Japan: Splatoon 3 continues its reign at the top shifting an extra 301K units

The latest Japanese boxed video game software sales and hardware charts for the week of 19th September, 2022 to 25th September, 2022 have come through via sales tracker Famitsu. The best-selling game was Splatoon 3, which shifted an additional 301,845 physical copies with the Nintendo Switch family of systems selling an extra 86,572 units, Bandai Namco’s newly released Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival entered the software charts at No.2 selling 31,085 units. Here’s the best-selling games in the land of the rising sun.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 301,845 (2,743,135)
2. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 31,085 (New)
3. [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 10,263 (81,479)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,617 (4,847,032)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,829 (2,801,507)
6. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (Square Enix, 09/15/22) – 8,554 (152,390)
7. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 8,538 (740,713)
8. [NSW] The DioField Chronicle (Square Enix, 09/22/22) – 6,415 (New)
9. [PS4] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (Square Enix, 09/15/22) – 5,642 (53,742)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,079 (4,981,611)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 55,646 (2,678,496)
2. Switch – 26,944 (18,719,387)
3. PlayStation 5 – 26,380 (1,684,810)
4. Xbox Series S – 11,635 (190,092)
5. Switch Lite – 3,982 (4,895,210)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,142 (270,393)
7. Xbox Series X – 544 (160,335)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 41 (1,188,750)
9. PlayStation 4 – 10 (7,819,882)

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