Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: September 18 – September 24, 2023

Hardware sales are up across the board with the exception of Switch Lite which may suggest that the poor overall performance noted a week ago may be due to potential stock shortages. The Xbox Series has gained the largest increase in units sold by 442.40% to 9,058 units from 1,670 units the week before while New 2DS LL experiences the second biggest improvement here by 247.62% to 73 units from 21 units.

Both the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles also saw big jumps in total units sold with the latter rising as much as 21.03% to 46,729 units from 38,611 units. PlayStation 4 has noted a much sharper jump in sales compared to its successor of about 83% to 702 units from 383 units. Switch consoles are at a total of 72,590 units sold here, up by 1.41% from 71,578 units.

Sales of Hardware

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The software sales chart below sees two new releases on the Top 10 with Pikmin 1+2, a bundle of the two Pikmin games released in 2001 and 2004 at a fairly decent start of 23,941 copies sold in its first three days. You can check out its launch trailer below for more information about the game.

Skip over to Number 3 and you will find Lies of P with 9,493 copies sold in six days, and the pre-release sales of its Collector’s Edition which did not place on the Top 30 list the week before, amounting to 652 copies sold, has resulted in its physical lifetime sales to cross the 10,000 mark in Japan for its PlayStation 5 edition. Lies of P is a soulslike game which focuses on the character Pinocchio, created by Geppetto, caught up in a Belle Epoque era with a world filled with monsters. Check out its launch trailer below to learn more about the game.

Video Game Software Top 10

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Video Game Software Top 11 – 30

Rank	Status	Title	Weekly Sales	Lifetime Sales
11	NEW	PAYDAY 3 PS5	4,132	4,132
12		Nintendo Switch Sports Switch	4,114	1,178,807
13		Splatoon 3 Switch	4,025	4,114,502
14		Mario Party Superstars Switch	3,750	1,305,135
15		One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Deluxe Edition Switch	3,357	9,398
16		Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch	3,157	7,535,178
17		Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch	2,327	1,165,223
18	NEW	Lies of P PS4	2,223	2,330
19		Luigi’s Mansion 3 Switch	2,049	922,732
20		Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival Switch	2,002	218,539
21		Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon PS5	1,930	147,154
22		Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon PS4	1,863	69,383
23		Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster Switch	1,674	9,649
24		Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe Switch	1,665	484,479
25		Super Mario Party Switch	1,621	2,176,554
26		eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 Switch	1,468	299,857
27		Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury Switch	1,357	1,186,478
28		Hoshi no Kirby Discovery Switch	1,314	1,057,600
29		Super Mario Odyssey Switch	1,311	2,429,723
30		Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 [Special Price] Switch	1,305	91,931

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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:
Lies of P

Previous Chart: Sep 11 – Sep 17
Follow-up Chart: Sep. 25 – Oct. 1
Source: Famitsu

Google Chart:
Hardware Sales

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