Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: September 5 – September 11, 2022

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
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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