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The latest Japanese charts are in, courtesy of Famitsu, and it has been another big week for new releases.
Switch newbie Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 has got off to a reasonable start, shifting 48,265 copies in its first week and landing itself in second place. It’s quite the hop, skip and a jump away from Sucker Punch Productions’ latest, mind you, with Ghost of Yotei comfortably taking the top spot with 120,196 units under its debut belt.
Elsewhere, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles cropped up in third, fifth and seventh with its Switch, PS5 and Switch 2 releases splitting the board. Last week’s champ, Silent Hill f, has slipped down to eighth and, somewhat expectedly given its slow start, Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is nowhere to be seen.
Here’s the full lowdown on the top ten for this week:
Position
Game
Platform
Unit Sales (29th Sep – 5th Oct)
Total Unit Sales
1
Ghost of Yotei
PS5
120,196
NEW
2
Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2
Switch
48,265
NEW
3
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
Switch
41,333
NEW
4
Mario Kart World
Switch 2
36,572
1,837,895
5
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
PS5
24,138
NEW
6
Digimon Story: Time Stranger
PS5
23,779
NEW
7
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
Switch 2
12,363
NEW
8
Silent Hill f
PS5
9,328
66,803
9
Donkey Kong Bananza
Switch 2
6,839
334,335
10
Minecraft
Switch
5,430
4,018,110
The hardware side of things is much as you might expect, though there’s been a slight uptick in PS5 sales — hey, all those copies of Ghost of Yotei have to be played somewhere. The Switch 2 remains out front with 44,439 sales this week, followed by the standard PS5 and the Switch OLED.
Combining the three Switch 1 SKUs pulls in a total of 24,109 units sold this week, while the three PS5 models rack up 27,344. A win for Sony!
Position
Console
Unit Sales (29th Sep – 5th Oct)
Lifetime Unit Sales
1
Switch 2
44,439
2,154,061
2
PlayStation 5
20,617
5,818,510
3
Switch OLED
15,075
9,215,656
4
Switch Lite
7,024
6,682,065
5
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
4,285
1,011,550
6
PlayStation 5 Pro
2,442
254,219
7
Switch
2,010
20,154,814
8
Xbox Series X Digital Edition
649
22,322
9
Xbox Series X
106
322,722
10
Xbox Series S
82
339,681
11
PlayStation 4
19
7,929,957
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[source famitsu.com]
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