Japan: Mega Man debuts at No.1 and it’s a close battle between Switch and PS5 this week

The latest Japanese boxed-video game software and hardware charts have come through for the week of 10th April, 2023 to 16th April, 2023. There’s a new No.1 this week and it is the blue bomber’s latest compilation the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection which sold 52K physical copies. It was a hard-fought battle for the No.1 hardware this week with the Nintendo Switch family of systems selling 48,794 units and the PlayStation 5 shifting 47,040. Here’s the best-sellers this week in the land of the rising sun.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 04/14/23) – 52,375 (New)
2. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 11,372 (384,987)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 9,499 (4,991,374)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,071 (5,243,555)
5. [PS4] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 04/14/23) – 7,871 (New)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,307 (3,106,167)
7. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 7,189 (120,636)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 7,147 (3,985,494)
9. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,564 (1,056,390)
10. [NSW] Dokapon Kingdom: Connect (Compile Heart, 04/13/23) – 5,411 (New)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 39,799 (2,866,126)
2. Switch OLED Model – 33,351 (4,214,700)
3. Switch – 8,681 (19,270,032)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 7,241 (463,152)
5. Switch Lite – 6,762 (5,276,970)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,356 (7,866,181)
7. Xbox Series S – 149 (251,426)
8. Xbox Series X – 147 (184,583)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 114 (1,191,284)

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