The latest Japanese charts are in from Famitsu (via Gematsu) and a week of new releases has shaken up the top ten.
Sony's PS5 has seen a fair bit of love this week, with Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth debuting at number one with 102,940 sales (the PS4 version landed in third place). On top of this, Tekken 8 fought off the competition for fifth while last week's champ, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, webbed up fourth.
This isn't to say that it hasn't been a good week for the Switch, of course. Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island landed the silver in its opening week with 85,424 units sold and Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy managed to sneak into the top ten, starting at number eight.
And what about last week's newbie, Another Code: Recollection? Well, we're going to have to wait for the Famitsu to publish the top 40 to find that one out...
Here's your look at this week's top ten in full:
- [PS5] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (SEGA, 01/26/24) – 102,940 (New)
- [NSW] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (Spike Chunsoft, 01/25/24) – 85,424 (New)
- [PS4] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (SEGA, 01/26/24) – 77,134 (New)
- [PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 10/20/23) – 21,276 (264,888)
- [PS5] Tekken 8 (Bandai Namco, 01/26/24) – 20,516 (New)
- [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 13,628 (1,700,970)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 11,882 (948,818)
- [NSW] Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Capcom, 01/25/24) – 10,593 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,174 (5,687,955)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,526 (3,430,270)
Unsurprisingly, the hardware numbers lean in favour of the PS5 this time around, which takes first place with another 41,188 units sold. The Switch OLED lands in second with 33,288 sales. Interestingly, even the combined totals of the three Switch SKUs aren't enough to topple the PS5's combination this week, with Nintendo combining for 46,435 while Sony sits on 49,945.
Sooo, Switch 2 when..?
Here's your look at this week's hardware chart:
- PlayStation 5 – 41,188 (4,447,566)
- Switch OLED Model – 33,288 (6,595,453)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 8,757 (702,771)
- Switch Lite – 8,991 (5,721,761)
- Switch – 4,156 (19,710,724)
- Xbox Series X – 2,158 (249,481)
- PlayStation 4 – 655 (7,917,910)
- Xbox Series S – 1,747 (298,280)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 15 (1,192,801)
What do you make of this week's Japanese charts? Let us know in the comments.
[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]
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More excited for shiren!
Waiting on Like a Dragon to go on a deep discount since I still have like 3 of them to finish.
Pretty cool seeing Shiren land number 2 in a very PlayStation dominated week. Also shoutout to the 15 people who bought a 2DS.
Like a Dragon fire breathing it's way into number 1 and 3
Love to see Shiren starting so well, happy that Apollo Justice is at least in the charts and even though I'm a Nintendo fan first and foremost I'm happy for those PlayStation games - man how I wish we got at least something in the Like a Dragon series on Switch if they weren't so stubborn about not having it!
Well, the PS5 is finally getting some new releases worth buying so makes sense I suppose 🤣🤣 I've got a copy of the Apollo Justice trilogy winging it's way to me alongside a Japanese physical copy of the Phoenix Wright trilogy, so that'll keep me entertained for now.
Not surprised. I love Ace Attorney, but it has always been pretty niche. The fact it’s just a collection doesn’t help as well. So I’d say those numbers are fine all things considered.
The PS5 is definitely where the games are at for the next couple of months, so I wouldn't be surprised if this continues. But dang, Shiren the Wanderer is really moving copies!
Yikes, that is a weak debut for Tekken 8! I wonder if a release on Switch 2 is possible?
It’s the best I’ve seen PS do in Japan since the WiiU days.
I'm disappointed in the headline - outright clickbait. When a niche franchise like Shiren the Wanderer and mainstays like Mario Wonder and Momotaro Dentetsu are above it, I don't think the PS5 can really be dampening Apollo Justice that much.
@PepperMintRex @JohnnyMind Do you know by chance if those sales for Shiren are unusually good? I'm getting curious about that franchise.
I guess the rumor of Switch 2 had taken its toll on the Japanese crowd cause it looks like they are slowly waiting for Nintendo's move on this. This may be why the Switch hardware sales started to dwindle. The ones who want one already got one (or two already) and the ones who hadn't are waiting to see if the rumor of Switch 2 is coming to fruition. If Nintendo is planning a direct soon, they better bring in their big gourmets cause it looks like everyone is jumping to Sony land for now. Remastered of games people didn't ask for (Another Code Collection, Mario vs. DK Remaster, Luigi's Mansion 2, etc.) are also contributing factor to the Switch slow sales this month and maybe the following months too. So far the only two titles that hold any interest for Switch this year are Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door remastered and that Peach game that hopefully won't sucks. Nintendo need to bring in that golden goose and fast if they want to survive 2024.
@CANOEberry I don't know for sure, but with a quick search I found out that the previous mainline game in the series, The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate, surpassed half a million sales in 2022 (https://www.gematsu.com/2022/12/shiren-the-wanderer-the-tower-of-fortune-and-the-dice-of-fate-shipments-and-digital-sales-top-500000)... the thing is, it was a 2010 game rereleased on multiple platforms so for this one to sell as much as it did just in its first week on a single system I'd say yes!
Wait... Where is UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II [Sys:Celes], huh?!
Ace Attorney cracking the physical Top 10 of any sales chart is honestly kind of astounding so I'm very glad to see it on here XD (plus a Mystery Dungeon game landing above TEKKEN in the charts is wild in the coolest way possible)
also there's a small mistake with the Top 10 console sales; the PS4 is above the Series S when it should be the other way around
@Serpenterror eh? I think one week is hardly a trend. A bit of an over the top doom and gloom post
Tekken is a Japanese franchise, always surprises me how poorly its received there...It's big in west. I mean even Pokken tournament only sold like 300k in Japan
@JimNorman It looks like 3 and 4 were flipped on the hardware list.
I mean these are just more AA ports. Honestly surprised it even made top 10 at all with these new releases.
@Serpenterror PS5 had a strong January last year against the Switch and we all know how that turned out, so a couple weeks of PS5 outselling Switch in early 2024 means little. Of course you already knew that, seeing as how you were trolling/fearmongering back then as well.
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2023/01/japanese-charts-fire-emblem-engage-knocks-pokemon-off-the-top-spot#comment7401166
@Duncanballs He has a history of doom and gloom posts. Nothing to be taken seriously.
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