While Media Create numbers are still not here owing to the end of the year Holidays, alternate tracker Famitsu has released its data for video game hardware and software sales in Japan for the final week of last year. And you won’t be surprised to see that the Nintendo Switch topped hardware charts yet again, with almost 200,000 units sold in the week ending December 30, which is almost more than twice that of all other systems put together.
On the software side of things, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was the top selling game yet again, also coming in ahead of several newly debuting titles. Evergreen Nintendo games, including Splatoon 2, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Eevee!, and Super Mario Odyssey all saw healthy sales and chart placements.
On the whole, then, not a whole lot seems to have changed from the previous week’s report, which too saw Smash coming in at first place, ahead of several newcomers, and Switch topping charts. Now to see how well everything holds in the early new year.
Software
01. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) – 253.977 / 2.360.655
02. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) – 86.265 / 764.853
03. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Pokemon Co.) – 58.347 / 1.253.677
04. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} – 45.752 / 2.030.297
05. [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) – 38.014 / 165.418
06. [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix) – 32.368 / 163.882
07. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) – 32.294 / 525.045
08. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) – 31.286 / 2.874.420
09. [PS4] Judgment (Sega) – 30.217 / 224.048
10. [PS4] God Eater 3 (Bandai Namco Games) – 15.335 / 174.834
11. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) – 14.063 / 1.179.692
12. [NSW] Go Vacation (Bandai Namco Games) – 13.041 / NEW
13. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) – 11.555 / 1.900.206
14. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco Games) – 10.018 / 270.415
15. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr’s Journey (Nintendo) – 9.178 / NEW
16. [NSW] Diablo III (Blizzard Entertainment) – 9.151 / NEW
17. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) – 8.448 / 664.815
18. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Pokemon Co.) – 6.225 / 2.433.279
19. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo) – 5.622 / 376.366
20. [PS4] Winning Eleven 2019 (Konami) – 5.831 / 155.245
Hardware
- Switch – 186,806
- PS4 – 75,683
- 3DS – 11,775
- Vita – 2,658
- Xbox One – 362