Japanese Charts: Switch Video games Dominate As Pikmin 4 Cannot Be Plucked From Prime

This week’s Japanese {hardware} and software program charts are in from Famitsu (through Gematsu), and Pikmin 4 continues to astound because it spends its fifth week on the prime of the charts.

The fourth mainline entry within the lovely RTS-style sequence has shifted one other 54,904 copies within the week of 14th to twentieth August, taking the entire gross sales figures as much as 721,281. We do not learn about you, however we reckon Pikmin 4 is breaking sequence data right here…

There are not any surprises in any respect within the prime ten, with the Switch finishing yet one more clear sweep. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Minecraft stay in second, third, and fourth respectively, with Pokémon Scarlet & Violet sneaking up a couple of locations to fifth. The World Championships in Yokohama could nicely have helped out with these numbers.

Here’s this week’s Japanese software program charts in full, then:

1. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 54,904 (721,281)
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 16,859 (5,443,641)
3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 12,861 (1,833,086)
4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,994 (3,235,955)
5. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 7,996 (5,100,967)
6. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 7,586 (4,093,171)
7. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 7,368 (1,158,904)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,313 (5,265,833)
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 5,909 (1,285,614)
10. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,699 (7,517,866)

Hardware gross sales additionally stack up equally to final week. The Switch OLED is primary with 61,041 models shifted, and the PS5 is comfortably behind it with 34,254. The OG Switch and Switch Lite posted 9,147 and seven,592 gross sales every. All in all, the Switch household has posted almost one other 80,000 gross sales in complete.

The Xbox Series X|S has seen a drop this week, as has all {hardware} normally — the X has bought 1,097 models, whereas the S shifted on 230 models. And hey, there are nonetheless 97 individuals on the market selecting up the New 2DS LL — we see you.

Here are this week’s {hardware} gross sales:

1. Switch OLED Model – 61,041 (5,373,686)
2. PlayStation 5 – 34,254 (3,623,139)
3. Switch – 9,147 (19,505,371)
4. Switch Lite – 7,592 (5,457,186)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,157 (562,058)
6. Xbox Series X – 1,097 (212,422)
7. PlayStation 4 – 611 (7,893,893)
8. Xbox Series S – 230 (259,889)
9. New 2DS LL (together with 2DS) – 97 (1,192,150)

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