Japan: Splatoon 3 still at #1

It’s that time of the week again where its time to find out how video gaming hardware and physical gaming software did in Japan. Famitsu has decided to release the latest boxed video game and hardware charts. This time, it’s for for the week of October 10th to 16th. As usual, both of these sales charts are followed by lifetime sales.

This week was another good one for Splatoon 3. Once again, the game managed to chart at the #1 spot. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe also managed to appear on the charts, at #4. Both software and hardware sales charts can be seen down below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 97,071 (3,118,118)
2. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (Square Enix, 09/15/22) – 11,1145 (199,927)
3. [NSW] NieR: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition (Square Enix, 10/06/22) – 9,672 (39,890)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,337 (4,873,017)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,941 (2,821,843)
6. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 5,685 (52,358)
7. [NSW] Dragon Ball: The Breakers (Bandai Namco, 10/13/22) – 5,312 (New)
8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 4,609 (754,799)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,856 (4,992,703)
10. [PS4] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (Square Enix, 09/15/22) – 3,697 (70,841)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 24,229 (2,786,690)
2. PlayStation 5 – 18,691 (1,723,499)
3. Switch – 17,610 (18,781,043)
4. Xbox Series S – 3,082 (203,243)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,606 (275,623)
6. Switch Lite – 1,490 (4,901,174)
7. Xbox Series X – 469 (164,596)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 113 (1,188,975)
9. PlayStation 4 – 11 (7,819,919)

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