Japan: The Nintendo Switch family remains on top this week

The latest Japanese boxed video game software and hardware sales have arrived from Japanese sales tracker Famitsu for the week of March 27, 2023 to April 2, 2023. The Nintendo Switch family continues its reign as the best-selling hardware in the land of the rising sun, shifting an additional 56,543 unit this week. In terms of physical software, the delightful Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe tops the charts across all formats this week, beating the monolith Resident Evil 4 Remake from Capcom.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 21,014 (357,157)
2. [PS5] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 24.3.23) – 18,510 (108,172)
3. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 24.3.23) – 16,604 (101,975)
4. [NSW] Winning Post 10 (Koei Tecmo, 3/30/23) – 12,979 (New)
5. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 12,426 (4,972,063)
6. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 10,762 (3,969,635)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 10,377 (5,224,493)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,133 (3,091,142)
9. [PS5] Winning Post 10 (Koei Tecmo, 3/30/23) – 7,144 (New)
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 7,101 (1,045,270)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED model – 38,880 (4,143,813)
2. PlayStation 5 – 28,654 (2,786,491)
3. Switch – 10,359 (19,252,360)
4. Switch Lite – 7304 (5264225)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 6,023 (449,542)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,540 (7,863,614)
7. Xbox Series X – 312 (183,697)
8. Xbox Series S – 309 (251,099)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 29 (1,191,106)

Source / Over it