Japan: Switch family sells 179,851 units this week and Metroid Dread No.1

The latest Japanese sales charts have arrived from Famitsu and it has been an excellent week for Nintendo as the Switch family of systems shifted a total of 179.851 units. As previously reported, the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model) sold 138,409 units during the launch weekend. On the boxed software side of things it was Metroid Dread which claimed the top spot selling a reasonable 86,798 copies. The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles continue to face stock issues.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Metroid Dread (Nintendo, 10/08/21) – 86,798 (New)
2. [PS4] Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft, 10/07/21) – 34,219 (New)
3. [PS5] Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft, 10/07/21) – 16,686 (New)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,257 (4,085,509)
5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 11,936 (4,450,954)
6. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 11,257 (2,862,651)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 10,699 (2,225,165)
8. [NSW] Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (Playism, 10/17/21) – 9,513 (New)
9. [PS4] Lost Judgment (Sega, 09/24/21) – 8,589 (140,834)
10. [NSW] WarioWare: Get It Together! (Nintendo, 09/10/21) – 7,787 (144,966)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 138,409 (New)
2. Switch – 32,792 (17,198,146)
3. PlayStation 5 – 13,786 (922,929)
4. Switch Lite – 8,650 (4,088,784)
5. Xbox Series S – 2,920 (38,307)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,099 (177,974)
7. PlayStation 4 – 961 (7,813,467)
8. Xbox Series X – 527 (64,284)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 405 (1,174,950)

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