Japan: Nintendo World Championships NES Edition is at #4 this week

It’s that time of the week again when it’s time to find out how video game hardware and physical gaming software fared in Japan. Famitsu has decided to release the latest video game and boxed hardware rankings. This time, it’s for the week of July 22-28. As usual, both of these sales charts track lifetime sales.

This week, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe made it to the #3 spot and Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition made it to #4. However, that’s not the only thing Nintendo can boast about. Of the 10 games listed on the software sales chart, 9 of them are Switch games. Meanwhile, the OLED model of Nintendo’s hybrid console was #1 on the hardware sales chart. Software and hardware sales charts can be seen below.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Strong professional baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 18.07.24) – 35,280 (202,227)
2. [NSW] One Piece Odyssey Deluxe Edition (Bandai Namco, 25.07.24) – 16,373 (New)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 10,073 (5,921,498)
4. [NSW] Nintendo World Cup: NES Edition (Nintendo, 18.07.24) – 8,743 (35,134)
5. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo, 06/27/24) – 8,339 (158,930)
6. [PS4] Strong professional baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 18.07.24) – 8,209 (57,419)
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 3/20/20) – 7,567 (7,850,176)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21.06.18) – 6,595 (3,578,258)
9. [NSW] Legend of Heroes: Paths Through the Dawn II (Falcom, 25.07.24) – 6,486 (New)
10. [NSW] The miracle of Super Mario Bros (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 5,794 (1,897,108)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED model – 37,273 (7,606,893)
2. PlayStation 5 – 20,232 (5,506,091)
3. Switch Lite – 11,836 (5,956,502)
4. Switching – 8,024 (19,842,970)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,563 (823,350)
6. Xbox Series X – 5,294 (296,585)
7. Xbox Series S – 387 (317,036)
8. PlayStation 4 – 93 (7,928,134)

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