Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 2 – October 8, 2023

Individual units sold for video game hardware have nearly all recorded a drop week-over-week, though high skews in sales experienced by Switch OLED and PlayStation 4 over their sales the week before have allowed better results overall for their respective brands as of the end the week. This has caused Switch consoles total units sold Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 2 – October 8, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: September 25 – October 1, 2023

After strong gains made the week before, hardware sales have mostly contracted across the board with only PlayStation 5 Digital Edition reporting a rise week-over-week but not enough to see the console at higher units sold than the week before being down by 1.68% to 45,946 units from 46,729 units. Switch consoles in total have Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: September 25 – October 1, 2023

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

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

Hardware have all reported a decline in sales week-on-week with the Xbox Series plunging the hardest by 61.83% to close at 1,670 units from 4,375 units the week before. PlayStation 4 registered the second largest drop of 53.74% to 383 units whereas New 2DS LL is down by 40.00% here to just 21 units. Both Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: September 11 – September 17, 2023

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

Units sold for all hardware brands have noted a decline week-over-week with the Xbox Series suffering the largest setback of 34.55%, sending total units sold down to 4,375 units from 6,685 units the week before. Switch and PlayStation 5 were mixed, though were heavily dragged by sales of Switch OLED and PlayStation 5 vanilla edition Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: September 4 – September 10, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 28 – September 3, 2023

Hardware sales remained upbeat as of the week between August 28 and September 3 with all consoles reporting an improvement in sales with the exception of New 2DS LL which has fallen by 37.29% to 37 units from 59 units. The jump in units sold for Switch and its OLED counterpart have allowed it to Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 28 – September 3, 2023

Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 21 – August 27, 2023

Hardware sales in Japan have shown a sign of recovery as most consoles had reported a rise in sales week-over-week. However, total units sold for Switch have not been that reciprocal, noting another decline, this time by 7.81% to 71,702 units sold from 77,780 units the prior week. Apart from Switch, New 2DS LL is Continue reading Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 21 – August 27, 2023