The latest Japanese boxed software and hardware charts have come through for the period of 14th February, 2022 to 20th February, 2022 .The latest Pokemon game, Pokemon Legends: Arceus, has been dethroned from the No.1 spot by Koei Tecmo and DMM Games, Touken Ranbu Warriors. The latest game from PlayStation Studios, Horizon Forbidden West, occupies the No.3 (PS4) and No.4 (PS5) spot. The best-selling gaming platform was the Nintendo Switch family of systems which sold an additional 96,929 units.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Touken Ranbu Warriors (DMM Games, 02/17/22) – 113,159 (New)
- [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 84,925 (2,008,795)
- [PS4] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 48,476 (New)
- [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 43,012 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,406 (4,443,032)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 10,651 (876,158)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,268 (4,773,647)
- [PS4] The King of Fighters XV (SIE, 02/17/22) – 9,062 (New)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,503 (2,523,455)
- [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 6,876 (2,509,802)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 59,161 (1,245,652)
- Switch – 23,862 (18,016,050)
- PlayStation 5 – 23,249 (1,172,683)
- Switch Lite – 13,906 (4,580,652)
- Xbox Series S – 2,863 (68,449)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,195 (213,395)
- Xbox Series X – 1,936 (84,329)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 364 (1,182,294)
- PlayStation 4 – 11 (7,819,325)
Man, that digital edition PS5 is flopping hard. And here I though Japan was leaning more towards digital than physical.
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