The latest Japanese boxed-video game software and hardware charts are here for the week of 14th August, 2023 to 20th August, 2023. Nintendo’s very own Pikmin 4 continues to perform extremely well in the land of the rising sun and has become the best-selling game in the entire Pikmin franchise, selling 721,281 boxed-copies. The best-selling system this week in the land of the rising sun is the Nintendo Switch family of consoles shifted an additional 77,780 units, which is far above Sony’s PlayStation 5 which sold an additional 37,411 units.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 54,904 (721,281)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 16,859 (5,443,641)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 12,861 (1,833,086)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,994 (3,235,955)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 7,996 (5,100,967)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 7,586 (4,093,171)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 7,368 (1,158,904)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,313 (5,265,833)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 5,909 (1,285,614)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,699 (7,517,866)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 61,041 (5,373,686)
- PlayStation 5 – 34,254 (3,623,139)
- Switch – 9,147 (19,505,371)
- Switch Lite – 7,592 (5,457,186)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,157 (562,058)
- Xbox Series X – 1,097 (212,422)
- PlayStation 4 – 611 (7,893,893)
- Xbox Series S – 230 (259,889)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 97 (1,192,150)
So what’s the excuse to not immediately get started working on Pikmin 5?
NPD sales charts also came out and it was #6 on the list for July without Physical Sales in the US
Yup! https://mynintendonews.com/2023/08/21/us-charts-nintendo-switch-no-2-console-for-july-2023-remnant-no-1-game/
It always puzzles me why people love Animal Crossing this much!