Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 3 – July 9, 2023 (Updated)

The hardware sales chart is mostly down week-over-week with sales of Switch consoles weakening by 18.61% in total to 86,450 units as all editions suffered a drop over last week’s performance. Nevertheless, the brand maintains its hegemony at 62% of the market share for the week, 5% lower than the week before.

Thanks to the minor increase in sales for PlayStation 5 Disc Edition, total units sold for the brand only suffered a 0.88% decrease in sales from 49,294 units to 48,858 units. With that, its lifetime sales in Japan have now crossed the 3.9 million mark. Its market share for the week has also improved to 35.1% from prior week’s 31.1%.

The Xbox Series consoles have retreated by 15.14% in total to 824 units while PlayStation 4 noted significant gains of 52.70% to close at 3,196 units for the week. New 2DS LL experienced a modest climb of 10% to 44 units with its total lifetime sales closer to the 1.2 million mark.

Sales of Hardware

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There are no new releases on the Top 10 for the week. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has moved up two spots to once again clinch the 1st place with units sold at 17,996 units for the week, 31.02% less than the week before. Final Fantasy XVI maintains its position but has retreated by 62.64% over last week’s 37,763 copies to 14,109 copies. Its physical lifetime sales in Japan have now reached 387,899 copies, however, it is very likely not to go over the 400,000 mark the week after.

Without further ado, the full list is as follows:

Video Game Software Top 10

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Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank	Status	Title	Weekly Sales	Lifetime Sales
11		Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Switch	4,226	5,067,693
12		Mario Party Superstars Switch	3,523	1,257,967
13		Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch	3,491	7,490,083
14		The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch	3,486	2,223,557
15		Street Fighter 6 PS5	3,107	44,957
16		Street Fighter 6 PS4	2,839	32,521
17		Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe Switch	2,810	457,180
18		Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Switch	2,487	2,890,167
19		Ghost Trick Switch	2,076	10,449
20		Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch	2,035	1,135,277
21	NEW	Pretty Princess Magical Garden Island Switch	1,993	1,993
22		Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival Switch	1,981	188,343
23		Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch	1,737	1,164,999
24		New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Switch	1,734	1,273,690
25		Hoshi no Kirby Discovery Switch	1,557	1,040,073
26		Diablo IV PS5	1,465	35,242
27	NEW	F1 23 PS5	1,362	1,362
28		Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Switch	1,360	2,649,983
29		Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 [Special Price] Switch	1,264	73,139
30		ARK: Survival Evolved Switch	1,157	56,795

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*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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Featured Image:
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Previous Chart: Jun. 26 – Jul. 2
Follow-up Chart: Jul. 10 – Jul. 16
Source: Famitsu

Google Chart:
Hardware Sales

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