This week in Japan, Pikmin 1+2 came out on top with a total of 23,941 units sold in its physical debut. Following closely is, of course, Pikmin 4 with a further 22,894 copies sold. There's not a lot between the two, which potentially suggests that many will have opted for a digital copy of Pikmin 1+2 earlier in the year.
Elsewhere, the rather brilliant Lies of P has made its debut on the PS5 with a total of 9,493 copies sold to come in at number three. Otherwise, the rest of the line-up this week looks petty familiar, with Super Bomberman R 2 rounding out the top ten.
Here's this week's top ten software sales in full:
- [NSW] Pikmin 1+2 (Nintendo, 09/22/23) – 23,941 (New)
- [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 22,894 (864,229)
- [PS5] Lies of P (Neowiz) 09/19/23) – 9,493 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,066 (5,493,686)
- [NSW] Pokémon Scarlet / Pokémon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 9,035 (5,137,268)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,198 (3,470,036)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,996 (3,269,466)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,637 (5,290,636)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 4,449 (1,864,134)
- [NSW] Super Bomberman R 2 (Konami, 09/14/23) – 4,433 (16,021)
Gosh, this is a familiar sight, huh? Yes, the hardware charts remain relatively unchanged this week, with the Switch OLED and PlayStation 5 leading the pack. Xbox has seen a bit of an uptick in sales, which is nice to see, but otherwise, it looks to be business as usual.
Here are the figures in full:
- Switch OLED Model – 54,089 (5,655,892)
- PlayStation 5 – 43,482 (3,829,395)
- Switch Lite – 8,432 (5,505,765)
- Switch – 10,069 (19,553,735)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,247 (579,588)
- Xbox Series S – 7,655 (285,352)
- Xbox Series X – 1,403 (222,187)
- PlayStation 4 – 702 (7,897,453)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 73 (1,192,375)
Have any thoughts on the Japanese Charts this week? Do you think Pikmin will be dethroned again soon? Let us know in the comments.
[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]
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Your link to Famitsu is for last week's sales. Here's the correct link:
https://www.famitsu.com/news/202309/28318813.html
October's going to be full of major game releases, will really shake up the charts
Now that Jim Ryan is stepping down from his position of being president of SIE, maybe Sony could finally do better with these PS5 releases in Japan next year.
«3. Switch Lite – 8,432 (5,505,765)
4. Switch – 10,069 (19,553,735)»
So... Why OG Switch is on the 4th place, then?
@Serpenterror There's no way the pipeline will change for most if not all of 2024, in my opinion
Xbox had a 5k yen price drop as a promotion, hence the huge increase week over week
@Vyacheslav333 not to mention the XS selling more than ps5 digital too?
@CammyUnofficial Wait, what? I see... Lol. Looks weird.
What is that PS woodhead doing in the Nintendo charts?
PS5 sales is still keep strong. 😊
I still waiting for the PS5 Slim announcement.
The OG Switch was robbed this week. Selling more than the Lite, but languishing below it. In fact, a couple of positions look out of whack. I blame all the white Pikmin.
I’m so happy that the Pikmin series is doing so well! It brings a smile to my face that maybe when I say Pikmin people won’t stare at me with a blank expression.
Keep going New 2DS LL (including 2DS)!
More gamers buy digitally these days, and rightfully so since the myth of ownership has been debunked for nearly 20 years. It's also worth noting digital is cheaper in the long run and quite simply the best option for any gamer. Kind of like how nobody is walking around with cash in their pockets today or worse, writing checks.
@RobynAlecksys I work in retail, there’s plenty of cash still being spent in stores
@RobynAlecksys @AmplifyMJ cash remains the number one payment method worlwide, despite what whoever wants to make you believe.
Everything has pros and cons. Just choose what suits you best. But on my side physical is often much much cheaper than digital.
@RobynAlecksys Physical games can sometimes be cheaper than digital. Plus if you are not a collector of games or it is not for you, you can eventually sell the physical copy. (You might even get more money than what you paid for it.)
Also it is not exactly true that more people buy digital games. (If we don't count PC games in the equation that is.)
Hugely off topic - but I’d love to see a feature in the Japanese Xbox fans. Are the ex pats ? What are they like? It’s borderline niche over there but I bet there is some interesting stories …
I didn't catch when Switch sold 30 million. That's literally 24% of the whole country!
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