Japanese Charts: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Sales Overtake Splatoon 3

Amazing Switch numbers all around. Also, it's crazy how much Playstation has declined in Japan. From what I know, a lot of people in Japan live in smaller housing units, so it makes sense why portable gaming is king. But this also explains why Sony is trying so hard to block Microsoft's Activision Blizzard deal. This would be a huge blow to them, especially in North America, and then Sony would have to rely on the European market to carry Playstation.

This game deserves every sale. Keep it up Game Freak!!

Wow! Type Moon's A Magician's Night sold really well for both Nintendo Switch and PS4. I've hoped for a NintendoLife's review, but I've already seen and read Siliconera's review. And game have only one problem - there are a lot of typos and grammatical errors in the text.

This is why we can’t have nice things. If people keep supporting sub-par games the makers have no incentive to polish them as they should.

INSANE!!!!!!! Hype for more updates!

Nintendo is proof you can stay true to your Japanese roots as a console maker and still enjoy massive levels of success worldwide.

Crazy how even all PlayStation 4 + 5 models combined don't outsell the lowest selling Switch unit.

Heck, even putting all the other non-Switch systems on the list together isn't enough to match Switch Lite sales. Bonkers.

While 143K sales is pretty good for an average game, that's pretty low for Dragon Quest numbers comparatively, even if it is a spinoff. It's gonna be a while before a game dethrones Pokemon S/V for the #1 spot in the weekly charts in Japan, it will likely be Fire Emblem Engage when that comes out in late January

I mean Nintendo will always do really well in the holiday season so that’s not a surprise. Crazy how well both Pokémon and Splatoon are doing over there

@contractcooker This game is a "nice thing". It actually delievered what many people were asking for like an open world, better story and better animations. I have no idea how some of you guys think that things work, but if people passed on the game all it would have told them is that they should stick to the same formula and avoid making major changes even if people constantly nag about them. They wouldn't attribute it to polishing the game at all.

I get that the game should have been more polished, but unfortunately feedback doesn't work that way. If a product doesn't sell, it's simply considered unwanted and it would have been compared with previous releases, which were also full of performance issues (Sword and Shield). I'm not saying that the game shouldn't be criticized in that regard, it should, but the whole "pass on this entry" doesn't work that way when actual major changes are finally applied. You don't pass that entry if you want them to keep that direction.

Pokemon has evolved to absorb criticism and review bombing, it only grows stronger the more people try to attack it.

I remember anticipating Minecraft hitting one million physical in Japan on Nintendo Switch… it’s now a month or so away from hitting THREE million! Amazing.

How the heck do they not get tired of Minecraft yet?

Think its availability issue again for PS5

@dimi Maybe in part. But it's also showing the general trend of Japan turning away from consoles in favor of handhelds. The total sales of PS4 are only a fraction of totals sales for Switch. Taking into account how well the PS4 sold around the world and it didn't have the supply problems of the PS5, the only conclusion is that the Japanese just aren't buying home consoles the way they used to.

@Fizza 3.5 million PHYSICAL no less... there's a decent chance the total sales in the country are over 6 mil each counting digital.

Nice to see Pokémon still going strong!