Japanese Charts: PlayStation 5 Soars In Sales And Once Again Beats Switch

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Sony is continuous its huge comeback in Japan this week. According to this week’s Famitsu charts (via Gematsu), after outselling all three fashions final week, the PlayStation 5 has once once more topped the hardware charts with an enormous 76,450 items offered in the week of 30th January to 6th February. The Switch OLED is behind it, however it bought virtually half as much as the PS5 with 32,780 units shifted.

However, Nintendo continues to be doing remarkably well with its software — a sentiment that was echoed in the firm’s latest financial report. actually, the whole prime ten is made up completely of Switch games this week within the boxed charts, with Pokémon Scarlet & Violet again within the prime spot, promoting another 31,191 copies. Last week’s primary, Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life, is down in fifth, promoting beneath 10,000 copies.

In fact, it’s been a little bit of a quiet week, with solely Pokémon promoting more than 15k boxed copies. Splatoon 3, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, and Fire Emblem Engage are all near the mark, with the technique RPG closing in on 200,000 copies bought in Japan.

Here are this week’s Japanese charts in full:

[NSW] Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (The Pokémon Company, 11/18/22) – 31,191 (4,807,491)

[NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 14,298 (3,862,841)

[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,858 (5,142,172)

[NSW] Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo, 01/20/23) – 12,920 (185,920)

[NSW] Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (Marvelous, 01/26/23) – 9,522 (50,281)

[NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,723 (3,032,742)

[NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 7,461 (994,203)

[NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 6,346 (1,169,936)

[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 6,128 (5,116,872)

[NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 4,480 (2,840,736)

So, the PlayStation 5’s improved stock is really paying off, and its sales have completely outclassed the Switch this week. In reality, even the Digital Edition has outsold the unique Switch model and the Lite — but not the OLED. It’s an impressive week for Sony, that is for sure. The Xbox Series S has additionally outsold the older two models of the Switch, selling 14,277 models.

PlayStation 5 – 76,450 (2,343,017)

Switch OLED Model – 32,780 (3,849,141)

PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 16,576 (361,727)

Xbox Series S – 14,277 (244,155)

Switch – 12,415 (19,163,038)

Switch Lite – 10,541 (5,195,707)

PlayStation 4 – 953 (7,851,829)

Xbox Series X – 367 (173,885)

New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 70 (1,190,450)

< Last week’s charts

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