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 week between August 1 and August 14 saw Switch sold a massive 153,822 units accounting for 73.4% of the total market share followed by PlayStation 5 at 46,600 units, 22.2% of the total market share whereas Xbox Series maintains as the third best-selling console at 8,703 units, 4.2% of the market share.

Sales of Hardware

Hardware Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales
Switch 35,071 18,582,498
Switch Lite 23,924 4,850,949
Switch OLED 94,827 2,192,546
PS5 44,126 1,592,796
PS5 Digital Edition 2,474 257,785
Xbox Series X 4,802 139,695
Xbox Series S 3,901 152,033
PS4 28 7,819,811
New 2DS LL 307 1,188,268

It is thanks to the wonderful people over at Famitsu that we get to see these charts on a weekly basis, so be sure to head over to their site here and show them lots of love! In addition, all the data you find below is accessible via Famitsu right here.

There are no new releases for software during the two weeks. Nintendo Switch Sports takes the top spot with 53,900 copies sold while Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is the 2nd best-selling title at 39,529 copies sold, bringing its year-to-date sales to 152,257 copies. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is 3rd at 29,276 copies sold. Without further ado, the full list is as follows:

Video Game Software Top 10


1. Nintendo Switch Sports
Sales: 53,900
Lifetime Sales: 677,393
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 29, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


2. Xenoblade Chronicles 3
Sales: 39,529
Lifetime Sales: 152,257
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: July 29, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Sales: 29,276
Lifetime Sales: 4,774,885
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


4. Hoshi no Kirby Discovery
Sales: 27,957
Lifetime Sales: 851,866
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: March 25, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


5. Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set
Sales: 24,180
Lifetime Sales: 241,652
Developer / Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 30, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


6. Minecraft
Sales: 21,173
Lifetime Sales: 2,749,039
Developer / Publisher: Microsoft Japan
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


7. Live A Live
Sales: 20,999
Lifetime Sales: 106,234
Developer / Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: Switch
Release Date: July 22, 2022
Link (JPN): Amazon


8. Ring Fit Adventure
Sales: 19,012
Lifetime Sales: 3,247,019
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 18, 2019
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


9. Gran Turismo 7
Sales: 17,153
Lifetime Sales: 157,041
Developer / Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Platform: PS5
Release Date: March 4, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


10. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!
Sales: 12,780
Lifetime Sales: 2,698,202
Developer / Publisher: KONAMI
Platform: Switch
Release Date: November 19, 2020
Link (JPN): Amazon


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Source: Famitsu

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