Japan: Rune Factory 5 is No.1 this week, Miitopia No.2, and Switch family sells 99K

This week’s Japanese software and hardware sales have come through thanks to Famitsu. Nintendo continues its domination in Japan with the Switch family once again the best-selling systems selling 99,118 units between Nintendo Switch and Switch Lite platforms. This week’s No.1 is the latest entry in the Rune Factory franchise from Marvelous titled, Rune Factory 5. Here’s the best-sellers in Japan for the period of 17th May 2023 to 23rd May 2023:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Rune Factory 5 (Marvelous, 05/20/21) – 102,853 (New)
2. [NSW] Miitopia (Nintendo, 05/21/21) – 72,725 (New)
3. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 03/26/21) – 26,253 (2,201,869)
4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 18,623 (2,586,777)
5. [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom, 05/08/21) – 16,332 (162,548)
6. [NSW] Angelique Luminarise (Koei Tecmo, 05/20/21) – 12,844 (New)
7. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 11,401 (2,191,728)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 10,361 (1,960,244)
9. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 10,207 (749,349)
10. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (The Pokemon Company, 04/30/21) – 9,767 (221,745)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 65,889 (16,119,330)
2. Switch Lite – 33,229 (3,827,800)
3. PlayStation 5 – 12,232 (618,999)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,032 (123,727)
5. PlayStation 4 – 1,298 (7,785,663)
6. Xbox Series S – 637 (11,690)
7. Xbox Series X – 539 (33,266)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 376 (1,164,458)

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