Japan: Pokemon Scarlet & Violet celebrate the New Year in first place

The latest Japan boxed video game software and hardware charts have been released for the two weeks from December 26, 2022 to January 8, 2023. The #1 games to start 2023 were the latest Pokemon adventures, Pokemon Scarlet & Violet , which show no signs of slowing down in the land of the rising sun. The Nintendo Switch family of systems continues to be the best-selling dedicated video game hardware in Japan, shifting an additional 250,718 units in two weeks, which is impressive after Christmas. Here’s the latest Japanese software and hardware info via Famitsu.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 291,322 (4,630,253)
2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 107,700 (3,795,514)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 68,772 (5,083,147)
4. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 66,720 (954,442)
5. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures (Square Enix, 12/09/22) – 48,297 (246,700)
6. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 38,892 (256,905)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21.06.18) – 37,443 (2,997,449)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 34,770 (2,817,703)
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 30,341 (1,144,473)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 27,550 (5,092,741)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED model – 142,789 (3,714,801)
2. PlayStation 5 – 75,296 (2,135,241)
3. Switch – 58,941 (19,107,282)
4. Switch Lite – 48,988 (5,152,682)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 9,860 (327,304)
6. PlayStation 4 – 4,128 (7,846,172)
7. Xbox Series S – 1,539 (227,523)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 419 (1,190,130)
9. Xbox Series X – 200 (172,611)

Source / Over it