The latest video games and hardware charts are now in from the team at the Japanese sales tracker, Famitsu. The best selling software this week is Bethesda’s first person shooter Rage 2 which topped the charts with 12k units sold. The best selling hardware is the Nintendo Switch which continues to be in the lead shifting 33k units. Here’s the best selling software and hardware in Japan:
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS4] Rage 2 (Bethesda Softworks, 06/06/19) – 12,146 (New)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 8,691 (3,111,939)
- [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,235 (807,485)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,105 (2,326,158)
- [PS4] Everybody’s Golf VR (SIE, 06/07/19) – 6,367 (New)
- [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee!(Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 6,139 (1,547,445)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 5,477 (3,084,060)
- [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 4,524 (630,294)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild(Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,334 (1,332,569)
- [PS4] PlayStation VR Worlds (SIE, 10/13/16) – 3,988 (76,367)
- Switch – 33,590 (8,250,863)
- PlayStation 4 – 20,509 (6,954,693)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 9,599 (1,181,356)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 2,240 (1,627,727)
- New 3DS LL – 492 (5,879,462)
- PS Vita – 157 (586,680)
- Xbox One X – 70 (15,497)
- Xbox One S – 67 (90,414)
The Japanese charts have been very low on unit sales for a few weeks now. Needs something big like Mario Maker or Yokai watch to reinvigorate it
Agree
People in Japan do not care about Xbox.
Never cared, never will.