Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 23 – January 29, 2023

Most hardware sales have recovered from previous week’s reduction in sales to report a stronger performance nearly across the board, this time with PlayStation 5 consoles leading in terms of market share, outpacing Switch consoles to account for 54.0% against 43.9% of the hardware market in Japan for the week. Units sold for PlayStation 5 moved up by 49.24% to 62,908 units from previous week’s 42,152 units while Switch consoles noted another drop in sales week-on-week by 0.93% to 51,108 units. The Xbox Series improved by 33.86% to close at 1,265 units sold, however, PlayStation 4 was dragged 58.29% to 1,061 units from last week’s 2,544. New 2DS LL reported a low 74 units sold, a decline of 10.84% against the week before.

Sales of Hardware

Hardware Weekly Sales Change Lifetime Sales
Switch 12,564 (↓2.00%) 19,150,623
Switch Lite 9,757 (↓3.79%) 5,185,166
Switch OLED 28,787 (↑0.56%) 3,816,361
PS5 53,256 (↑37.96%) 2,266,567
PS5 Digital Edition 9,652 (↑171.89%) 345,151
Xbox Series X 435 (↑112.20%) 173,518
Xbox Series S 830 (↑12.16%) 229,878
PS4 1,061 (↓58.29%) 7,850,876
New 2DS LL 74 (↓10.84%) 1,190,380

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.

The Top 30 chart looks a lot brighter this time around with the entrance of five new releases. Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life took the Number 1 spot to sell 40,759 copies in its first 4 days. Forspoken is up next, but not a good start for its PlayStation 5 console edition at 29,055 copies sold in its first 6 days. Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless in total sold 12,683 copies for both its Switch and PlayStation 5 editions in its first 4 days. The two other new releases here are Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising and Summer Time Rendering: Another Horizon in the lower 11 to 30 at 2,835 copies and 1,670 copies sold each in their first 4 days.

Video Game Software Top 10


1. Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (NEW)
Sales: 40,759
Lifetime Sales: 40,759
Price: 4,980 yen
Developer / Publisher: Marvelous
Platform: Switch
Release Date: January 26, 2023
Link (JPN): CDJapan


2. Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (↓15.27%)
Sales: 37,265
Lifetime Sales: 4,776,300
Price: 5,980 yen each
Developer / Publisher: The Pokémon Company
Platform: Switch
Release Date: November 18, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


3. Forspoken (NEW)
Sales: 29,055
Lifetime Sales: 29,055
Price: 8,800 yen
Developer / Publisher: Square Enix
Platform: PS5
Release Date: January 24, 2023
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


4. Fire Emblem Engage (↓80.32%)
Sales: 28,442
Lifetime Sales: 173,000
Price: 6,980 yen
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: January 20, 2023
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


5. Splatoon 3 (↓7.75%)
Sales: 14,844
Lifetime Sales: 3,848,543
Price: 5,980 yen
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: September 9, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (↓5.19%)
Sales: 13,138
Lifetime Sales: 5,128,314
Price: 7,800 yen
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


7. Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless (NEW)
Sales: 10,359
Lifetime Sales: 10,359
Price: 6,980 yen
Developer / Publisher: Nippon Ichi Software
Platform: Switch
Release Date: January 26, 2023
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


8. Minecraft (↑3.11%)
Sales: 8,399
Lifetime Sales: 3,025,019
Price: 3,600 yen
Developer / Publisher: Microsoft Japan
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


9. Nintendo Switch Sports (↓10.73%)
Sales: 8,231
Lifetime Sales: 986,742
Price: 4,980 yen
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 29, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


10. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (↑1.67%)
Sales: 6,041
Lifetime Sales: 2,836,256
Price: 6,300 yen
Developer / Publisher: KONAMI
Platform: Switch
Release Date: November 19, 2020
Link (JPN): Amazon


Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank Status Title Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales
11   Mario Party Superstars Switch
5,726 1,163,590
12   Dragon Quest Treasures Switch 5,319 264,612
13   Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch
5,089 5,110,744
14   Gran Turismo 7 PS5
4,999 272,221
15   Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless PS4 3,568 3,568
16   Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 3,366 7,423,119
17   Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch 3,196 1,079,403
18   Ring Fit Adventure Switch 2,976 3,341,478
19 NEW Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising Switch 2,835 2,835
20   One Piece Odyssey PS4 2,769 43,129
21   FIFA 23 Legacy Edition Switch 2,601 83,593
22   Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival Switch 2,596 147,242
23   Hoshi no Kirby Discovery Switch 2,401 992,476
24   The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Switch 2,386 2,129,200
25 NEW Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless PS5 2,324 2,324
26   Horizon Forbidden West PS5 2,230 144,558
27   One Piece Odyssey PS5 1,773 32,217
28   Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 [Special Price] Switch 1,719 33,969
29 NEW Summer Time Rendering: Another Horizon Switch
1,670 1,670
30   NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition Switch 1,639 66,459

*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: Jan. 16 – Jan. 22
Follow-up Chart: Jan. 30 – Feb. 5
Source: Famitsu

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