To cement Splatoon 3's remarkable success in Japan after its launch on September 9th, it's been confirmed that the title sold 2.7 million boxed copies last month, making up nearly 70% of all physical games in the country.
As reported by GamesIndustry.biz, Splatoon 3 topped the top ten charts for the month of September, speeding ahead of the competition for a more-than-comfortable lead. It even outsold the combined sales of Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline on Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5, all of which entered the top ten.
Nintendo itself previously confirmed that Splatoon 3 had become the fastest selling Nintendo Switch title in Japan, having sold a total of 3.45 million units in just three days across physical and digital formats. The game also topped the UK charts for several weeks since its launch until EA's FIFA 23 finally knocked it down a peg last week.
Here's a look at the top ten charts for the month of September in Japan:
- Splatoon 3 (Switch | Nintendo)
- Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (Switch | Square Enix)
- Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (PS4 | Square Enix)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch | Nintendo)
- Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch | Nintendo)
- Minecraft: Switch Edition (Switch | Nintendo)
- Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (PS5 | Square Enix)
- Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Switch | Bandai Namco)
- Earth Defence Force 6 (PS4 | D3 Publisher)
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Switch | Nintendo)
It's not all good news to come out of Japan, however: it was recently discovered that a streaming group was projecting adult content into Splatoon 3 matches using a technique called chroma key. Nintendo's corporate Twitter account subsequently sent out a reminder of its policies regarding streaming content online.
Are you impressed by Splatoon 3's performance in Japan? Which upcoming game do you think will finally dethrone it? Let us know!
[source gamesindustry.biz]
Comments 17
Ink-redible! Not surprising, but still awesome!
Boom goes Splatoon. 😎 💯
I was go-ink to say
"that's insane",
but I stopped myself JUST in time to say
"that's ink-sane"
ink-stead.
Man u guys are obsessed with this game's Japanese sales lol.
@Vivianeat,
I would imagine the sales are pretty good in all regions, but we only seem to have the Japanese totals up to now.
@Vivianeat It's the best ever video game launch in one of the world's largest gaming markets. I'd say that's worth talking about.
@Vivianeat for a system that is approaching it's twilight years, it's a notable achievement.
I'm still waiting for the battle royale mode....
Wow and I still didn’t buy it, I guess the super annoying characters drove me nuts, splatoon sounds like a gen z type of annoying game, I couldn’t dream of spending my hard earned money on it
Question : Are you impressed by Splatoon 3's performance in Japan?
Me : Bruh... 🙄
I prefer playing something else.
So if games sold in Japan in September were the Earth's surface, all other games would be the land and Splatoon 3 would be the ocean.
@Ralizah Just not into AAA sales articles I guess, of course it'll sell millions. I'm noticing they keep posting about Splatoon's #s. I hope NL puts that same energy with other game sales too, especially indies.
Wow, I guess Japan must really love this game.
I'm curious how NieR does for October. High sales would be great to show that the $40 price tag helps drive sales so we might see more of that in the future.
@Koffyman In what way is Splatoon annoying?
@BTB20 He's just looking for likes don't mind him.
@RubyCarbuncle What bugs me is that he says "sounds", which makes it look like he never saw any gameplay and yet makes these claims here.
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