Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 26 – July 2, 2023 (Updated)

Overall hardware sales were mixed throughout the week with Switch maintaining its position as the Number 1 console in Japan, up by 0.21% week-over-week to close at 106,241 units, thereby taking a larger chunk of the market share at 67.0% as opposed to previous week’s 52.3%.

Both the PlayStation 5 versions have moved down significantly to end up with 42.27% fewer units than the prior week with a total of 49,294 units sold after a potential boost the brand received from Final Fantasy XVI last week. The market share, as a result, has shrunken to 31.1% from 42.2% the week before.

The Xbox Series was the biggest loser for the week as units sold plummeted by 88.87% from 8,727 units to 971 units. PlayStation 4 on the other hand, suffered from a setback of 13.76% to 2,093 units whereas New 2DS LL moved up 21.21% to 40 units.

Sales of Hardware

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The software sales chart witnessed four new releases with Spike Chunsoft’s Master Detective Archives: Rain Code leading at 55,339 copies sold in its first three days. More about the adventure game, created by the same people who made the Danganronpa series, can be learned via its game mechanics gameplay below.

Move over to Number 5 and you will find Ghost Trick at 8,373 copies in three days. A HD remastered edition of the 2010 the adventure game developed by Capcom while Idea Factory’s 9 R.I.P. settled in at Number 6 with 8,080 copies in four days. You can find out more about the two games below via their trailers below.

Finally, we have Tokyo Xanadu eX+ at Number 9 with 5,845 copies sold in four days, the release of the 2016 action RPG game for the Switch platform that also includes all of the game’s DLCs. Do check out the demo movie below to learn more about the game.

Video Game Software Top 10

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Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank	Status	Title	Weekly Sales	Lifetime Sales
11		Ring Fit Adventure Switch	5,329	3,410,392
12		Splatoon 3 Switch	5,250	4,048,685
13		Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Switch	5,010	5,063,467
14		Street Fighter 6 PS5	4,765	41,850
15	NEW	The Quintessential Quintuplets: Gotopazu Story Switch	4,609	4,609
16		Street Fighter 6 PS4	4,298	29,682
17		The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch	3,929	2,220,071
18		Mario Party Superstars Switch	3,737	1,254,444
19		Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch	3,390	7,486,592
20	NEW	Everybody 1-2-Switch! Switch	3,320	3,320
21		Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe Switch	3,192	454,370
22	NEW	Xicatrice Switch	2,334	2,334
23	NEW	Ikaruga Switch	2,192	2,192
24		Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch	2,173	1,163,262
25		Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch	2,106	1,133,242
26		New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Switch	2,023	1,271,956
27		Diablo IV PS5	1,961	33,777
28		Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Switch	1,896	2,887,680
29		Hoshi no Kirby Discovery Switch	1,728	1,038,516
30		Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival Switch	1,641	186,362

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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:
Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

Previous Chart: Jun. 19 – Jun. 25
Follow-up Chart: Jul. 3 – Jul. 9
Source: Famitsu

Google Chart:
Hardware Sales (Japan)

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