Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 24 – October 30, 2022

Hardware sales are nearly down across the board with Switch consoles being hit the hardest with Switch Lite falling below the 1,000 mark. Total sales for the console stood at 38,634 units, a fall of 29.29% week-over-week. PlayStation 5 on the other hand, performed quite remarkably with a rise of 35.61% to 38,866 units sold and taking a slightly larger market share for the week at 47.8% as opposed to Switch’s 47.6%. Xbox Series X recorded a massive climb of 746.86% to settle at 1,753 units sold. When put together with sales of Series S, it saw a total of 3,674 units, a retreat of 11.64% from the week before. PlayStation 4 dropped by 15.38% to 11 units sold whereas New 2DS LL suffered a minor setback of 1.75% to 56 units sold.

Sales of Hardware

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Well, it certainly is a lively week as the software sales chart had to greet a nearly all-new cast. The week between October 24 and October 30 saw a total of six new titles taking up eight out of the ten spots with Splatoon 3 still retained its Number 1 spot for the eighth consecutive week. Among the new releases, the list started off with Bayonetta 3, a Switch exclusive title at Number 2 with 41,285 copies sold in its first 3 days. The hack and slash game developed by PlatinumGames is the third instalment to the Bayonetta series with further information about it can be learned via its gameplay trailer down below.

Then, we have Star Ocean: The Divine Force with its PlayStation 4 edition coming in third at 27,001 copies while the PlayStation 5 edition can be found at Number 4 at 17,177 copies sold. Together, that will be 44,178 copies in physical sales in its first 4 days in Japan. Note that the JRPG title is also available on other platforms: Xbox Series, Xbox One and PC and takes place forty-six years after the events of the previous title, Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (Source: Wikia). Much about it can be learned through its launch trailer below.

Likewise, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II‘s PlayStation editions have also breached the Top 10 with the PlayStation 4 edition edging out the PlayStation 5 edition at Number 4, selling 24,371 copies in its first 3 days while the other is placed 6^th on the list at 17,710 copies. In total, that will put the title at 42,081 copies sold. Developed by Infinity Ward, the game is also available on other platforms such as the Xbox Series, Xbox One and PC. You can check out its trailer below for more information.

The other three new releases here are Tsuri Spirits: Tsutte Asoberu Suizokukan at Number 5 with 23,297 copies. Aquarium. [Limited Edition] at Number 8 with 13,199 copies sold and Needy Girl Overdose is 10^th at 11,693 copies sold. All in their first 4 days. 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		Gran Turismo 7 PS5	11,440	180,878
12	NEW	Resident Evil Village Gold Edition PS4	6,188	6,188
13		Minecraft Switch	5,840	2,833,114
14		Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Switch	5,163	4,883,733
15		Dragon Quest X Offline Switch	4,867	210,951
16		Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher Switch	4,679	28,748
17	NEW	Resident Evil Village Gold Edition PS5	4,219	4,219
18		Nintendo Switch Sports Switch	3,344	761,333
19		NieR: Automata – The End of YoRHa Edition Switch	3,170	48,167
20		Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival Switch	3,118	59,204
21		Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Switch	2,945	4,998,767
22		Ring Fit Adventure Switch	2,564	3,292,498
23		Hoshi no Kirby Discovery Switch	2,456	909,661
24		Mario Party Superstars Switch	2,093	1,056,062
25		Valkyrie Elysium PS4	2,092	33,498
26		Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch	2,041	7,344,637
27		FIFA 23 Legacy Edition Switch	1,929	24,430
28	NEW	The King of Fighters ’98 Ultimate Match Final Edition PS4	1,917	1,917
29		Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Switch	1,879	2,732,280
30		Horizon Forbidden West PS5	1,747	92,639

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Previous Chart: Oct. 17 – Oct. 23
Follow-up Chart: —
Source: Famitsu

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