Japanese Charts: Metal Gear Solid Cannot Sneak Previous Super Mario Bros. Wonder

The newest Japanese charts are in by way of Famitsu (thanks, Gematsu) and it is one other stellar week for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, which stays on the prime of the pile after promoting an additional 163,176 copies.

Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 makes its debut this week, and regardless of the body charge points, the Switch model is available in at quantity two with 19,330 models offered, beating out the PS5 model by 5,613 models.

Elsewhere, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 continues to be performing nicely on the PS5 to come back in at quantity 4, whereas Pikmin 4 is inching ever nearer to a complete of 1,000,000 copies offered in Japan.

Here’s this week’s prime ten software program gross sales in full:

1. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 163,176 (801,810)
2. [NSW] Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 (Konami, 10/24/23) – 19,330 (New)
3. [PS5] Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 (Konami, 10/24/23) – 13,717 (New)
4. [PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 10/20/23) – 12,509 (89,857)
5. [NSW] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 9,150 (63,414)
6. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 7,932 (930,538)
7. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 5,149 (5,168,231)
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 4,763 (5,525,023)
9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 4,371 (3,295,992)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,264 (5,311,793)

Oof, PlayStation, what occurred right here? The Switch continues to be the reigning champion this week when it comes to {hardware} gross sales, however the PlayStation 5 has taken a little bit of a tumble, falling beneath even the Xbox Series X. We’re unsure what the crack is right here, however we’re sure there will probably be a legitimate purpose as to why people held off on buying a PlayStation this week. Maybe they’re ready for the PS5 ‘Slim’, which launches in Japan on November tenth.

Here are the most recent numbers on the {hardware} facet of issues:

1. Switch OLED Model – 53,381 (5,937,965)
2. Switch – 6,200 (19,582,667)
3. Switch Lite – 6,580 (5,534,410)
4. Xbox Series X – 2,903 (229,898)
5. PlayStation 5 – 2,717 (3,931,232)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,006 (7,903,393)
7. Xbox Series S – 398 (290,299)
8. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 216 (589,937)
9. New 2DS LL (together with 2DS) – 23 (1,192,558)

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