Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 1, 2021 to March 7, 2021

Sales for Switch machines are showing some signs of recovery, especially with Switch Lite which has been seeing growth for the past three weeks. While the vanilla edition has seen a slight dip from February 22 to February 28, sales have climbed by 12.26% week-on-week with 57,148 units sold. The highest it has achieved so far is still back between January 11 to January 17 where it sold 142,748 units. To date, from the 4th of January, the machine has sold 1,003,642 units in total.

Sales are down for PS5’s vanilla edition, while the Digital Edition recorded a small increase. Xbox Series and PS4 machines are all down for the week, while New 2DS LL experienced modest growth.

It is thanks to the awesome folks 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! All the data you find below can be accessed via Famitsu’s post right here.


Sales of Hardware

Hardware Weekly Sales Change Lifetime Sales
Switch 57,148 (↑12.26%) 15,276,702
Switch Lite 32,779 (↑14.86%) 3,379,435
PS5 18,662 (↓38.03%) 375,345
PS5 Digital Edition 3,887 (↑4.27%) 70,063
Xbox Series X 543 (↓62.00%) 28,426
Xbox Series S 23 (↓60.34%) 7,657
PS4 3,131 (↓2.19%) 7,767,415
PS4 Pro 14 (↓12.50%) 1,575,676
New 2DS LL 790 (↑14.81%) 1,157,505

As for software, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury and Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! continue to decline as a whole. To date (from January 4), the two titles have sold 476,387 copies and 207,660 copies respectively. Last week’s top performer, Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town is down by 83.36% week-on-week whereas Bravely Default 2 saw a narrower drop in sales. Minecraft is another title that has seen sales falling. Ring Fit Adventure, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Pokémon Sword and Shield are all up.

Video Game Software Top 10


1. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (↓28.35%)
Sales: 53,603
Lifetime Sales: 476,387
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: February 12, 2021
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG):
Nintendo


2. Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (↓83.36%)
Sales: 33,677
Lifetime Sales: 236,073
Developer: Marvelous
Platform: Switch
Release Date: February 25, 2021
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Nintendo


3. Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (↓21.79%)
Sales: 31,760
Lifetime Sales: 2,006,555
Developer: KONAMI
Platform: Switch
Release Date: November 19, 2020
Link (JPN): Amazon


4. Ring Fit Adventure (↑5.77%)
Sales: 20,197
Lifetime Sales: 2,433,274
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 18, 2019
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


5. Bravely Default 2 (↓78.68%)
Sales: 19,841
Lifetime Sales: 112,902
Developer: Square Enix
Platform: Switch
Release Date: February 26, 2021
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Nintendo


6. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (↑7.55%)
Sales: 14,684
Lifetime Sales: 3,714,231
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (↑17.38%)
Sales: 12,052
Lifetime Sales: 4,187,325
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


8. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (↓12.01%)
Sales: 11,731
Lifetime Sales: 6,680,145
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: March 20, 2020
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


9. Pokémon Sword and Shield (↑10.15%)
Sales: 10,094
Lifetime Sales: 3,990,761
Developer: Game Freak
Platform: Switch
Release Date: November 15, 2019
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


10. Minecraft (↓6.67%)
Sales: 8,760
Lifetime Sales: 1,843,633
Developer: Microsoft Japan
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon


Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank Title Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales
11 Splatoon 2 Switch 8,268 3,804,870
12 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch 5,075 654,740
13 The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Switch 4,839 1,789,500
14 Super Mario Party Switch 4,533 1,838,142
15 Super Mario 3D All-Stars Switch 3,960 568,992
16 Little Nightmares II Switch 3,953 41,938
17 DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition Switch 3,669 76,868
18 Little Nightmares II PS4 3,096 22,922
19 (NEW) Yakuza: Like a Dragon Hikari to Yami no Yukue International PS5 2,861 2,861
20 Human: Fall Flat Switch 2,097 124,843
21 Zelda Musou: Apocalypse of Disaster Switch 2,081 351,561
22 Pikmin 3 Deluxe Switch 2,045 547,171
23 Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise Switch 2,016 78,054
24 (NEW) Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star DX PS4 2,008 2,008
25 (NEW) Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star DX Switch 1,986 1,986
26 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Switch 1,973 1,041,106
27 Super Mario Maker 2 Swtich 1,944 1,073,393
28 Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Switch 1,882 144,082
29 NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition PS4 1,815 110,680
30 (NEW) Ciel nosurge: Requiem for a Lost Star DX Switch 1,805 1,805

As always, if you find any faults with the list, please do not hesitate to let me know! Also, don’t shy away from dropping a comment or two and share your thoughts with us.

Source: Famitsu
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