Japan:  NEO: The World Ends With You is No.1 this week and Switch family sells 62,865 units

The latest Japanese hardware and software charts have arrived and it has been a week with some fairly big new releases for Switch gamers. The long time coming NEO: The World Ends with You entered the Japanese software charts at No.1 on the Nintendo Switch shifting 18K copies. The Playstation 4 version sold 9K which in all is fairly disappointing sales for Square Enix. The next big new entry was the well-received The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles which entered at No.3 on the Switch, shifting 14K copies. On the hardware side it was the Nintendo Switch family of systems which sold the most, selling a combined 62,865 units. Gematsu reports that the latest consoles from PlayStation and Xbox are still facing supply issues.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] NEO: The World Ends With You (Square Enix, 07/27/21) – 18,799 (New)
2. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Nintendo, 07/16/21) – 18,620 (220,351)
3. [NSW] The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (Capcom, 07/29/21) – 14,460 (New)
4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 13,914 (2,087,501)
5. [NSW] Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi(Neos, 07/15/21) – 12,342 (142,476)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,225 (3,944,450)
7. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 11,678 (2,721,949)
8. [NSW] Game Builder Garage (Nintendo, 06/11/21) – 9,839 (191,175)
9. [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Capcom, 07/09/21) – 9,524 (195,328)
10. [PS4] NEO: The World Ends With You (Square Enix, 07/27/21) – 9,248 (New)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 51,896 (16,709,337)
2. PlayStation 5 – 18,020 (785,746)
3. Switch Lite – 10,969 (3,982,981)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,621 (154,457)
5. PlayStation 4 – 1,209 (7,800,376)
6. Xbox Series S – 1,014 (19,674)
7. Xbox Series X – 788 (49,846)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 358 (1,169,412)

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