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The latest Japanese boxed charts are here, courtesy of Famitsu, and golly gosh, would you believe it, Mario Kart World has stormed to the top with a total of 782,566 copies sold. That’s simply incredible.
The next in line is the Switch 1 version of Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma with 45,703 copies sold. Truth be told, we’re a little surprised that MK World wasn’t immediately followed up by another Switch 2 game, but it seems the vast majority of buyers have opted for Nintendo’s latest flagship title and left it at that. There’s always digital sales to account for too, of course.
That said, both Zelda titles on Switch 2 have made the top ten, along with the Switch 2 version of Rune Factory and, of course, Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut.
Here’s a closer look at this week’s Japanese top 10:
Position
Game
Platform
Unit Sales (2nd – 8th June)
Total Unit Sales
1
Mario Kart World
Switch 2
782,566
NEW
2
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
Switch
45,703
NEW
3
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time
Switch
17,180
111,904
4
Natsume’s Book of Friends: Hazuki no Shirushi
Switch
16,865
NEW
5
Elden Ring Nightreign
PS5
12,064
54,822
6
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
Switch 2
10,877
NEW
7
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Switch 2
7,992
NEW
8
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition
Switch 2
7,529
NEW
9
Yakuza 0: Director’s Cut
Switch 2
7,486
NEW
10
Super Mario Party Jamboree
Switch
6,771
1,317,174
With hardware this week, as expected, the Switch 2 is off to a roaring start in Japan, but we weren’t prepared for just how successful it would be. The console has sold a whopping 947,931 consoles at launch.
This means that the Switch 2 is comfortably the fastest-selling console in Japan of all time, smashing the previous record of 630,552 set by the almighty PlayStation 2. Similarly, the GBA managed to sell 611,000, the DS 468,000, and the original Switch 330,637.
To put this into further perspective, the Switch 2 has already outsold the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X Digital Edition, and the PlayStation 5 Pro combined. It’s also almost outsold the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition too, though it’s still a little way off surpassing the standard disc version.
We imagine these numbers will only continue to skyrocket in the coming weeks, so long as Nintendo maintains decent stock, and frankly we can’t wait to see where the Switch 2 ends up by the end of the year.
Here’s your look at the latest Japanese hardware sales in full:
Position
Console
Unit Sales (2nd – 8th June)
Lifetime Unit Sales
1
Switch 2
947,931
NEW
2
PlayStation 5
14,535
5,690,661
3
Switch OLED Model
8,040
9,060,680
4
Switch Lite
6,089
6,581,795
5
PlayStation 5 Pro
4,230
218,056
6
Switch
2,482
20,109,545
7
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
2,017
974,094
8
Xbox Series S
163
337,686
9
Xbox Series X
113
320,660
10
Xbox Series X Digital Edition
57
20,820
11
PlayStation 4
24
7,929,628
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AloJapan.com