Japanese gaming site Famitsu has released the best-selling physical games of 2023, and as you’d expect, they’re completely dominated by Nintendo Switch games. The best-selling game in the Land of the Rising Sun in 2023 was The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom with 1,929,603 physical copies sold, followed by the magnificent Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which sold 1,549,401 copies. Nintendo has reigned supreme for 19 consecutive years, mostly since 2005. Here are the best-selling books in 2023:
2023 software chart in Japan (lifetime Japanese sales in parentheses):
- The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (Switching)- 1,929,603
- The miracle of Super Mario Bros (Switching) – 1,549,401
- Pikmin 4 – (Switching) 1,119,027
- Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (Switching) – 907,432 (5,246,363)
- Momotaro Dentetsu world (Switching) – 795,681
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – (Transfer) 617,223 (5,631,598)
- Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe (Switching) – 514.581
- Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Dark Prince (Switching) – 510,477
- Splatoon 3 (Switching) – 503,312 (4,191,126)
- Super Mario RPG (Switching) – 447,687
2023 hardware sales in Japan (lifetime Japanese sales in parentheses):
- Switch – 4,062,609 (31,786,656)
- PS5 – 2,587,468 (4,964,857)
- Xbox Series X/S – 141 712 (540 107)
- PS4 – 73,292 (9,491,059)
