Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: July 5, 2021 to July 11, 2021

Sluggish sales recorded by almost every consoles on the list with the exception of Switch Lite which has climbed 14.15% week-on-week selling 16,416 units from previous week’s 14,093 units. Xbox Series consoles suffered the biggest drop among consoles for the week as Series X fell as hard as 78.68% week-on-week to 579 units. The PlayStation 4 vanilla edition on the other hand has been exhibiting a rather interesting trend. Sales seem to repeat the trend from May 31 to June 20 where it peaked at 2,000 units sold, and then went down the next two before climbing up again to 2,000 units sold.

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Sales of Hardware

Hardware Weekly Sales Change Lifetime Sales
Switch 52,867 (↓24.91%) 16,547,989
Switch Lite 16,416 (↑14.15%) 3,947,619
PS5 12,271 (↓10.14%) 744,377
PS5 Digital Edition 2,133 (↓20.97%) 144,964
Xbox Series X 579 (↓78.68%) 45,293
Xbox Series S 487 (↓35.41%) 15,867
PS4 678 (↓41.50%) 7,797,187
New 2DS LL 628 (↓14.21%) 1,167,979

Software sales are just as low. Older titles have recorded weaker sales week-on-week such as Mario Golf: Super Rush which fell two spots to Number 3 from 31,685 copies sold it had the week before to 17,333 copies. Following closely behind is Nabi-tsuki! Tsukutte Wakaru Hajimete Game Programming which experienced a smaller drop at Number 4 with 14,105 copies sold. Sales for Minecraft continue to show a healthy trend. After the peak it achieved in the first week of January this year, sales have been rather stable. Likewise, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe reported strong sales the first week of January, sales then went steady after a number of consecutive drops putting its usual sales to around 10,000 copies sold nearly every week.

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Despite the slow sales of other titles, we do get to see two new releases sitting at the top of the chart for the week with Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin at the lead. Developed by Capcom, the title sold 137,676 copies for the week. This is the second installment of the turn-based RPG game that is set in the world of Monster Hunter, and it is also available via Steam, so do check it out! KONAMI’s eBaseball Professional Baseball Spirits 2021: Grand Slam is 2nd at 106,597 copies sold. The game features some of the latest player for the 2021 baseball season. If you are a big fan of baseball, do not miss it!

Video Game Software Top 10


1. Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (NEW)
Sales: 137,676
Lifetime Sales: 137,676
Developer: Capcom
Platform: Switch
Release Date: July 9, 2021
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Capcom


2. eBaseball Professional Baseball Spirits 2021: Grand Slam (NEW)
Sales: 106,597
Lifetime Sales: 106,597
Developer: KONAMI
Platform: Switch
Release Date: July 8, 2021
Link (JPN): CDJapan


3. Mario Golf: Super Rush (↓45.30%)
Sales: 17,333
Lifetime Sales: 129,448
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 25, 2021
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Nintendo


4. Nabi-tsuki! Tsukutte Wakaru Hajimete Game Programming (↓20.04%)
Sales: 14,105
Lifetime Sales: 157,753
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 11, 2021
Link (JPN): CDJapan


5. Ring Fit Adventure (↓14.38%)
Sales: 12,847
Lifetime Sales: 2,681,938
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 18, 2019
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


6. Minecraft (↓6.53%)
Sales: 12,348
Lifetime Sales: 2,044,991
Developer: Microsoft Japan
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (↑3.80%)
Sales: 10,614
Lifetime Sales: 3,909,308
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


8. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (↓1.69%)
Sales: 9,298
Lifetime Sales: 2,261,196
Developer: KONAMI
Platform: Switch
Release Date: November 19, 2020
Link (JPN): Amazon


9. Miitopia (↓13.77%)
Sales: 8,272
Lifetime Sales: 187,505
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: May 21, 2021
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Nintendo


10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (↓1.95%)
Sales: 7,434
Lifetime Sales: 4,333,576
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank Title Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales
11 Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch 6,933 805,364
12 Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch 6,208 6,819,664
13 Monster Hunter Rise Switch 5,524 2,285,466
14 Samurai Warriors 5 Switch 5,324 55,570
15 Super Mario Party Switch 5,237 1,929,324
16 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch 4,582 743,542
17 Pokémon Sword and Shield Switch 4,533 4,080,005
18 Samurai Warriors 5 PS4 4,409 70,376
19 Splatoon 2 Switch 4,304 3,896,920
20 SCARLET NEXUS PS4 3,581 29,546
21 The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Switch 3,558 1,835,938
22 New Pokémon Snap Switch 3,505 256,863
23 (NEW) The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki I KAI -Thors Military Academy 1204- Switch 3,426 3,426
24 Moshikashite? Obake no Shatekiya Switch 2,884 7,370
25 Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise Switch 2,708 119,050
26 (NEW) Fuuraiki 4 PS4 2,223 2,223
27 DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition Switch 2,132 113,263
28 (NEW) Fuuraiki 4 Switch 1,755 1,755
29 Super Mario Odyssey Switch 1,666 2,246,777
30 Super Mario Maker 2 Switch 1,650 1,107,391

As usual, if you find anything is amiss with the above list, please do not hesitate to let me know! Also, don’t shy away from dropping a comment or two down below and share your thoughts with us!

Source: Famitsu
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