According to the most recent data from Circana, the Spirit of the Goat Mountain was placed in fourth place in the United States in September only for three days. Interestingly, the Monochrome of Sony’s first party, which was boycotted by some before the sale, does not appear to have affected sales at this time. Marc Piscatla, an analyst in the Circana, wrote on Bluesky: “The Spirit of the Goats Mountain, the first week on the market, was largely the same sales in the United States as The Spirit of the Horse Island, with excellent performance. It should be noted that The Spirit of the Isle of Man was launched in July 2020, when PS4 capacity was much higher than the current PS5 level. Any expression of `concern’ about the market performance of this work is questionable.”
After the sale of The Spirit of Goats and Goats, NBA 2K26 and EA Sports FC 26, which are all multi-platform bestsellers, the success of the Samurai Revenge Games, which are still exclusive to PS5, has been highlighted. Its income performance was sufficient to make it the 18th highest annual bestseller, and it became the second-largest game for PlayStation during the statistical period, second only to NBA 2K26, but two weeks ahead of the early sale of The Land of No Homes. The controversy before the sale of The Spirit of the Goat Mountain, which had been largely dominated by the female lead “D” since its publication, continued to be boycotted by the Internet. The actor Erika Ishii, who played the role, was attacked by LGBTQ+ and by the “reduced police funds” speech he made in the case of George Freud in 2020.
In particular, the wave of resistance escalated after a controversial joke about Charlie Kirk was issued by a developer of the Spirit of the Goat Shoe Mountain studio, even after the employee was dismissed. However, in practical terms, the resistance does not appear to have had a substantial impact on the trajectories of the game. In addition, other interesting details are hidden in the September sales data. While the land of orphanhood 4 has achieved impressive results, it has an important background. It is not only the best-selling game in the U.S. of the month, but it is the third highest ever on the annual sales list, with initial sales 30 per cent higher than Orphaned Land 3. However, consideration needs to be given to the start-up of Landlessness 3 at $60 (which would have been $70), the non-launching of the $130 super-luxe version and the non-access to Steam platform (where Landlessness 4 is a significant percentage of sales on Steam). 2K games have not yet published official sales data. The former No Owner Land 3 sold over 22 million copies, while No Owner Land 2 sold 30 million copies. It has been observed that, while the initial issue of the PC version has had some impact on the return of quality to the land of orphanhood, its final sales will probably be in between.
Data also show that PS5 has exceeded the total sales of the entire PS3 life cycle in less than five years. It still has two years to go beyond PS4 records in global markets. It is widely recognized in industry that PS2 hegemony will remain and that Switch in Nintendo will be difficult to reach. The highlight of this month’s most visible sales is the Final Fantasy Strategic Edition: The Battle of Ivalis. This is only $50 for the ninth place on the platform and second place on the Switch platform. SE has suggested that at least more strategic RPGs will be introduced if performance continues well or development continues.