The latest video game software and hardware charts have come through from Japan and there’s no change at the top for Monster Hunter Wilds, which has naturally proven to be a popular title in the Land of the Rising Sun. The best-selling hardware this week is the Nintendo Switch family of systems selling 27,898 units, compared to the PlayStation 5 family, which sold slightly less at 27,863 units. Here’s the best-sellers:
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS5] Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom, 02/28/25) – 40,632 (742,869)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo, 10/17/24) – 8,772 (1,228,548)
- [NSW] Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars (Konami, 03/06/25) – 7,330 (46,214)
- [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Nintendo, 01/16/25) – 6,938 (232,050)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,851 (3,832,963)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 5,590 (6,283,003)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,351 (5,538,030)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,794 (8,089,216)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,048 (5,732,749)
- [NSW] Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Myth – Fullland of Water and Light (Bushiroad Games, 03/13/25) – 2,524 (2,524) (New)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- PlayStation 5 – 19,262 (5,606,750)
- Switch OLED Model – 17,439 (8,870,246)
- Switch Lite – 6,741 (6,489,348)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,352 (957,872)
- PlayStation 5 Pro – 4,249 (182,218)
- Switch – 3,718 (20,074,728)
- Xbox Series S – 236 (333,333)
- Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 58 (19,992)
- Xbox Series X – 39 (319,601)
- PlayStation 4 – 19 (7,929,336)
CMIIW, but even the mighty brand new Monhun can only boost the PS5 sales past the Switch for only two weeks? Hmm. If next week number for PS5 is even worse than this week then that prove it’s not a stock problem. That simultaneous release on Steam must do some damage too unlike that time with MHWorld in 2018. This game is quite literally the only chance for Sony to fight the Nintendo domination in Japan lol.
Someone’s salty they can’t play MHWi on their switch lol
I play it on steam though? Just stating some facts about how times have changed since the release of World in 2018 where the PS4 was competitive unlike the current PS5 lol
PS5 sales are actually ahead of 4s in terms of where they were in life cycles.
In Japan it’s not. My original comment at the top explicitly said in japan (where Nintendo dominates by far). In US, yes the PS5 is slightly tracking above the PS4.
What’s a “CMIIW”? 🤔
“Correct me if I’m wrong” bro… man I’m old lol