Japan: 9 out of top ten games this week are on Switch and Nintendo Switch family sells 84K

It’s Thursday so it is time to discover which games are resonating the most with Japanese gamers, thanks to Famitsu. The best-selling game in Japan is currently Mario Golf: Super Rush for the Nintendo Switch. As you can see from the top ten, nine of the games are on the Switch. Looking at console sales, the Nintendo Switch family remains the best-selling systems in Japan shifting a total of 84,494 units this week. Here’s the best-sellers for 28th June, 2024 to 4th July, 2024 in Japan:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Mario Golf: Super Rush (Nintendo, 06/25/21) – 31,685 (112,115)
2. [NSW] Game Builder Garage (Nintendo, 06/11/21) – 17,640 (143,648)
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 14,422 (2,669,091)
4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 13,211 (2,032,643)
5. [NSW] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo, 06/24/21) – 11,555 (50,246)
6. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo, 06/24/21) – 10,292 (65,967)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,211 (3,898,694)
8. [NSW] Miitopia (Nintendo, 05/21/21) – 9,593 (179,233)
9. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 9,458 (2,251,898)
10. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 7,954 (798,431)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 70,401 (16,495,122)
2. Switch Lite – 14,093 (3,931,203)
3. PlayStation 5 – 13,655 (732,106)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,699 (142,831)
5. Xbox Series X – 2,716 (44,714)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,159 (7,796,509)
7. Xbox Series S – 754 (15,380)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 732 (1,167,351)

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