Japan: Hogwarts Legacy arrives at #1 and PS5 at #1 hardware this week

The latest video game software and hardware rankings have arrived from the team at Famitsu for the week of February 6, 2023 through February 12, 2023. This week there is a new no. 1, and that’s none other than the well-received Hogwarts Legacy from Avalanche Software and Warner Bros Games. The #1 video game system this week was Sony’s PlayStation 5 console which sold 93,574 units, followed by the Nintendo Switch family of systems which sold an additional 55,025 units and finally the Xbox Series X|S which sold 3,935 units. These are the best selling physical video games and hardware in the land of the rising sun.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 67,196 (New)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 29,019 (4,836,510)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 13,343 (3,876,184)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 11,807 (5,153,979)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,566 (3,040,308)
6. [NSW] Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo, 1/20/23) – 7,267 (193,187)
7. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 7,127 (1,001,330)
8. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 5,155 (1,175,091)
9. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 04/03/22) – 5,065 (280,995)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,025 (5,121,897)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 81,798 (2,424,815)
2. Switch OLED model – 32,464 (3,881,605)
3. Switch – 12,513 (19,175,551)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 11,776 (373,503)
5. Switch Lite – 10,048 (5,205,755)
6. Xbox Series S – 3,429 (247,584)
7. PlayStation 4 – 1,115 (7,852,944)
8. Xbox Series X – 506 (174,391)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 91 (1,190,541)

Source / Over it