Japan: Nintendo Switch sells 58K & Mario Strikers Battle League debuts at #2

It’s that time of the week again where its time to find out how video gaming hardware and physical gaming software did in Japan. Famitsu has decided to release the latest boxed video game and hardware charts. As usual, both of these sales charts are followed by lifetime sales.

This week’s sales includes the release of Mario Strikers: Battle League. According to Famitsu, the game had sold 32,173 copies. This is enough for the game to debut at #2 on the charts. Meanwhile, the Nintendo Switch, Switch OLED and Switch Lite sold a combined total of 58,436 units. Both software and hardware sales charts can be seen down below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (Aniplex, 06/09/22) – 90,885 (New)
2. [NSW] Mario Strikers: Battle League (Nintendo, 06/10/22) – 32,173 (New)
3. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 26,476 (474,257)
4. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 11,345 (760,922)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,320 (4,673,943)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,325 (2,670,490)
7. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,759 (3,175,829)
8. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 5,080 (107,121)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,953 (4,90,826)
10. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 4,073 (187,302)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 33,166 (18,379,851)
2. Switch OLED Model – 14,767 (1,876,296)
3. PlayStation 5 – 11,893 (1,449,424)
4. Switch Lite – 10,503 (4,754,257)
5. Xbox Series S – 4,894 (126,653)
6. Xbox Series X – 1,348 (105,711)
7. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 547 (241,544)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 207 (1,186,843)
9. PlayStation 4 – 78 (7,819,683)

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