
We are back, back, back with a fresh look at the Japanese gaming charts from Famitsu (via Gematsu) and Nintendo's latest is once again at the top of the ladder.
Yep, Princess Peach: Showtime! is ruling over the competition for the third week in a row, with an additional 19,612 units keeping it in pole position. If you think those numbers look a little low... well, they kinda are.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has sped back into second place, putting up an impressive 13,055 sales this week (let's all remember that this game is seven years old by this point). There are no new appearances in the latest charts, with familiar faces like Minecraft, Nintendo Switch Sports and Animal Crossing: New Horizons filling out the rest of the top ten.
Here's your look at this week's chart in full:
- [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! (Nintendo, 03/22/24) – 19,612 (124,432)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,055 (5,781,663)
- [PS5] Rise of the Ronin (SIE, 03/22/24) – 12,080 (96,865)
- [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 9,898 (1,813,645)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,464 (3,491,021)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 6,569 (4,270,899)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 6,497 (1,306,180)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 6,189 (1,029,313)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 6,110 (7,735,293)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,507 (5,481,777)
Over on hardware, the Switch OLED once again takes a dominant lead over the PS5, with an additional 55,386 sales compared to Sony's 20,269. Combining the consoles' SKUs paints a familiar picture too, with the Switch OLED, Lite and standard models combining for 71,942 units sold and the PS5 digital and standard editions totalling 24,976.
Be sure to spare a thought for our fallen brother, the New 2DS LL, too, which has dropped off the sales charts this week. Recent numbers hadn't been impressive for the Nintendo dual-screen, but we're sad to see it go nonetheless.
Here's your look at this week's hardware chart:
- Switch OLED Model – 55,386 (7,014,166)
- PlayStation 5 – 20,269 (4,733,271)
- Switch Lite – 9,188 (5,802,893)
- Switch – 7,368 (19,763,280)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,707 (751,268)
- Xbox Series X – 1,443 (264,117)
- Xbox Series S – 670 (307,116)
- PlayStation 4 – 107 (7,925,446)
What do you make of this week's Japanese charts? Let us know in the comments.
[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]
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I just impressed with the Switch sales performance. In it's 8 years, still selling >70,000 for 1 week in Japan. Really want Switch exceeding PS2 sales at 160+ Millions ❤
Crazy how Nintendo is still killing it with the Switch.
It will be interesting to see if Nintendo's next system will have a similar impact and if it will drive PS5 sales even lower.
Rest well, New 2DS LL. Thank you for your service.
**salutes**
**cue MGS3 end theme**
I’d say this is quite the success that Peach is keeping the top spot for so long. Hopefully that means we’ll get more games with characters like her.
PS5 sales is still good. 😊
I really hope PS5 Fat still available during this year.
May bode well for Peach to get another outing.
Totally deserved! I'm enjoying this game way more than I should! Crossing my fingers for a Daisy DLC
@Anti-Matter 24,000 sales for the week is good? Fairly sure that when the Switch OLED model on it's own is outselling it by well over double, that isn't good.
RIP New 2DS LL, you had given us a great run.
@FourBs
Well, at least it still selling good in Japan.
Despite being outnumbered by Switch OLED sales, I still happy to see the support of PS5.
@Anti-Matter but it isn't selling well in Japan? It should be outpacing the Switch easily by this point in its life, it isn't.
It's doing well everywhere else in the world, not Japan though.
@FourBs japan is the 4th largest gaming market after the us china and europe
Alright, I severely underestimated the selling power of Peach, even if only in one region lol.
japan is also now the worlds 4th biggest economy being surpassed by germany for third place..
I think peach has the potential to be a 5M + seller
@johnedwin and I’d said the PS5 sells well in the rest of the world and not Japan, which is what we’re comparing here.
Really surprised Unicorn Overlord isn’t doing more. I guess it’s the sort that certain people are in to and they got it early. I’m loving it, personally.
@Dark_Isatari It’s still a tactics game and a new IP which mean niche. But VW considers it a success. Which is what matters.
Looking at the incredible Switch hardware sales, I don't see why Nintendo would pop-out the follow-up just yet. I hope that means many more new games to be announced before year's end.
This is even more weirder for stats:
1. Switch OLED Model – 55,386 (7,014,166)
2. PlayStation 5 – 20,269 (4,733,271)
One would expect this to be closer in sales????
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i am ready for switch 2 waiting for any news to arrive to get a updated more modern switch..
I am really glad when Nintendo succeeds with characters that don't get the spotlight (pun intended) very often. Captain Toad, Luigi's Mansion, Birdo's Big Blast Bonanza.... all excellent.
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Let's go Peach!
Switch hardware still killing it with over 70k units, love to see it.
Absolutely peachy sales.
Good win for single player games not bloated with content or built around multiplayer experiences or hamfisted with messages. Or rather games just being games.
@Chocobo_Shepherd Didn't Captain Toad sell badly?
@johnedwin The Switch sales are so high because it's crossing markets, it's catering to both the handheld gaming market and the home console market whilst the PS5 is only for the home console market. If the Switch was purely a TV console then the sales would be way lower, in line with Nintendo's previous consoles.
It's so nice to see Showtime still on top in Japan!
Switch is still selling like crazy and while I think Nintendo will announce its successor this year and release it by next year I seriously doubt Switch will stop selling, especially if they finally give it a price cut and keep it as a lower entry model.
@Clyde_Radcliffe No it didn't, it sold over 2.35 million worldwide on Switch.
@BTB20 Oh that's a relief as I love that game! I hope we'll get a sequel at some point, it would make a perfect end of Switch era type title.
Anyone else want switch sells to drop off so that we get the Super Switch a little sooner?
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@Arawn93 Yeah I've noticed he never replies after someone tags him, BTW what's that profile pic from I've seen her before but for the life of me I can't remember lol.
@UltimateOtaku91 Genshin impact. Also funny how “you know who” picks and chooses what they enforce.
Burning question, can Peach make it four weeks on the trot?
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