Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 20, 2022 to June 26, 2022

Most hardware are up in sales for the week between June 20 and June 26 with Switch consoles maintaining their massive lead over the rest. Units sold are up by 12.19% week-on-week due to an improvement in sales for its Lite and OLED editions. In total, the console witnessed 56,549 units sold, an increase over 12.19% over last week’s 50,405 units. As for PlayStation 5, a strong recovery is posted as units sold for the week rises by 202.50% to 9,181 for both consoles, seeing it accounting to 12.3% of the market share for the week while the Xbox Series recorded decent growth of 33.16% over the week before to see a total of 8,915 units. PlayStation 4 vanilla retreated by 5.56% to 17 units whereas New 2DS LL reported 34.42% fewer units sold than last week at 141.

Sales of Hardware

Hardware Weekly Sales Change Lifetime Sales
Switch 19,089 (↓4.11%) 18,418,847
Switch Lite 9,193 (↑20.36%) 4,771,088
Switch OLED 28,267 (↑23.65%) 1,927,423
PS5 7,257 (↑206.07%) 1,459,052
PS5 Digital Edition 1,924 (↑189.76%) 244,132
Xbox Series X 4,881 (↑49.17%) 113,864
Xbox Series S 4,034 (↑17.85%) 134,110
PS4 17 (↓5.56%) 7,819,718
New 2DS LL 141 (↓34.42%) 1,187,199

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.

As for software, only one new release has made it onto the Top 10 chart for the week with Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes being the best-seller at 97,538 copies sold in its first 3 days. The hack and slash game was produced together by Intelligent Systems and the Koei Tecmo studio Omega Force, and serves as the second entry to the Fire Emblem Warriors series which was initially released in 2017. Unlike the predecessor where it featured characters from multiple games in the series, Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes focuses only on the story and setting of Fire Emblem: Three Houses (Source: Wikia). More information about the game can be obtained via its launch trailer down below, so do give it a go!

Video Game Software Top 10


1. Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (NEW)
Sales: 97,538
Lifetime Sales: 97,538
Developer / Publisher: Koei Tecmo Games
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 24, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


2. Nintendo Switch Sports (↑2.48%)
Sales: 19,255
Lifetime Sales: 512,301
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 29, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


3. Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles (↓49.14%)
Sales: 10,663
Lifetime Sales: 122,512
Developer / Publisher: Aniplex
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 9, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (↑9.52%)
Sales: 9,261
Lifetime Sales: 4,691,651
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


5. Hoshi no Kirby Discovery (↓4.74%)
Sales: 8,239
Lifetime Sales: 777,810
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: March 25, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


6. Mario Strikers: Battle League (↓40.87%)
Sales: 7,688
Lifetime Sales: 52,863
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 10, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon


7. Ring Fit Adventure (↑36.16%)
Sales: 7,437
Lifetime Sales: 3,188,728
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 18, 2019
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


8. Minecraft (↓3.02%)
Sales: 7,095
Lifetime Sales: 2,684,472
Developer / Publisher: Microsoft Japan
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


9. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (↑48.30%)
Sales: 4,621
Lifetime Sales: 7,272,811
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: March 20, 2020
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


10. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (↑1.95%)
Sales:
4,449
Lifetime Sales: 4,909,639
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank Status Title Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales
11 NEW 9-nine- Switch 4,050 4,050
12   Monster Hunter Rise Best Price Switch 3,875 75,357
13   Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Switch
3,553 2,564,089
14 NEW Capcom Fighting Collection Switch 3,433 3,433
15   Mario Party Superstars Switch 3,072 984,841
16 NEW Capcom Fighting Collection PS4 2,798 2,798
17 NEW Fighting Legends Pack Switch
2,707 2,707
18   The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch 2,498 2,044,806
19   Pokémon Legends: Arceus Switch 2,429 2,264,082
20 NEW AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative Switch
2,333 2,333
21   eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 Switch 2,215 192,363
22   Splatoon 2 Switch 2,147 4,093,500
23   Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch 2,125 989,289
24   Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Switch 2,109 2,669,493
25 NEW 9-nine- PS4 1,815 1,815
26 NEW Fighting Legends Pack PS4 1,790 1,790
27   Taikou Risshiden V DX Switch 1,583 33,530
28   Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch 1,366 1,055,727
29 NEW AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative PS4 1,319 1,319
30   Pokémon Sword and Shield Switch 1,301 4,349,672

As always, if you find any issues with the lists above, 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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