Japan: Nintendo has been on top for 19 consecutive years, Famitsu annual report

Japanese gaming site Famitsu has published the best-selling physical games of 2023, and as you would expect, it is totally dominated by Nintendo Switch games. The best-selling game in The Land of the Rising Sun in 2023 was The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom selling 1,929,603 physical copies and it’s followed up the magnificent Super Mario Bros Wonder, which shifted 1,549,401 copies. Nintendo has ruled the roost for 19 consecutive years basically since 2005. Here’s the best-sellers of 2023:

The software chart for 2023 in Japan (lifetime Japanese sales in brackets):

1. The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (Switch)- 1,929,603
2. Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Switch) – 1,549,401
3. Pikmin 4 – (Switch) 1,119,027
4. Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (Switch) – 907,432 (5,246,363)
5. Momotaro Dentetsu World (Switch) – 795,681
6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – (Switch) 617,223 (5,631,598)
7. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Switch) – 514,581
8. Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Dark Prince (Switch) – 510,477
9. Splatoon 3 (Switch) – 503,312 (4,191,126)
10. Super Mario RPG (Switch) – 447,687

Hardware sales for 2023 in Japan (lifetime Japanese sales in brackets):

1. Switch – 4,062,609 (31,786,656)
2. PS5 – 2,587,468 (4,964,857)
3. Xbox Series X/S – 141,712 (540,107)
4. PS4 – 73,292 (9,491,059)

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