Japan: Nintendo Switch family sells 71K this week

The latest Japanese video game and software charts are now in from Japan thanks to the team at Famitsu. This week sees only one new release break into the top ten and that’s the entertaining Biomutant which enters at No.2 on PlayStation 4. This week’s No.1 game is the wacky and charming Miitopia. On the hardware side of things it was the Nintendo Switch family of systems which were the best-selling system shifting an impressive 71,148 units. Here’s the Famitsu charts for the period of 24th May to 30th May:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Miitopia (Nintendo, 05/21/21) – 34,451 (107,176)
2. [PS4] Biomutant (THQ Nordic, 05/25/21) – 24,596 (New)
3. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 03/26/21) – 23,932 (2,225,801)
4. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 14,057 (2,600,834)
5. [NSW] Rune Factory 5 (Marvelous, 05/20/21) – 12,903 (115,756)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 11,635 (1,971,879)
7. [PS4] Resident Evil Village (Capcom, 05/08/21) – 10,584 (173,132)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 10,290 (2,202,018)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,665 (3,852,865)
10. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 8,587 (757,936)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 49,090 (16,168,420)
2. Switch Lite – 22,058 (3,849,858)
3. PlayStation 5 – 33,566 (652,565)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,758 (129,485)
5. PlayStation 4 – 2,562 (7,788,225)
6. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 425 (1,164,883)
7. Xbox Series X – 391 (33,657)
8. Xbox Series S – 156 (11,846)

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