Japan: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is #1 this week

It’s that time of the week again when it’s time to find out how video game hardware and physical gaming software fared in Japan. Famitsu has decided to release the latest video game and boxed hardware rankings. This time, it’s for the week of April 15-21. As usual, both of these sales charts track lifetime sales.

This week, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe managed to reach the #1 spot. However, that’s not the only thing Nintendo can boast about. Of the 10 games listed on the software sales chart, 8 of them are Switch games. Meanwhile, the OLED model of Nintendo’s hybrid console was #1 on the hardware sales chart. Software and hardware sales charts can be seen below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 11,585 (5,804,495)
2. [NSW] Princess Peach: It’s time! (Nintendo, 3/22/24) – 8,012 (143,180)
3. [NSW] The miracle of Super Mario Bros (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 7,470 (1,829,996)
4. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 3/20/20) – 7,078 (7,747,713)
5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 6,131 (1,320,273)
6. [PS5] Rise of Ronin (SIE, 22.3.24) – 5,651 (109,501)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21.06.18) – 5,523 (3,502,392)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 5,477 (4,282,105)
9. [PS5] ARK: Survival Ascended (Spike Chunsoft, 4/18/24) – 4,127 (New)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,791 (5,489,590)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. OLED switch model – 50 602 (7 123 104)
2. PlayStation 5 – 16,149 (4,765,875)
3. Switch Lite – 7,531 (5,817,598)
4. Switch – 6,148 (19,775,191)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,148 (760,902)
6. Xbox Series X – 2,149 (268,139)
7. Xbox Series S – 640 (308,499)
8. PlayStation 4 – 92 (7,925,579)

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