Japan Top Weekly Video Game Sales Ranking: December 12 – December 18, 2022

Total units sold for the Switch consoles went up by 9.47% to close the week at 173,083 units, taking home nearly 70% of the market share. PlayStation 5 consoles on the other hand, noted the biggest improvement week-on-week, climbing by as much as 274.54% from 18,822 units it sold the week before to 70,496 units. As a result its lifetime sales in Japan has passed the 2.3 million sold mark. The Xbox Series failed to impress as total units sold made a 40.29% retreat to 910 units from 1,524 it achieved the prior week. PlayStation 4 gained a small 0.35% to 3,161 units whereas New 2DS LL fell 25% to 48 units.

Sales of Hardware

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Software sales chart saw one new title breaching its Top 10 list throughout the week, and that being Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion at Number 3 as its PlayStation 5 edition led at 54,522 copies followed by its PlayStation 4 edition at 53,481 copies while its Switch edition was at 48,527 copies, putting all of those combined at a great start of 156,530 copies. The game is also out on the Xbox Series but too small to make a dent on the chart. Originally released in 2007 as a PlayStation Portable exclusive, the game was re-done in high fidelity, and the interface resembles that of Final Fantasy VII Remake in appearance, using the power of Unreal Engine 4 (source: Wikia). More information about the game can be learned via its launch trailer below, so do check it out!

Video Game Software Top 10

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Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank	Status	Title	Weekly Sales	Lifetime Sales
11		Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch	12,598	5,043,043
12		Horizon Forbidden West PS5	12,092	130,031
13		Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival Switch	11,522	95,086
14		Mario Party Superstars Switch	11,231	1,092,131
15	NEW	Ishu Saikyou Ou Zukan: Battle Colosseum Switch	11,201	11,201
16		Hoshi no Kirby Discovery Switch	11,124	949,632
17		Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch	10,142	7,377,389
18		Tsuri Spirits: Tsutte Asoberu Suizokukan Switch	9,485	64,150
19		Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Switch	9,348	2,762,507
20		FIFA 23 Legacy Edition Switch	8,011	50,742
21		Gran Turismo 7 PS5	7,864	206,233
22		Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch	4,724	1,099,254
23		Dragon Quest X Offline Switch	4,463	245,782
24		Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch	4,425	1,046,047
25		Ring Fit Adventure Switch	4,250	3,312,038
26		The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch	3,941	2,107,932
27		One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Switch	3,853	181,216
28		Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 [Special Price] Switch	3,561	13,233
29		Sonic Frontiers Switch	3,490	45,761
30		Super Mario Maker 2 Switch	3,372	1,258,486

*Note: The estimated number of copies sold is based on the total of package software, download cards and the pre-installed versions of the main unit

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Previous Chart: Dec. 5 – Dec. 11
Follow-up Chart: Dec. 19 – Dec. 25
Source: Famitsu

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Hardware Sales (Japan)

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