Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: May 16, 2022 to May 22, 2022

Units sold for hardware for the week between May 16 and May 22 are up across the board with the PlayStation 5 consoles seeing the biggest gains. The vanilla PlayStation 5 is up 82.44% week-on-week while the Digital Edition improves by 70.24%. The two consoles in total are at 14,277 units, making up 16.5% of the total sales of all consoles listed here for the week. Xbox Series too have experienced a jump in sales with the Series X catapulting as much as 89.13% (the largest on the list) from previous week, and a minor improvement is recorded for Series S by 0.73%, putting the two at 7,131 units sold. Switch consoles remain atop as usual, however, total units sold have fallen by a small 0.74% to 64,839 units. The PlayStation 4 is down by 9.09%, and New 2DS LL has recorded 8.20% better growth from the prior week.

Sales of Hardware

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As for software sales, all of the past titles on the Top 10 have reported weaker sales from the week before with eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 succumbing to the biggest drop at 30.49% with 7,210 copies sold for its Switch edition. Nevertheless, we get to see two new releases making it onto the chart.

Taikou Risshiden V DX (DX stands for Deluxe) is placed 2^nd on the list with its Switch edition selling 21,710 copies in its first 4 days. Note that the game is also available on PC. To commemorate the series 30^th anniversary, Taikou Risshiden V DX, a simulation RPG game which is a remaster edition of the 2004 game, is the fifth title in the series where you can play as characters in different roles: a warrior, a merchant, a ninja, a pirate and many more. You can learn more about the game through its promotional video down below.

Head over to Number 9 and you will find Snow Bros. Special at 4,608 copies sold in its first 4 days, brought to you by DAEWON MEDIA, a South Korean based company which specializes in character and animation-related business. The platform game, which is an upgraded version of the game that appeared in the arcades in the 1990s, can be played with two players at a time and features what it calls a “Monster Challenge” mode where you play as the monsters. Get to know more about the game via its official trailer down below.

Video Game Software Top 10

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Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank	Status	Title	Weekly Sales	Lifetime Sales
11		The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch	3,525	2,029,131
12		Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch	3,077	7,255,336
13		Pokémon Legends: Arceus Switch	3,018	2,250,158
14		Splatoon 2 Switch	2,933	4,081,084
15		eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 PS4	2,760	87,904
16		Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch	2,268	978,588
17		Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Switch	2,114	2,658,701
18		Monster Hunter Rise Best Price Switch	2,023	57,684
19	NEW	Death’s Gambit: Afterlife Switch	1,731	1,731
20		Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl Switch	1,516	2,547,795
21		Pokémon Sword and Shield Switch	1,469	4,342,362
22		Elden Ring PS4	1,287	342,427
23		Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch	1,264	1,049,496
24		The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story Switch	1,120	7,529
25		Human: Fall Flat Switch	1,119	260,741
26		Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise Switch	1,082	201,300
27		Horizon Forbidden West PS5	1,041	61,617
28		Futari de! Nyanko Daisensou Switch	1,036	142,754
29		Super Mario Maker 2 Switch	1,035	1,218,074
30		Kirby Star Allies Switch	1,033	982,418

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Source: Famitsu

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