Capcom and Monster Hunter are once again top of the class in this week's Japanese charts. Published by Famitsu and shared by Gematsu, we can see that Sunbreak is still pulling in the numbers for Monster Hunter Rise, and the set is once again the best-selling game of the week with 29,006 sales. No surprises there given the series' popularity in Japan.
The gap has narrowed a bit though. While Capcom's behemoth still sits pretty at number one, Nintendo Switch Sports isn't too far behind it, placing second with 21,661 units sold in the week of 7th July to 17th July. Minecraft has also hopped up a few places to fourth, but the overall sales numbers are significantly lower than they were the week before for almost everything in the top ten.
This also means that Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series — just like in the UK — has slipped out of the top ten. But with no new releases, it's been a quiet week in the Japanese charts. The only other thing to note is that this week is entirely dominated by the Switch, with Gran Turismo 7 also slipping down.
Here's the top ten in full:
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 29,006 (177,392)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 21,661 (573,658)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,520 (4,722,091)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,109 (2,708,451)
- [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 7,401 (802,962)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,082 (3,211,760)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,742 (4,924,759)
- [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (Aniplex, 06/09/22) – 4,481 (140,547)
- [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (Koei Tecmo, 06/24/22) – 4,399 (127,817)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 4,121 (7,285,796)
In hardware sales, the PlayStation 5 has crept back into the top three-selling systems this week with 11,080 units sold, overtaking the Switch Lite's 8,608 this past week. But, as usual, the OLED and traditional models are at the top. After last week's sharp drop, the Xbox Series X has picked up a little with 787 sales, and an extra person bought a PS4 this week too!
- Switch OLED Model – 29,180 (2,026,649)
- Switch – 23,889 (18,496,756)
- PlayStation 5 – 11,080 (1,502,629)
- Switch Lite – 8,608 (4,806,154)
- Xbox Series S – 2,790 (144,109)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,465 (250,822)
- Xbox Series X – 787 (124,916)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 130 (1,187,749)
- PlayStation 4 – 13 (7,819,758)
As always, share your thoughts on the Japanese charts with us in the comments.
[source gematsu.com]
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How does monster hunter rise sunbreak compare to the sales of the 3ds monster hunter games at this point in Japan? Anyone know?
Complete and utter NintenDOMINATION
Is the chip shortage still happening? There's no excuse why the PS5 is still struggling this bad almost two years after launch.
Demon Slayer on Switch still hanging on in top 10 and selling more then the original release platforms I hope is a hard lesson to stop with the late ports
@Serpenterror yes chip demand is still outstripping supply and likely won’t be back in balance until 2023/24…
@Serpenterror I don't think think even when the chip shortage is resolved it will help PS5.
The games aren't selling.
Gonna make a wild prediction that the xbox series will outsell PS5 series in Japan by the end of their cycles.
@eltomo lol. xbox outselling PS in Japan?!! Look at the numbers. That's insane.
It’s well deserved. I finally managed to beat Rise and start Sunbreak yesterday morning and it’s fantastic so far. There’s a ton of QoL improvements and it’s not overwhelming in its systems and mechanics. I really can’t wait to dive more deeply into this expansion.
@PuppyToucher
Sunbreak is DLC whereas all the 3DS Monster Hunter games were each their own game, so this is an apples-to-oranges comparison.
i absolutely LOVE Monster Hunter. Rise feels different for Monster hunter, even compared to World.
Like youre some action hero in the Monster hunter World...the actual world, not THE world game. heh.
Super happy for Nintendo performing so well for so long. They benefited from the pandemic, chip shortage, but it’s really impressive nonetheless. My guess is they stay on top for quite a while too.
(Looking at PS5 sales)
Just keep swimming, just keep swimming... 😊
Glad to see three hopes chugging along.
Nintendoland.
I've just done some quick maths and from those numbers there's over 25.3 million Switch systems sold in Japan, which blows my mind
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