) {2017-07-21} – 8,114 / 3,478,749
  7. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (Pokemon Co.) {2019-11-15} – 8,111 / 3,647,104
  8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) {2018-12-07} – 7,111 / 3,744,880
  9. [NSW] Catherine: Full Body (Atlus) {2020-07-02} – 6,917 / NEW
  10. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018-06-21} – 6,104 / 1,432,705

Catherine: Full Body was released for both the PS4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan, on February 14, 2019. The game was then released in South Korea and Asia on April 25, 2019 for the PS4, and the Americas and Europe on September 4, 2019 for the PS4. A Nintendo Switch port was released in Japan, South Korea, and Asia on July 2, 2020, with the Western release on July 7, 2020.

— Famitsu