Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 20 – March 26, 2023

Switch maintains its lead in terms of market share for the week, with 57% compared to PlayStation 5’s 40.7%. Switch also saw a jump in sales for all of its console editions, selling a total of 54,653 units, a 10.22% increase from the previous week. In contrast, PlayStation 5 sold 38,964 units, a small decrease Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 20 – March 26, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 13 – March 19, 2023

In Japan, sales of game consoles were down across the board this week, except for the New 2DS LL, which saw a 42.27% increase in sales from 97 to 138 units. The Switch and PlayStation 5 both experienced declines in sales, with Switch selling 49,585 units (down 17.22%) and PlayStation 5 selling 40,411 units (down Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 13 – March 19, 2023

Kadokawa Corporation Q3 FY2023 Report: Sword Art Online Remained As Best Publishing Title, Overlord for Video

Kadokawa Corporation registered its highest sales yet since FY2016, climbing 20.35% from the same period the year before to 189,727 million yen (≈1.39 billion USD) from 157,641 million yen (≈1.15 billion USD). The result of the increase in sales had also fortified its sales for the fiscal year 2022 to 12,159 million yen (≈88.81 million Continue reading Kadokawa Corporation Q3 FY2023 Report: Sword Art Online Remained As Best Publishing Title, Overlord for Video

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 6 – March 12, 2023

During the week of March 6 to March 12, PlayStation 5 maintained its lead over Switch, despite a drop in week-over-week sales. The cumulative sales figures for both PlayStation 5 editions amounted to 64,869 units, up 17.27% from the previous week’s 78,412 units. Meanwhile, Switch sold 59,901 units, down 9.96% from the previous week. These Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 6 – March 12, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 27 – March 5, 2023

Hardware sales were up overall for the week, with strong showings for the PlayStation 5 and Switch consoles. The PlayStation 5 sold 78,412 units, which was 14.52% more than the previous week. The Switch maintained its second-place position, selling 66,525 units, which was 8.38% higher than the previous week’s sales of 61,384 units. Together, these Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 27 – March 5, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 20 – February 26, 2023

The PlayStation 5 consoles continue its strong run registering 91,729 units in sales for the week, up by 3.47% to take up 59.0% of the market share with Switch consoles, despite improvements in all fronts, still came in behind at 61,384 units, 25.54% more than the week before with 39.5% of the market share.  Xbox Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 20 – February 26, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 13 – February 19, 2023

PlayStation 5 consoles has overtaken sales of Nintendo Switch for the third time in a row as it led market share for the week at 60.8% with total units sold for both the vanilla and digital editions at 88,653 units sold, 5.26% down week-on-week. All of Switch’s versions dragged from the week before by 11.14% Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 13 – February 19, 2023