The latest Japanese video game boxed software and hardware charts have come through via sales tracker Famitsu for the week of 28th March, 2022 to 3rd April, 2022. The best-selling hardware was once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems shifting 67,164 units this week. Sales of Sony’s PlayStation 5 console continue to rise as more stock arrives at retail and its lifetime sales now stand at over 1.5 million in Japan The best-selling physical game is Kirby and the Forgotten Land which sold an additional 110,946 retail copies. Here’s the best-selling video games 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) – 110,946 (491,006)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 19,801 (4,538,274)
- [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 12,728 (2,208,128)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 11,158 (2,585,882)
- [PS4] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 10,068 (317,614)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,831 (4,832,454)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 7,782 (927,817)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,359 (1,993,660)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,410 (7,225,499)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 5,101 (3,112,437)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 34,199 (1,524,551)
- PlayStation 5 – 28,328 (1,300,078)
- Switch – 21,304 (18,159,677)
- Switch Lite – 11,661 (4,660,047)
- Xbox Series X – 2,881 (92,112)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,338 (228,105)
- Xbox Series S – 1,528 (76,587)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 305 (1,184,649)
- PlayStation 4 – 12 (7,819,404)