Japan: Nintendo Switch once again comes out on top this week

The latest Japanese physical video game software and hardware charts have come through for the week of 20th March, 2023 to 26th March, 2023. The best-selling software this week was unsurprisingly Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 Remake. The survival horror game sold the most amount of copies on PlayStation 5, as more stock continues to arrive. The best-selling hardware this week was the Nintendo Switch family of systems selling an additional 53,781 units. Here’s the best-selling games and hardware in the land of the rising sun.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS5] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 89,662 (New)
2. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 85,371 (New)
3. [NSW] Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (Koei Tecmo, 03/23/23) – 31,140 (New)
4. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 27,198 (336,143)
5. [PS4] Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (Koei Tecmo, 03/23/23) – 17,240 (New)
6. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 15,044 (4,959,637)
7. [PS5] Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (Koei Tecmo, 03/23/23) – 14,787 (New)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 12,146 (3,958,873)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,781 (5,214,116)
10. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,317 (3,083,009)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 36,604 (4,104,933)
2. PlayStation 5 – 34,154 (2,757,837)
3. Switch – 10,008 (19,242,001)
4. Switch Lite – 7,169 (5,256,921)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,810 (443,519)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,531 (7,862,074)
7. Xbox Series X – 450 (183,385)
8. Xbox Series S – 133 (250,790)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 84 (1,191,077)

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