Japan: Zelda is firmly on top this week

The latest boxed video game software and hardware rankings are in from Japan for the week of June 12, 2023 to June 18, 2023. There is no change at the top this week for the critically acclaimed The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom , which this week sold an additional 31,151 retail copies. Game system no. 1 remains the Nintendo Switch family of systems, shifting an additional 81,408 units. Here are this week’s top sellers in the land of the rising sun.

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 31,151 (1,672,070)
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 7,489 (5,336,478)
3. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21.06.18) – 5,753 (3,165,440)
4. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 5,550 (total 1,101,167)
5. [PS5] Diablo IV (Blizzard Entertainment, 06/06/23) – 4,902 (29,277 total)
6. [NSW] FRONT MISSION 1.: Remake (Kišna zaba, 15.06.23) – (New)
   – 4,891 remakes (4,891 in total)
7. [PS5] Street Fighter 6 (Capcom, 06/02/23) – 4,766 (33,630 total)
8. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,362 (total 5,053,556)
9. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,315 (Total 4,038,838)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,309 (5,215,546 total)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED model – 50,094 units (4,834,791 units in total)
2. PlayStation 5 – 46,830 units (total 3,202,185 units)
3. Switch – 17,173 units (total 19,376,924 units)
4. Switch Lite – 14,141 units (total 5,348,708 units)
5. Xbox Series S – 6,520 units (total 259,511 units)
6. Xbox Series X – 6,458 units (total 201,510 units)
7. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,421 units (total 515,613 units)
8. PlayStation 4 – 1,340 units (7,876,948 units in total)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 47 units (total 1,191,781 units)

Source / Over it