Japan: Mega Man debuts at No. 1 and it’s a close battle between Switch and PS5 this week

The latest Japan boxed video game software and hardware charts have been released for the week of April 10, 2023 to April 16, 2023. There’s a new #1 this week, and it’s the latest blue bomber compilation Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection which sold 52 thousands of physical copies. It was a tight battle for #1 hardware this week with the Nintendo Switch family selling 48,794 units and the PlayStation 5 moving 47,040. Here are this week’s top sellers in the land of the rising sun.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 04/14/23) – 52,375 (New)
2. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 11,372 (384,987)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 9,499 (4,991,374)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 9,071 (5,243,555)
5. [PS4] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 4/14/23) – 7871 (New)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,307 (3,106,167)
7. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 24.3.23) – 7,189 (120,636)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 7,147 (3,985,494)
9. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 5,564 (1,056,390)
10. [NSW] Dokapon Kingdom: Connect (Compile Heart, 4/13/23) – 5411 (New)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 39,799 (2,866,126)
2. Switch OLED model – 33,351 (4,214,700)
3. Switching – 8,681 (19,270,032)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 7,241 (463,152)
5. Switch Lite – 6,762 (5,276,970)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,356 (7,866,181)
7. Xbox Series S – 149 (251,426)
8. Xbox Series X – 147 (184,583)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 114 (1,191,284)

Source / Over it