Japanese Charts: Detective Pikachu Returns Comes Out On Top, Once Again

Wow, suddenly PS4 sales getting better this week. 🙂
And PS5 sales is still good. ☺

PI(kachu) is great flavor text. Nicely done.

COOL but I'm slowly getting tired of 3D Pokemon games :/

sony is dominating in console sales in the us and europe switch 2 has to come sooner rather then later

Well back to the usual Nintendo Switch topping the charts again and the return of Minecraft. Also weird seeing PS4 selling better than PS5 Digital Edition, I thought everyone there already got a PS4 already.

Nice Detective Pikachu sales. This game is still on my list. I have to play a River City game sometime.

@TanookiLeaf You know Pokemon is a very cultural and respectful Japanese IP in Japan so of course they'll buy anything even if the product is a bit stale. Nothing will ever change that and if the IP manage to get better than the money gets better. Every company could make a Pokemon clone better than what Game Freak makes and Japanese will still choose Pokemon over those any time. The thing is if an IP wants to dethrone Pokemon, they had to first take over its audience, only then will the attention change and Pokemon will flopped but know that if you beat Pokemon you had to stick around. It's not going to be a one time thing, you beat the juggernaut then you had to continue your reign or else the audience will turn on you too.

@TanookiLeaf Yeah that game looks bad, but I bought it. It's a very charming game that I'm enjoying playing. I actually encourage anyone who likes a good mystery game to pick it up. The Pokemon voice acting is pretty awesome too!

10/10 Nintendo Switch games list.

Seems like most bought Detective Pikachu for the TCG card.

Sanic the Hughug, Mareo, and Spidderboy are going to eat up those charts next week. I wonder if the PS5 can outsell the Switch during that time. 🤔

@eaglebob345 world wide ps5 is outselling the switch even with mario next week but japan switch will dominate next week as usual

The PS5's continued commercial success in Europe has just reached new heights. According to the latest report from Games Industry, Sony's current-gen console is utterly dominant over here, with system sales up a frankly mental 175% over the same period in 2022. It should be noted that PS5 stock shortages were still a bit of an issue 12 months ago, but overall, the machine was well on the path to stability in terms of production and consumer availability.

It sounds like the PS5 is pretty much carrying overall console sales in the region, as both Nintendo Switch and Xbox Series figures are down (28% and 35%, respectively) over September 2022. Sony's success alone meant that console sales were up overall by roughly 38%.

The PS5 console was the best-selling platform in terms of both units purchased and dollar sales in the USA last month despite the release of Starfield on rival hardware. The Sony system topped the hardware chart on both fronts, with the Xbox Series X|S taking second and then the hybrid Nintendo Switch in third

@Johnny44 “Sir, this is a Nintendo website”

@kal_el_07241 ditto. The graphics aren't exactly 2023 standards, but the game itself is adorable. The dialogue is hilarious and the things Pikachu does cracks me up. The cotton disguise was great.

So I also recommend the game. Sometimes you play a game for the story or the character not the graphics.

@johnedwin did you copy and paste that? Lol, weird

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Enjoy!

@RubyCarbuncle because it's antimatter.

Enough said.

@eaglebob345 Thanks for the laugh .

@Madlena Amen. In my opinion, story, character, atmosphere, sound(track), artstyle et cetera over graphics any time .

Great to see Pikmin 4 closing in on 1M physical units in Japan alone. Really happy to see that game doing well.

And wow, the copium from the Playstation fans has reached an all-time high, lol.

@AmplifyMJ my point is the switch 2 has to come sooner rather then later a spring release would be nice then a fall release..japan console numbers are great for nintendo but that is not indicative in the rest of the largest gaming markets..

lol the same two regulars here overly hyping up Sony.

@Arawn93 You can set your clock to them! Bless em.

Congrats to Detective Pikachu!

@TanookiLeaf Thank you for this post. The bitter tears are delicious!

People keep saying that Sony is still dominating console sales but is Nintendo that keeps dominating the game sales. The only reason why Sony sells more consoles is because people's Playstations keep breaking down so they have to continuously buy a new one. 🤣
Meanwhile, Nintendo consoles are biuld to last, something Sony isn't very good at.

I find it funny how despite how long the PS5 has been out, we keep getting mostly new PS4 releases and very little new PS5 releases which more than half of them are also released simultaneously for PS4.

Playstation has good games, but most of them are also available for Switch so i think i rather get the Switch version instead.

@TanookiLeaf And now we have concern trolling! No use backpedaling now after you hilarious tirade earlier.

@TanookiLeaf Will do! Been having a great time with Detective Pikachu Returns so no need for you to pretend you care so much about me having good games to play.

Solid sales for a slower week. Next week with mario should be interesting.