Japan: Nintendo Switch family remains on top this week

The latest Japanese boxed video game software and hardware sales have come through from Japanese sales tracker Famitsu for the week of 27th March, 2023 to 2nd April, 2023. The Nintendo Switch family continues its reign as the most sold hardware in the land of the rising sun, shifting an additional 56,543 units this week. On the physical software front it’s the delightful Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe sitting at the top of the all-formats charts this week, beating the monolith that is Resident Evil 4 Remake from Capcom.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 21,014 (357,157)
2. [PS5] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 18,510 (108,172)
3. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 16,604 (101,975)
4. [NSW] Winning Post 10 (Koei Tecmo, 03/30/23) – 12,979 (New)
5. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 12,426 (4,972,063)
6. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 10,762 (3,969,635)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,377 (5,224,493)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,133 (3,091,142)
9. [PS5] Winning Post 10 (Koei Tecmo, 03/30/23) – 7,144 (New)
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 7,101 (1,045,270)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 38,880 (4,143,813)
2. PlayStation 5 – 28,654 (2,786,491)
3. Switch – 10,359 (19,252,360)
4. Switch Lite – 7,304 (5,264,225)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 6,023 (449,542)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,540 (7,863,614)
7. Xbox Series X – 312 (183,697)
8. Xbox Series S – 309 (251,099)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 29 (1,191,106)

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