Japan: Nintendo Switch family sells 236,625 units this week

With Christmas rapidly approaching the rush is now on to buy presents. As Japan is a video game loving country plenty of presents will either be games or consoles. This week the Nintendo Switch family of systems sold an incredible 236,625 units and Pokemon Sword & Shield has sold 231,578 units. Here’s the best selling video game hardware and software according to Famitsu:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 231,578 (2,456,459)
2. [PS4] Project Sakura Wars (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 12/12/19) – 140,376 (New)
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 57,746 (386,257)
4. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 48,449 (367,746)
5. [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Sega, 11/01/19) – 26,677 (103,857)
6. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 25,036 (1,063,127)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 22,376 (2,580,291)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 21,135 (3,383,582)
9. [NSW] Tsuri Spirits Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 20,932 (264,845)
10. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 19,466 (739,734)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 155,516 (10,006,913)
2. Switch Lite – 81,109 (850,765)
3. PlayStation 4 – 7,368 (7,219,731)
4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 3,848 (1,339,850)
5. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 3,549 (1,684,166)
6. Xbox One S – 345 (18,281)
7. Xbox One X – 177 (92,442)
8. New 3DS LL – 145 (5,862,931)
9. PS Vita – 51 (5,862,931)

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