Japan: Final Fantasy XVI dethrones Zelda this week

The latest Japanese boxed video game software and hardware sales charts have arrived courtesy of sales tracker, Famitsu, for the week of June 12, 2023 to June 18, 2023. Game no. 1 this week is of course Final Fantasy XVI, which moved 336,027 physical copies to the PlayStation 5. Of course, this knocked the acclaimed The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom into 2nd place this week. The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling hardware this week with an additional 105,990 units, followed by the PlayStation 5 with 85,385 units. Here are the best selling books in the land of the rising sun.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix, 22.06.23) – 336,027 (New)
2. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 25,155 (1,697,225)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 8,066 (5,344,544)
4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21.06.18) – 6,166 (3,171,606)
5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 6,156 (1,107,323)
6. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,901 (5,058,457)
7. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,597 (4,043,435)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,282 (5,219,828)
9. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 4,231 (3,45,063)
10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 3,531 (2,216,142)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 71,415 (3,273,600)
2. Switch OLED model – 66,375 (4,901,166)
3. Switch – 20,941 (19,397,865)
4. Switch Lite – 18,674 (5,367,382)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 13,970 (529,583)
6. Xbox Series S – 8,448 (267,959)
7. PlayStation 4 – 2,427 (7,879,375)
8. Xbox Series X – 279 (201,789)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 33 (1,191,814)

Source / Over it