Japan: Nintendo Switch family sells 148,690 units this week and Mario Party Superstars claims No.1

The latest Japanese boxed software and hardware charts have arrived courtesy of the team at sales tracker Famitsu for the week of 3rd January, 2022 to 9th January, 2022. On the hardware side of things it is the Nintendo Switch family of systems which remain king of the console space, shifting an additional 148,690 units this week. The best-selling physical game in the land of the rising sun this week is Mario Party Superstars which has shifted a grand total of 771,575 copies since it was released at the end of October 2021. Check out the full Japanese sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 45,874 (771,575)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 41,354 (2,435,326)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 32,232 (4,356,115)
4. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 32,195 (4,694,959)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 22,110 (2,462,537)
6. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 20,747 (212,533)
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 20,634 (7,137,066)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 18,069 (2,560,615)
9. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 17,875 (3,034,374)
10. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 10,510 (899,167)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 79,217 (944,983)
2. Switch – 40,251 (17,838,225)
3. Switch Lite – 29,222 (4,480,910)
4. PlayStation 5 – 8,815 (1,077,994)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,862 (202,695)
6. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 609 (1,180,225)
7. Xbox Series X – 185 (73,846)
8. Xbox Series S – 78 (55,598)
9. PlayStation 4 – 15 (7,819,260)

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