Hardware sales for the week between September 5 and September 11 presents a very overpowered Switch as total sales for the console ballooned to 182,876 units, buoyed by OLED’s massive sales for the week at 148,377 units sold (its best performance year to date) which is most likely set off by the release Splatoon 3. Switch consoles in total account to 98.2% of the total sales of all consoles combined here and has surpassed 26 million units sold as of the end of the week. It is on target to breach the 27 million mark by the end of the year. As for the rest, PlayStation 5 is down 85.89% to 2,864 units sold whereas Xbox Series is at 459 units sold, 91.56% fewer week-on-week. Both PlayStation 4 and New 2DS LL have climbed from the prior week to sell 11 units and 74 units respectively.
Sales of Hardware
Hardware | Weekly Sales | Change | Lifetime Sales |
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Switch | 27,859 | (↑21.88%) | 18,666,760 |
Switch Lite | 6,640 | (↓25.13%) | 4,886,242 |
Switch OLED | 148,377 | (↑123.32%) | 2,525,961 |
PS5 | 2,227 | (↓87.92%) | 1,649,691 |
PS5 Digital Edition | 637 | (↓65.77%) | 264,810 |
Xbox Series X | 175 | (↓95.81%) | 158,925 |
Xbox Series S | 284 | (↓77.51%) | 165,246 |
PS4 | 11 | (↑10.00%) | 7,819,860 |
New 2DS LL | 74 | (↑32.14%) | 1,188,680 |
It is thanks to the wonderful people 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! In addition, all the data you find below is accessible via Famitsu right here.
Splatoon 3 rocks the software chart hard with an incredible start of 1,934,680 copies sold in its first 3 days. Note that these are its physical sales alone, and when digital downloads are taken into account, the total sales the title had for the week will bump up to 3,450,000 copies according to Famitsu. The third-person shooter game serves as the direct sequel to the 2017’s Splatoon 2 and focuses on the event five years after its predecessor in a city called Splatsville (Source: Wikia). For more information about the game, make sure you check out its launch trailer below.
The Top 10 also sees one more new release being Alice Gear Aegis CS: Concerto of Simulatrix at Number 9 with its Switch edition selling 5,538 copies in its first 3 days. The action video game is also available on PlayStation 4 with more information about it can be learned by watching its promotional video down below!
Video Game Software Top 10
1. Splatoon 3 (NEW)
Sales: 1,934,680
Lifetime Sales: 1,934,680
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: September 9, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon

2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (↑0.29%)
Sales: 12,605
Lifetime Sales: 4,827,754
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon

3. Minecraft (↑8.94%)
Sales: 9,331
Lifetime Sales: 2,786,049
Developer / Publisher: Microsoft Japan
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon

4. Nintendo Switch Sports (↑0.74%)
Sales: 9,071
Lifetime Sales: 724,712
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: April 29, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon

5. Ring Fit Adventure (↑40.22%)
Sales: 7,900
Lifetime Sales: 3,271,715
Developer: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: October 18, 2019
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon

6. Earth Defense Force 6 (↓48.08%)
Sales: 7,806
Lifetime Sales: 91183
Developer / Publisher: D3 Publisher
Platform: PS4
Release Date: August 25, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon

7. Hoshi no Kirby Discovery (↓1.81%)
Sales: 7,115
Lifetime Sales: 883,907
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: March 25, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon

8. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (↑15.18%)
Sales: 5,866
Lifetime Sales: 4,971,812
Developer / Publisher: Nintendo
Platform: Switch
Release Date: December 7, 2018
Link (JPN): Amazon
Link (ENG): Amazon

9. Alice Gear Aegis CS: Concerto of Simulatrix (NEW)
Sales: 5,538
Lifetime Sales: 5,538
Developer / Publisher: MAGES.
Platform: Switch
Release Date: September 9, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan

10. Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (↓3.94%)
Sales: 4,926
Lifetime Sales: 265,714
Developer / Publisher: Capcom
Platform: Switch
Release Date: June 30, 2022
Link (JPN): CDJapan
Link (ENG): Amazon

Video Game Software Top 11 – 30
Rank | Status | Title | Weekly Sales | Lifetime Sales |
---|---|---|---|---|
11 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons Switch | 4,256 | 7,325,882 | |
12 | NEW | Alice Gear Aegis CS: Concerto of Simulatrix PS4 |
4,034 | 4,034 |
13 | Mario Party Superstars Switch | 3,935 | 1,035,153 | |
14 | NEW | NBA 2K23 PS4 | 3,845 | 3,845 |
15 | Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! Switch | 3,239 | 2,714,883 | |
16 | SD Gundam Battle Alliance Switch |
3,200 | 49,592 | |
17 | Live A Live Switch | 3,082 | 119,750 | |
18 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch | 3,034 | 2,076,290 | |
19 | Pokémon Legends: Arceus Switch | 2,647 | 2,292,454 | |
20 | NEW | NBA 2K23 Switch | 2,629 | 2,629 |
21 | The Last of Us Part I PS5 |
2,509 | 13,463 | |
22 | eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 Switch | 2,320 | 228,624 | |
23 | JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R Switch |
2,306 | 22,113 | |
24 | Earth Defense Force 6 PS5 | 2,266 | 31,128 | |
25 | Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics Switch | 2,241 | 1,017,851 | |
26 | NEW | Steel Rising PS5 | 2,220 | 2,220 |
27 | NEW | Ken to Mahou to Gakuen Quest. Switch |
2,175 | 2,175 |
28 | JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R PS4 | 2,154 | 9,186 | |
29 | Soul Hackers 2 PS4 | 2,137 | 38,111 | |
30 | Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness Switch |
2,063 | 14,605 |
As always, if you find any issues with the lists above, please do not hesitate to let me know! Also, don’t shy away from dropping a comment or two down below and share your thoughts with us!
Previous Chart: Aug. 29 – Sep. 4
Source: Famitsu
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