Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 1 – January 7, 2024

Note that there are no hardware comparisons week-over-week here since previous weeks’ charts do not come with their weekly hardware sales data. The comparisons shall return for next week’s edition. In short, the Switch brand had noted strong sales throughout the week with more than 100,000 units sold, leading the market share at a significant Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 1 – January 7, 2024

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 25 – December 31, 2023

After major gains made by most titles the week before, nearly all titles on the Top 10 have witnessed a decline in sales week-over-week. Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! outperforms Super Mario Bros. Wonder thanks to higher units sold to place 1st on the list whilst the latter takes the 2nd spot Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 25 – December 31, 2023

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

General sales of video game software pressed on with last week’s momentum with all titles on the Top 10 recording a rise in units sold week-over-week which includes Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 at Number 5. Note that the title was not on the list the week before and with a cutoff point of 3,893 copies sold Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 18 – December 24, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 18 – December 31, 2023 (Two-week)

Please note that because this chart considers sales accumulated within a two-week period, the week-to-week change is not included. It will be included once the individual software charts are released. As for hardware, it will be the week after next week. Nintendo Switch has recorded the strongest sales amongst all hardware with 168,866 units sold Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 18 – December 31, 2023 (Two-week)

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 11 – December 17, 2023

Individual hardware sales are mixed for the week, however, in terms of total units sold, hardware brands have held up well when compared to the week before except the Xbox Series which has recorded the sharpest decline in sales by 41.03% from 2,508 units to 1,479 units sold. PlayStation 5, being the other brand with Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 11 – December 17, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 4 – December 10, 2023

All hardware brands have recorded a climb week-over-week with the PlayStation 4 being the biggest climber at 2,179 units sold, 155.45% more than previous week’s 853 units. Switch and the Xbox Series experienced a modest jump of 17.36% and 14.52% to 92,776 units and 2,508 units respectively with the Switch accounting for 65.5% of the Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 4 – December 10, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 27 – December 3, 2023

Most hardware has retreated week-over-week after strong sales the week before with the PlayStation 5 editions still bogged down by slow sales, however, it still managed to go above 40,000 units in total, or 25.81% less than the prior week’s 59,235 units. Its compatriot the PlayStation 4, likewise, has noted a sharp fall in sales Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 27 – December 3, 2023