Famitsu has released the latest data for video game software and hardware sales in Japan for the week ending May 26, and both fronts are dominated almost entirely by the Nintendo Switch. The software charts see eight Switch games occupying the top 10, with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate retaking the top spot, having sold over 8,000 copies last week. Resident Evil Origins Collection debuts in eighth place with over 4,000 copies sold.
The only PS4 titles in the top 10 are Days Gone in seventh place, and Assassin’s Creed 3 Remastered debuting in tenth place, with sales of over 4,500 and 3,700 copies respectively. All the other games in the top 10 are Switch titles, including the likes of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2, New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Pokemon Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Eevee!
The Switch leads the hardware charts as well, having sold over 25,000 units, down from over 32,000 last week. The PS4, meanwhile, sold over 9,000 units across the week.
You can check out the full software and hardware charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
1. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 8,662 / 3,094,161
2. [NSW] Minecraft – 7,451 / 790,783
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 7,193 / 2,311,186
4. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 5,360 / 3,307,071
5. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe – 4,658 / 621,135
6. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu / Eevee – 4,647 / 1,353,394
7. [PS4] Days Gone – 4,549 / 171,008
8. [NSW] Resident Evil Origins Collection – 4,081 / NEW
9. [NSW] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 4,076 / 1,320,540
10. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed III Remastered – 3,767 / NEW
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
Nintendo Switch – 25, 936 (32, 564)
PS4 – 9,642 (9,560)
Nintendo 3DS – 2,595 (2,529)
PS Vita – 314 (290)
Xbox One – 92 (112)
[Via ResetEra]
