
The latest Japanese sales charts are now in thanks to Japanese sales tracker Famitsu and it’s been a very interesting week for video game hardware. The best-selling platform was the Nintendo Switch family of systems, which shifted 145,178 units. Sony’s PlayStation 5 sold 40,459 units and Microsoft’s Xbox Series console sales are 42,891 and 3,684 units. Both of the new systems were supply strained.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 126,729 (472,426)
- [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo, 11/20/20) – 40,667 (213,882)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 36,019 (1,879,811)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 35,389 (6,046,697)
- [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo, 10/30/20) – 21,314 (315,862)
- [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack (Bandai Namco, 11/26/20) – 15,504 (New)
- [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (SIE, 11/13/20) – 14,688 (124,371)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 14,665 (3,289,458)
- [NSW] Fortnite: The Last Laugh Bundle (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 11/17/20) – 14,147 (45,414)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield + Expansion Pass (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 12,370 (55,458)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch – 117,982 (13,484,739)
- PlayStation 5 – 28,202 (164,438)
- Switch Lite – 27,196 (2,879,838)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 12,257 (36,997)
- PlayStation 4 – 3,581 (7,680,381)
- Xbox Series X – 2,584 (21,857)
- Xbox Series S – 1,009 (5,954)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 476 (1,747,501)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 63 (1,575,239)
- New 3DS LL – 44 (5,888,846)
- Xbox One X – 18 (21,015)
- Xbox One S – 14 (93,688)
Where did that 42,891 for the XBOX series X come from?
You don’t need to make excuses for the other systems. The Switch would still be smashing it anyway
Playstation still using the “shortage” excuse for poor sales?
And the Series X has already outsold the One X
Why isn’t the PS5 sales as strong like when the PS4 first came out? Is it a shortage? Or is it that Japanese like compact?
How is it a almost 4 year old console has no sign of decrease in sales even after the new consoles? Sure quality games the Switch has but…….
Now from a business point of view, I see why there is no Switch Pro, the current Switch sales are not slowing. If it is still earning revenue then still sell that. It cost money to facelift a console I’m sure
Another week and still no PS5 software sales top ten yet? Why would 164k people buy a $500 console but not buy the exclusives? I thought it was about raw power and graphics.