Game and console sales in Japan [16/08 – 22/08]

Ring Fit Adventure takes the top spot in game sales in Japan, while the Nintendo Switch remains in the lead.

This week was a bit slow compared to previous weeks in Japan. So much so, that the game with the most sales was Ring Fit Adventure, which only sold just over 17,000 copies. This week’s premiere, Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut, debuted in fifth place with his version for PS5 selling almost 13 thousand units.

In seventh was the PS4, exceeding 10,000 by a few hundred. It is to be imagined that Sony I expected better performance.

01.[NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) – 17,656 (2,772,950)
02.[NSW] Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyou Battle Royale !! (Konami) – 16,742 (113,039)
03.[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) – 15,767 (3,995,095)
04.[NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) – 15,385 (2,139,193)
05.[PS5] Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut (SIE) – 13,745
06.[NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami) – 13,581 (2,336,531)
07.[PS4] Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut (SIE) – 10,224
08.[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) – 8,870 (4,389,399)
09.[NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo) – 8,212 (857,492)
10.[NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) – 6,810 (1,970,823)
11.[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) – 6,770 (6,860,913)
12.[NSW] Game Builder Garage (Nintendo) – 6,573 (219,530)
13.[NSW] Pokémon Sword & Shield (Pokémon Co.) – 6,462 (4,112,937)
14.[NSW] Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi (Neos) – 6,354 (176,062)
15.[NSW] eBaseball Professional Baseball Spirits 2021: Grand Slam – 6,145 (177,143)
16.[NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Nintendo) – 5,995 (253,691)
17.[NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) – 5,787 (777,275)
18.[NSW] Miitopia (Nintendo) – 5,291 (232,060)
19.[NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Capcom) – 5,236 (220,893)
20.[NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) – 4,623 (3,926,881)

Other titles for Nintendo Switch in the Top 10 sales are Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyou Battle Royale!!, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Minecraft, Momotaro Dentetsu, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury and Super Mario Party.

If you review the Top 30 games from the land of the Rising Sun, the two versions of Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut are the only representatives of a platform other than that of Nintendo. As for the consoles …

01. Nintendo Switch – 72,527
02. PS5 – 12,638
03. Xbox Series X – 5,782
04. PS4 – 943
05. N3DS – 522

This time the sales of Nintendo Switch Lite were from 10,505 units, while the regular model moved 62,022. Although Switch It sold less this time than the previous report, however it remains in the first place.

Has accumulated 20,927,350 units sold in the Far East, and closes the gap with the N3DS. The latter is in 24,578,948 and it sells less and less. These data from Famitsu i got them on ResetEra.

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