Japan: Hogwarts Legacy remains in first place, with the PS5 system in first place

The latest physical video game software and hardware rankings have arrived from the land of the rising sun for the week of February 13, 2023 to February 19, 2023. The #1 game this week remains Hogwarts Legacy which sold an additional 36,958 copies and the #1 hardware was once again Sony’s PlayStation 5 system which sold an additional 88,833 units. The Nintendo Switch family of systems was in second place with an additional 48,896 units sold. This is the best-selling physical game in Japan:

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 36,958 (104,154)
2. [PS5] WILD HEARTS (Electronic Arts, 17.02.23) – 26,905 (New)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 23,593 (4,860,103)
4. [NSW] Tales of Symphonia Remastered (Bandai Namco, 02/16/23) – 21,860 (New)
5. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 12,958 (3,889,142)
6. [NSW] Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line (Square Enix, 16.02.23) – 11,565 (New)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 9,227 (5,163,206)
8. [PS4] Tales of Symphonia Remastered (Bandai Namco, 2/16/23) – 7503 (New)
9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,573 (3,046,881)
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 5,773 (1,007,103)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 75,518 (2,500,333)
2. Switch OLED model – 29,457 (3,911,062)
3. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 13,315 (386,638)
4. Switch – 10,729 (19,186,280)
5. Switch Lite – 8,710 (5,214,465)
6. Xbox Series X – 4,015 (178,406)
7. Xbox Series S – 2,585 (250,169)
8. PlayStation 4 – 1,581 (7,854,525)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 79 (1,190,620)

Source / Over it