Japan: Mario Golf: Super Rush claims No.1 spot and Switch family sells 72K this week

It’s time to check out the best-selling video game hardware and software in Japan this week courtesy of sales tracker, Famitsu. The best-seller this week was the newly released Mario Golf: Super Rush which easily claimed the No.1 spot shifting 80,430 copies. The best-selling hardware was once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems which shifted a solid 72,951 units. Here’s the best-sellers for the week of 21st June, 2021 to 27th June, 2021:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Mario Golf: Super Rush (Nintendo, 06/25/21) – 80,430 (New)
2. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo, 06/24/21) – 55,675 (New)
3. [NSW] Samurai Warriors 5 (Koei Tecmo, 06/24/21) – 38,691 (New)
4. [NSW] Game Builder Garage (Nintendo, 06/11/21) – 23,280 (126,008)
5. [PS4] Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco, 06/24/21) – 20,160 (New)
6. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 13,756 (2,654,669)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 11,888 (2,019,432)
8. [PS4] The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails (Falcom, 06/24/21) – 11,230 (New)
9. [PS5] Scarlet Nexus (Bandai Namco, 06/24/21) – 11,008 (New)
10. [NSW] The Caligula Effect 2 (FuRyu, 06/24/21) – 10,243 (New)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 58,864 (16,424,721)
2. Switch Lite – 14,087 (3,917,110)
3. PlayStation 5 – 20,031 (718,451)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,407 (140,132)
5. Xbox Series X – 2,672 (41,998)
6. PlayStation 4 – 2,548 (7,795,350)
7. Xbox Series S – 1,441 (14,626)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 519 (1,166,619)

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