The latest Japanese boxed video game software and hardware rankings are out thanks to the team at Famitsu. This week’s Super Mario Bros. Wonder regains its crown at the top of the chart, surpassing both Momotaro Dentetsu World and Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince to become the No. 1 game. The best-selling video game hardware was the Nintendo Switch family of systems, which sold an additional 92,776 units, easily surpassing Sony’s PlayStation 5.
Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 82,470 (1,232,981)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 62,488 (540,444)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 12/01/23) – 51,698 (398,281)
- [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 7/21/23) – 26,879 (1,005,562)
- [NSW] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 11/17/23) – 17,082 (396,836)
- [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/07/23) – 14,085 (New)
- [NSW] WarioWare: Move! (Nintendo, 11/3/23) – 13,544 (87,823)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 12,861 (3,338,767)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 12,189 (5,568,741)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 11,398 (5,347,546)
Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED model – 62,236 (6,257,362)
- PlayStation 5 – 34,637 (4,191,495)
- Switch Lite – 17,391 (5,626,579)
- Switch – 13,149 (19,639,206)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 9,529 (649,103)
- Xbox Series X – 2,269 (243,191)
- PlayStation 4 – 2,179 (7,911,787)
- Xbox Series S – 239 (294,278)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 16 (1,192,691)