Famitsu's weekly physical sales charts have arrived, and it paints a very familiar picture. Luigi's Mansion 2 HD continues to suck up the rest of the competition, shifting 33,828 copies in the week of 1st to 7th July.
In fact, the top three is exactly the same as last week — Animal Crossing: New Horizons shifted 10,965 copies this past week, putting it in second. Meanwhile, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe came in third again, selling a further 8,112 copies. There's just no stopping these two, is there?
Konami's boardgame behemoth Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! managed to climb up the charts from 8th to 4th, posting an impressive 6,155 sales. Meanwhile, Minecraft, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder all remain steady, keeping Elden Ring's DLC bundle release in tenth. Luigi's Mansion 3 is the only game missing from this week's top ten.
The only new release of the week comes from the creature-capturing game Dragon Saikyou Ou Zukan: Battle Colosseum, a Switch exclusive that's only available in Japan at the time of writing this. In the game, you can tame dragons to fight against powerful creatures, plus there's online and local multiplayer.
For the full breakdown, here's a look at this week's top ten in full:
The Switch is also once again dominating hardware sales over in Japan. The Switch OLED is again sitting pretty at the top, shifting 33,231 units. The Switch Lite also did well, selling 14,460 units, with the classic Switch model selling 5,034 units. That means Nintendo's family of Switch systems have sold 52,725 units in total.
The PlayStation 5's disc model is second in the overall standings, shifting 24,553 units this past week. Add the Digital Edition's 5,171 units, and Sony's current console has sold 29,724 units. You might notice that the digital-only PS5 actually managed to sell more than the base Switch this week — not something that happens that often! On the flipside, the Xbox continues to struggle in the East, though sales figures are up compared to the previous week, with both units selling a combined total just shy of 2,000 units.
| Position |
Console |
Unit Sales (1st - 7th July) |
Total Unit Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Switch - OLED Model |
33,231 |
7,488,611 |
| 2 |
PlayStation 5 |
24,553 |
4,981,612 |
| 3 |
Switch Lite |
14,460 |
5,917,862 |
| 4 |
PlayStation 5 - Digital Edition |
5,171 |
804,466 |
| 5 |
Switch |
5,034 |
19,823,301 |
| 6 |
Xbox Series X |
1,612 |
286,626 |
| 7 |
Xbox Series S |
387 |
315,431 |
| 8 |
PlayStation 4 |
124 |
7,927,384 |
What do you make of this week's charts? Let us know your thoughts with a comment down below.
[source famitsu.com]
Comments 18
Unreal that the OLED model alone outperforms the two PS5 SKUs, weekly and overall, in Japan.
Love to see Luigi's Mansion 2 HD on top and selling over 100k copies physically in Japan only!
Happy to see TTYD and Wonder other than the usual still in top 10, too.
Oh, and of course Switch, especially the OLED Model, keeps on selling like crazy and I couldn't be happier!
Konami must be chuffed with Momotaro, this and their previous game have been the most successful games they’ve brought out in Japan for years…
People complain about all these ports, remasters, and remakes (and the prices), but this really reinforces the fact that Nintendo's strategy is working. I guess it's just a case of a loud minority on the internet. Or maybe they're still buying these games, despite complaining.
Looks like the market has spoken (in Japan at least)! Luigi's Mansion 2 HD is not overpriced after all.
As for the evergreen titles, it's nice to see Animal Crossing at the top. Should reach 8 million physical in a few months.
I love both Animal Crossing and Luigi’s Mansion so this makes me very happy!
Going to be really disappointing if Nintendo do go back to LCD screen for the Switch 2 at launch. The OLED screen is a thing of beauty.
Removed - flaming/arguing
Lol. There is almost as many OLED sales as LM2 in that week. Wonder how many bought it for that? (Probably a few with a copy of Animal Crossing and Mario Kart, of course!).
PS5 sales still good on this week. 😊
Some boosted number I see.
@AlanaHagues Excuse me but Momotaro Dentetsu is not a baseball game. It's a board party game.
@WiltonRoots The first Switch Momotaro Dentetsu was their biggest selling game in Japan ever at over 4 million copies.
@BTB20 yeah pretty impressive, that's Nintendo numbers in Japan!
I've been enjoying Luigi's Mansion 2 HD more than I thought I would. I mean, I was a huge fan of 3, but I figured 2 would lack enough to be ok but not great. I was wrong. It's a great.
@Anti-Matter My friend, I do enjoy the eclectic group that we are but I would suggest mixing up your weekly comment on the charts a bit. I don't want to in anyway to put people off saying what they have to say, no one should but perhaps give a little more with your support of Sony etc and tie it into Nintendo's positioning. No one is here to bash Sony or really they shouldn't ....... I stay away from IGN comment threads because the fanboyism is tiring, but this is a Nintendo site primarily.
Don't stop posting, you have a valid voice and contribution.
For me, I wonder in the Japanese market whether the absence of Mario et al mascots in Sony's active IP is an issue for them in Japan and perhaps the biggest break back into this region could be a new Sony portable for them. Just some thoughts when I look at Sony in these charts.
@BTB20 Not sure what the heck was going through my brain and why I was thinking of Powerful Pro Baseball 🙃 fixed!
@AlanaHagues Thank you for that.
That Xbox just keeps slowly trucking on. Diversity in the game market is always good. It's always great to see how well the switch is doing.
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