Japan: Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD dominates this week

The latest Japanese physical video game software and hardware rankings have arrived from Famitsu, and this week there’s a new #1 in the form of Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD for Nintendo Switch. The game debuted in the box with a very respectable 88,425 copies sold. Speaking of Switch, the Nintendo Switch family sold 46,265 units, the PlayStation 5 sold 27,505 units, and the Xbox Series X|S consoles sold just 1,592 units.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo, 06/27/24) – 88,425 (New)
2. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 3/20/20) – 8,977 (7,815,790)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/2017) – 7,473 (5,884,212)
4. [PS5] Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Edition (FromSoftware, 06/21/24) – 6,993 (31,005)
5. [NSW] Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door (Nintendo, 5/23/24) – 6,457 (193,142)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21.06.18) – 5,037 (3,554,008)
7. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 4,438 (994,862)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru (Konami, 11/16/23) – 4,367 (1,076,481)
9. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 3,807 (1,877,772)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,679 (5,532,620)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED model – 30,743 (7,455,380)
2. PlayStation 5 – 25,301 (4,957,059)
3. Switch Lite – 10,580 (5,903,402)
4. Switch – 4,942 (19,818,267)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,204 (799,295)
6. Xbox Series X – 1,154 (285,014)
7. Xbox Series S – 438 (315,431)
8. PlayStation 4 – 218 (7,927,260)

Source / Over it