The latest Japanese video game software and hardware charts have been released for the week of December 19, 2022 to December 25, 2022. The recently released Pokémon Scarlet & Violet games sold an additional 375,665 boxed copies ahead of Christmas. That’s not all as Mario Kart 8 Deluxe sold an additional 41,887 physical units, pushing the game past five million units sold (5,014,375) in the land of the rising sun. The best-selling hardware was once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems, although more stock arrived for Sony’s PlayStation 5 console, which sold an additional 69K units.
Software sales
1. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 375,665 /4,338,931
2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 121,173 / 3,687,814
3. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 44,465 / 887,722
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 41,887 / 5,014,375
5. [NSW] Minecraft – 37,935 / 2,960,006
6. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope – 25,727 / 71,900
7. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures – 23,097 / 198,403
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 22,148 / 5,065,191
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 22,001 / 1,114,132
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 20,426 / 2,782,933
Hardware sales
OLED switch – 83,975
Switch – 42,430
Switch Lite – 37,151
PS5 – 59,352
PS5 Digital Edition – 9,467
PS4 – 3,161
Xbox Series S – 778
Xbox Series X – 331
New 2DS LL – 238
