Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 2 – October 8, 2023

Individual units sold for video game hardware have nearly all recorded a drop week-over-week, though high skews in sales experienced by Switch OLED and PlayStation 4 over their sales the week before have allowed better results overall for their respective brands as of the end the week. This has caused Switch consoles total units sold closing 95.02% more to 110,241 units from 56,528 units whilst PlayStation 4 is 141.13% higher at 1,020 units from 423 units.

With both of its consoles reporting fewer units sold, PlayStation 5 is down by 26.54% to 33,754 units, though lifetime sales in Japan is expected to hit the 4.5 million mark the following week. The Xbox Series noted a major contraction in sales of 78.03% to 995 units and New 2DS LL’s 21 units sold for the week is 22.22% less than the week before.

Sales of Hardware

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As for the Top 10 software sales chart, Detective Pikachu Returns made its debut atop of the list with 85,639 copies sold in its first three days. In this game, players will get to join Detective Pikachu and his partner Tim solving a myriad of cases as they search for Tim’s missing father. To learn more about the game check out its launch trailer below.

Board game, Jinsei Game is placed 2nd with 30,267 copies sold, also in its first three days, slightly higher than the combined sales of Assassin’s Creed Mirage at Number 3 and Number 7 for its PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 editions respectively at a total of 28,436 copies sold in four days. Then, side by side at Number 5 and Number 6 is SWORD ART ONLINE Last Recollection with its PlayStation editions at a total of 20,294 copies sold.

Without further ado, the full list is as follows:

Video Game Software Top 10

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Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank	Status	Title	Weekly Sales	Lifetime Sales
11		Minecraft Switch	5,876	3,280,800
12		Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch	4,956	5,300,348
13		Mario Party Superstars Switch	4,680	1,313,849
14		Fate/Samurai Remnant Switch	4,616	39,344
15		Infinity Strash: DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai Switch	4,573	28,940
16		EA Sports FC 24 PS5	4,452	20,315
17		Pikmin 1+2 Switch	4,184	35,242
18		The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Switch	3,653	1,871,593
19		EA Sports FC 24 PS4	3,638	15,388
20		Fate/Samurai Remnant PS5	3,437	25,006
21		Ring Fit Adventure Switch	3,392	3,476,224
22		Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch	3,318	7,541,937
23		Nintendo Switch Sports Switch	3,309	1,185,198
24		Splatoon 3 Switch	3,279	4,121,255
25		Ys X: Nordics Switch	3,138	18,984
26	NEW	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe + Booster Course Pass Switch	2,604	2,604
27		FREDERICA Switch	2,412	13,292
28		Luigi’s Mansion 3 Switch	2,211	927,393
29		Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch	2,192	1,169,680
30		Ys X: Nordics PS5	2,148	20,711

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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:
Detective Pikachu Returns

Previous Chart: Sep. 25 – Oct. 1
Follow-up Chart: Oct. 9 – Oct. 15
Source: Famitsu

Google Chart:
Hardware Sales

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