Japan: Nintendo Switch family sells 72K this week and top ten are Switch games

The latest video game software and hardware charts have come through via Japanese sales tracker Famitsu and Nintendo is clearly the undisputed champion in the land of the rising sun. The Switch family of consoles sold a decent 72,610 units and the entire top ten software charts is dominated by video games for the Nintendo Switch platform. It seems as though more stock came through for Sony’s lucrative PlayStation 5 console, as the company sold 37,851 units this week. Here’s this week’s best-sellers:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 41,734 (518,121)
2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 25,287 (2,031,842)
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 18,802 (2,452,076)
4. [NSW] A-Train All Aboard! Tourism (Artdink, 03/12/21) – 16,179 (New)
5. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous, 02/25/21) – 12,917 (248,990)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,231 (3,726,462)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 10,947 (4,198,272)
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 10,055 (6,690,200)
9. [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix, 02/26/21) – 9,720 (122,622)
10. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,690 (1,852,323)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 38,951 (15,315,653)
2. Switch Lite – 33,659 (3,413,094)
3. PlayStation 5 – 31,878 (407,223)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,973 (76,036)
5. PlayStation 4 – 2,908 (7,770,323)
6. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 872 (1,158,377)
7. Xbox Series X – 650 (29,076)
8. Xbox Series S – 68 (7,725)
9. PlayStation 4 Pro – 13 (1,575,689)

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