The latest Japanese video game hardware and physical software sales charts are through thanks to the team at Famitsu. The Nintendo Switch 2 has had a fantastic week in the run up to Christmas selling 221,033 units making it by far the best-selling system this week. The best-selling video game was Mario Kart World which shifted an additional 15,729 copies. Here’s the best-selling hardware and software in The Land of the Rising Sun.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [SW2] Mario Kart World (Nintendo, 06/05/25) – 115,729 (2,573,736)
- [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Z-A (The Pokemon Company, 10/16/25) – 72,820 (1,470,354)
- [SW2] Pokemon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (The Pokemon Company, 10/16/25) – 54,096 (957,286)
- [SW2] Kirby Air Riders (Nintendo, 11/20/25) – 49,220 (377,044)
- [SW2] Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru – Higashi Nihon Hen + Nishi Nihon Hen – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Konami, 11/13/25) – 26,323 (158,381)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu 2: Anata no Machi mo Kitto Aru – Higashi Nihon Hen + Nishi Nihon Hen (Konami, 11/13/25) – 22,898 (199,905)
- [SW2] Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo, 07/17/25) – 16,165 (419,948)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 16,038 (4,094,207)
- [SW2] Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV(Nintendo, 07/24/25) – 14,268 (111,628)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 13,352 (8,297,279)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch 2 – 221,033 (3,583,810)
- Switch OLED Model – 18,864 (9,383,918)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 13,231 (1,103,941)
- Switch Lite – 12,641 (6,792,689)
- Switch – 6,679 (20,206,761)
- PlayStation 5 – 4,149 (5,865,430)
- PlayStation 5 Pro – 1,927 (309,607)
- Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 97 (24,502)
- Xbox Series S – 50 (340,290)
- Xbox Series X – 37 (323,838)
- PlayStation 4 – 12 (7,930,136)
It’s insane to think that Switch 2 in a few months is over halfway to meeting and passing the lifetime sales of the PlayStation 5 in Japan.
No wonder why Sony wants to put out their handheld ASAP.
I just hope people don’t forget how terrible Sony handled the Vita, and how quickly they killed it and left all the Vita owners hung out to dry.
The Vita wasn’t bad, it metely had less games. same problem as with the Wii U.
You can mod the Vita.
No it wasn’t. I love my Vita, and I for one believed and still believe that if Sony had actually supported the console, it wouldve dethrone the 3DS.
The 3DS was struggling hard in its first years, and the Vita could’ve actually derailed it. But unlike Nintendo who threw it’s full support behind the 3ds, Sony withdrew it’s full support and blamed the consumer for it. They literally said they would only support THEIR handheld if the install base grew. Consumers said they wouldn’t buy it until Sony supported it with games, so Sony gave everyone the middle finger. From it’s early adopters, to even the 3rd party developers that cancelled games because the support wasn’t there.
Nintendo supported the Wii U until its end. They are nothing alike.
Congrats Nintendo!
Merry Christmas Sickr. c:
Thanks! Hope you had a good one 😊