Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 8 – August 14, 2022

Note: Famitsu skipped publishing sales data on the 11th and 12th of August this month due to the Obon Festival and as such, the hardware sales will not be available for the separate charts. You can refer to the two-week post here for hardware sold between August 1 and August 14. There were no new Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 8 – August 14, 2022

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 1 – August 14, 2022 (Two-week)

After skipping the previous week (due to the Golden Week celebration), Famitsu is back this time around with sales charts that encompasses two weeks’ worth of data, hence, there will be no week-on-week comparisons for hardware while the comparisons for software will be made tomorrow once the charts are out for the Top 30. The Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 1 – August 14, 2022 (Two-week)

Bandai Namco Holdings 1st Quarter FY2023 Performance: Mobile Suit Gundam Overtakes Dragon Ball to Be the Best Performing IP Groupwide

The Mobile Suit Gundam Series Leads Sales Groupwide Bandai Namco Holdings first quarter report for FY2023 sees the Mobile Suit Gundam series overtaking the Dragon Ball series to be the best performing title groupwide for the quarter that took place between April 1 and June 30 this year. It was not always that Dragon Ball Continue reading Bandai Namco Holdings 1st Quarter FY2023 Performance: Mobile Suit Gundam Overtakes Dragon Ball to Be the Best Performing IP Groupwide

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Sales Ranking: July 25 – July 31, 2022

The overall sales of hardware for the week between July 25 and July 31 has seen a remarkable rise of 41.94% week-on-week from 85,716 units to 121,663 units with Switch consoles leading by a wide margin, accounting for 60.2% of the unit sales for the week. Units sold for all versions of the console combined Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Sales Ranking: July 25 – July 31, 2022

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 18, 2022 to July 24, 2022

Overall, the hardware sales for the week have noted a small recovery thanks to the climb experienced by Switch vanilla and Lite consoles, pushing up sales of Switch machines to 69,737 units, up by 12.48% from prior week’s 61,677 units. PlayStation 5 have retreated by 11.52% and 5.12% for both editions to accumulate 11,194 units Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 18, 2022 to July 24, 2022

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 11, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Hardware sales for the week between July 11 and July 17 continue the downtrend with units sold down nearly for all of the consoles. Total units sold for Switch consoles have fallen back by a further 6.89% to 61,677 units from last week’s 66,243 units, and the same can be said for PlayStation 5 and Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 11, 2022 to July 17, 2022

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 4, 2022 to July 10, 2022

Hardware sales see a massive retreat for the week between July 4 and July 10 as consoles reported fewer units sold across the board with the exception of Switch Lite and Xbox Series S, which climbed 12.87% and 59.88% week-on-week respectively. Total units sold for all Switch consoles has slumped by 21.40% to 66,243 units, Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 4, 2022 to July 10, 2022