Japan: Famitsu’s latest video game software and hardware rankings

The latest boxed video game software and hardware sales data is in from Japan for the week of May 22, 2023 to May 28, 2023. This week’s #1 game remains stellar The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which overtook an additional 148,482 physical copies. The #1 hardware this week is once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems, with an additional 86,524 units sold. This is the best selling software and hardware in the land of the rising sun.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 148,482 (1,515,673)
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 8,373 (5,310,115)
3. [NSW] BUSTAFELLOWS Season 2 (Extension, 5/25/23) – 7514 (New)
4. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,385 (2,196,076)
5. [NSW] Minecraftt (Microsoft, 21.06.18) – 5,368 (3,146,828)
6. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 5,042 (5,039,337)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,978 (5,200,365)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,804 (4,024,155)
9. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 4,492 (436,641)
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 3,389 (1,084,836)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED model – 69,829 (4,643,870)
2. PlayStation 5 – 32,894 (3,086,043)
3. Switching – 9,692 (19,331,668)
4. Switch Lite – 7,003 (5,310,715)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,198 (501,619)
6. PlayStation 4 – 966 (7,871,670)
7. Xbox Series S – 126 (252,562)
8. Xbox Series X – 115 (186,037)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 26 (1,191,655)

Source / Over it