Japan: Latest Famitsu video game software and hardware charts

The latest boxed-video game software and hardware sales data has come through from Japan for the week of 22nd May, 2023 to 28th May, 2023. The No.1 game this week remains the stellar The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which shifted an additional 148,482 physical copies. The No.1 hardware this week is once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems, selling an additional 86,524 units. Here’s the best-selling software and hardware in the land of the rising sun.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 148,482 (1,515,673)
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,373 (5,310,115)
3. [NSW] BUSTAFELLOWS Season 2 (Extend, 05/25/23) – 7,514 (New)
4. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,385 (2,196,076)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,368 (3,146,828)
6. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 5,042 (5,039,337)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,978 (5,200,365)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,804 (4,024,155)
9. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 4,492 (436,641)
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,389 (1,084,836)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 69,829 (4,643,870)
2. PlayStation 5 – 32,894 (3,086,043)
3. Switch – 9,692 (19,331,668)
4. Switch Lite – 7,003 (5,310,715)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,198 (501,619)
6. PlayStation 4 – 966 (7,871,670)
7. Xbox Series S – 126 (252,562)
8. Xbox Series X – 115 (186,037)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 26 (1,191,655)

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