The latest Japanese boxed video game software and hardware charts have come through via sales tracker Famitsu. The best-selling game for the period of 21st March, 2022 to 27h March is Kirby and the Forgotten Land which shifted an impressive 380,060 units during its first week on sale. These sales are retail sales as digital downloads have not been disclosed by Nintendo. The best-selling hardware this week is the Nintendo Switch family of systems selling 83,800 units and it also seems PlayStation 5 stock came through too. Here’s the best-selling software and hardware in the land of the rising sun.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 380,060 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 18,931 (4,518,473)
- [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 17,941 (2,195,400)
- [PS4] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 13,918 (307,546)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 13,305 (2,574,724)
- [PS5] Ghostwire: Tokyo (Bethesda Softworks, 03/25/22) – 10,144 (New)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 8,982 (4,822,623)
- [PS4] Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (Square Enix, 03/18/22) – 7,720 (36,664)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 7,710 (920,035)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,731 (1,987,301)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 49,037 (1,490,352)
- PlayStation 5 – 32,364 (1,271,750)
- Switch – 21,784 (18,138,373)
- Switch Lite – 12,979 (4,648,386)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,110 (225,767)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 280 (1,184,344)
- Xbox Series X – 246 (89,231)
- Xbox Series S – 144 (75,059)
- PlayStation 4 – 13 (7,819,392)