Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 26, 2020 to November 1, 2020

Sales of Video Game hardware and software have shown considerable improvement week-on-week after quite the slump it experienced the week before. More than half of the machines listed below recorded a jump in sales with only three witnessed sales declining for the week. PS4 Pro saw number of units sold dropped 36% while its vanilla version, the PS4 rose by a tiny amount, ending the week at 3,066 units sold. New 2DS LL climbed the biggest with sales jumping nearly 42% for the week between October 26 to November 1. Nevertheless, it is the Switch (not including Switch Lite) that stole the show as it finally breached the 13,000,000 units sold mark in Japan.

It is thanks to the amazing 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! The week’s data is accessible through Famitsu’s post here.


Sales of Hardware

Hardware Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales Affiliated Links
Switch 66,682 (↑26.99%) 13,002,885 Amazon
Switch Lite 20,303 (↑20.77%) 2,781,904 Amazon
PS4 3,066 (↑1.99%) 7,668,022 Amazon
PS4 Pro 84 (↓36.36%) 1,574,938 Amazon
Xbox One S 15 (↓21.05%) 93,638 Amazon
Xbox One X 21 (↓25.00%) 20,950 Amazon
New 2DS LL 1,438 (↑41.86%) 1,745,450 Amazon
New 3DS LL 29 (↑31.03%) 5,888,722 Amazon

The Video Game software Top 10 chart is a lot more on the greener side as it welcomed a slew of new titles making into the chart for the first time. Pikmin 3 Deluxe sits at the top of the chart with 171,349 copies sold in its first week. Though Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster made a splash in the chart with both of its Switch and PS4 versions claiming the 2nd and 3rd spots respectively, the total sales it accumulated for the week was 101,311 copies, not enough to best Pikmin 3 Deluxe. Yes, an encouraging number indeed. Watch Dogs: Legion grabs the 4th spot while GreedFall and KAMEN RIDER: memory of heroez took the 7th and 8th placings. The rest are familiar faces, which saw the number of copies sold went up for the week.


1. Pikmin 3 Deluxe (NEW)

Sales: 171,349
Lifetime Sales: 171,349
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 30, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): Pikmin 3 Deluxe
Affiliated Link (ENG): Pikmin 3 Deluxe


2. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster (NEW)

Sales: 52,481
Lifetime Sales: 52,481
Developer: Atlus
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 29, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster


3. Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster (NEW)

Sales: 48,830
Lifetime Sales: 48,830
Developer: Atlus
Platform: PS4
Release Date: October 29, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster


4. Watch Dogs: Legion (NEW)

Sales: 40,962
Lifetime Sales: 40,962
Developer: Ubisoft
Platform: PS4
Release Date: October 29, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): Watch Dogs: Legion
Affiliated Link (ENG): Watch Dogs: Legion


5. Ring Fit Adventure (↑27.39%)

Sales: 29,086
Lifetime Sales: 1,746,352
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 18, 2019
Affiliated Link (JPN): Ring Fit Adventure
Affiliated Link (ENG): Ring Fit Adventure


6. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (↑3.92%)

Sales: 24,009
Lifetime Sales: 5,909,746
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: March 20, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Affiliated Link (ENG): Animal Crossing: New Horizons


7. GreedFall (NEW)

Sales: 13,292
Lifetime Sales: 13,292
Developer: Game Source Entertainment
Platform: PS4
Release Date: October 29, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): GreedFall
Affiliated Link (ENG): GreedFall


8. KAMEN RIDER: memory of heroez (NEW)

Sales: 11,683
Lifetime Sales: 11,683
Developer: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 29, 2020
Affiliated Link (JPN): KAMEN RIDER: memory of heroez


9. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (↑8.02%)

Sales: 9,569
Lifetime Sales: 3,238,517
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Affiliated Link (JPN): Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Affiliated Link (ENG): Mario Kart 8 Deluxe


10. Pokémon Sword and Shield (↑24.76%)

Sales: 9,421
Lifetime Sales: 3,783,145
Developer: Game Freak
Platform: Switch
Release Date: November 15, 2019
Affiliated Link (JPN): Pokémon Sword and Shield
Affiliated Link (ENG): Pokémon Sword and Shield


Video Game Sales Top 11 – Top 30

Rank Title Weekly Sales Lifetime Sales
11 (NEW) KAMEN RIDER: memory of heroez (PS4) 9,286 9,286
12 Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Switch) 9,207 364,635
13 Minecraft (Switch) 6,390 1,543,751
14 (NEW) Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice – Game of the Year Edition (PS4) 5,826 5,826
15 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch) 5,231 3,865,868
16 Super Mario Party (Switch) 4,735 1,585,622
17 Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Switch) 4,171 416,155
18 Splatoon 2 (Switch) 3,955 3,592,103
19 Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (Switch) 3,583 85,192
20 (NEW) FiNC HOME FiT (Switch) 3,212 3,212
21 The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild (Switch) 3,168 1,672,847
22 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Switch) 3,007 919,362
23 Ghost of Tsushima (PS4) 2,390 410,702
24 FIFA 21 (PS4) 2,239 51,884
25 (NEW) Saints Row: The Third Remastered (PS4) 2,234 2,234
26 Minecraft Dungeons Hero Edition (Switch) 2,104 38,961
27 Super Mario Maker 2 (Switch) 2,054 980,445
28 Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training (Switch) 2,037 313,908
29 FIFA 21 Legacy Edition (Switch) 1,719 20,390
30 Paper Mario: The Origami King (Switch) 1,702 267,743

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Source: Famitsu
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