Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 21, 2020 to January 3, 2021 (Two-week)

Sales of Switch consoles ballooned the two-week period between December 21 to January 3 with sales of both of its editions reaching 590,294 units! Sales for PS5 and its Digital Deluxe Edition are decent while Xbox Series continues to disappoint. No percentage differences week-on-week as the total weekly sales encapsulates the two-week period.

Don’t forget! It is thanks to the wonderful folks 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! Plus, all the data you find below can be accessed via Famitsu right here.


Sales of Hardware

Hardware Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales Affiliated Links
Switch 467,051 14,512,967 Amazon
Switch Lite 123,243 3,139,528 Amazon
PS5 18,129 214,228 Amazon
PS5 Digital Edition 5,691 51,554 Amazon
Xbox Series X 275 24,974 Amazon
Xbox Series S 64 6,584 Amazon
PS4 30,482 7,733,236 Amazon
PS4 Pro 112 1,575,530 Amazon
New 2DS LL 1372 1,151,470 Amazon

Please note that sales of Xbox One S, Xbox One X and New 3DS LL have been omitted from Famitsu’s chart, all sales are for the two-week period between December 21, 2020 to January 3, 2020.


Software on the other hand features some interesting outcome. Sales of Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! achieved 459,243 copies for the two-week period, putting the lifetime sales above the 1 million mark edging the title closer to 1.5 million sales which should be achievable the following week. Sales of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe passes 3.5 million copies, at the same time Super Smash Bros. Ultimate went beyond 4 million copies. Pikmin 3 Deluxe is an inch closer to reaching a lifetime sales of 500,000 copies. I shall keep you guys here no longer, the full list is as follows:


1. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!

Sales: 459,243
Lifetime Sales: 1,423,450
Developer: KONAMI
Platform: Switch
Release Date: November 19, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!


2. Animal Crossing: New Horizons

Sales: 202,132
Lifetime Sales: 6,472,485
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: March 20, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Affiliated Link (ENG): Animal Crossing: New Horizons


3. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

Sales: 152,052
Lifetime Sales: 3,541,036
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Affiliated Link (JPN): Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Affiliated Link (ENG): Mario Kart 8 Deluxe


4. Ring Fit Adventure

Sales: 129,275
Lifetime Sales: 2,157,719
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 18, 2019
Affiliated Link (JPN): Ring Fit Adventure
Affiliated Link (ENG): Ring Fit Adventure


5. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Sales: 108,052
Lifetime Sales: 4,068,039
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Affiliated Link (JPN): Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Affiliated Link (ENG): Super Smash Bros. Ultimate


6. Pikmin 3 Deluxe

Sales: 91,336
Lifetime Sales: 499,156
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 30, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Affiliated Link (ENG): Pikmin 3 Deluxe


7. Super Mario Party

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Sales: 86,723
Lifetime Sales: 1,774,663
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 5, 2018
Affiliated Link (JPN): Super Mario Party
Affiliated Link (ENG): Super Mario Party


8. Minecraft

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Sales: 85,989
Lifetime Sales: 1,740,451
Developer: Microsoft Japan
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Affiliated Link (JPN): Minecraft
Affiliated Link (ENG): Minecraft


9. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics

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Sales: 85,027
Lifetime Sales: 565,003
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 5, 2020
Link (JPN): Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics
Link (ENG):  Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics


10. Super Mario 3D All-Stars

Sales: 70,144
Lifetime Sales: 525,613
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: September 18, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): Super Mario 3D All-Stars
Affiliated Link (ENG):
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As usual, if you find any faults with the list above, please do not hesitate to let me know! Also, don’t shy away from dropping a comment or two and share your thoughts with us!

Famitsu should release the weekly sales for the period between December 21, 2020 to December 27, 2020 and December 28, 2020 to January 3, 2020 tomorrow, so keep a lookout for it!

Source: Famitsu

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