The latest Japanese physical video game software and hardware charts have been released for the week of March 20, 2023 to March 26, 2023. The top selling software this week was, unsurprisingly, Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 Remake. The survival horror game has sold the most copies ever on PlayStation 5, as more s tock continues to arrive. The best-selling hardware this week was the Nintendo Switch family of systems, which sold an additional 53,781 units. These are the best selling games and hardware in the land of the rising sun.
Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS5] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 24.3.23) – 89,662 (New)
- [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 24.3.23) – 85,371 (New)
- [NSW] Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (Koei Tecmo, 03/23/23) – 31,140 (New)
- [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 27,198 (336,143)
- [PS4] Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key (Koei Tecmo, 03/23/23) – 17,240 (New)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 15,044 (4,959,637)
- [PS5] Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & Secret Key (Koei Tecmo, 03/23/23) – 14,787 (New)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 12,146 (3,958,873)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 10,781 (5,214,116)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21.06.18) – 8,317 (3,083,009)
Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED model – 36,604 (4,104,933)
- PlayStation 5 – 34,154 (2,757,837)
- Switch – 10,008 (19,242,001)
- Switch Lite – 7,169 (5,256,921)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,810 (443,519)
- PlayStation 4 – 1,531 (7,862,074)
- Xbox Series X – 450 (183,385)
- Xbox Series S – 133 (250,790)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 84 (1,191,077)