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Famitsu has given us an updated look at the Japanese charts as the first week of Switch price increases comes into play in the region.
Those with a Switch console already in hand obviously weren’t deterred by the price change and continued picking up Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream in droves. The game nabbed an extra ~52,000 sales this week, even keeping 007 First Light’s PS5 release from the top spot.
Elsewhere, AQUAPLUS’ JRPG Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered debuted in fifth and ninth, and Demon Kill Demon: Yomi 1985 made its first appearance at seventh.
Here’s a look at the top ten in full:
Position
Game
Platform
Unit Sales (25th – 31st May)
Total Unit Sales
1
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
Switch
52,483
1,259,031
2
007 First Light
PS5
20,690
NEW
3
Pokémon Pokopia
Switch 2
14,122
1,038,407
4
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book
Switch 2
12,701
52,362
5
Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered
PS5
6,225
NEW
6
Mario Kart World
Switch 2
5,865
2,958,073
7
Demon Kill Demon: Yomi 1984
Switch
3,719
NEW
8
Minecraft
Switch
3,480
4,214,562
9
Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered
Switch 2
2,863
NEW
10
Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV
Switch 2
2,858
202,741
It’s the hardware charts that have seen the biggest shake-up this week, as we see the first numbers following Japan’s Switch price hike (which came into effect on 25th May).
With both Switch 1 and 2 affected by the rise, the sales boom of the last few weeks has dropped off a cliff. Switch 2 only shifted 31,751 copies this time (compared to the peak of 247,880 last week), and while that was enough to retain its crown, the standard Switch 1 model has dropped all the way down out of the thousands, bringing in a mere 229 units and falling behind the Xbox Series X.
Sales are down across the board, and the Switch systems certainly benefited from some pre-price-rise panic sales, but it’s crazy to see just how big a drop it is.
This has skewed our usual SKU comparison a little, with the PS5 coming out on top this week, with a combined total of 8,373, while the three Switch 1 models made up 6,271.
Here’s a breakdown of the figures for the week:
Position
Console
Unit Sales (25th – 31st May)
Lifetime Unit Sales
1
Switch 2
31,751
5,865,213
2
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
6,527
1,302,820
3
Switch OLED
4,162
9,585,830
4
Switch Lite
1,810
6,972,953
5
PlayStation 5 Pro
1,479
360,308
6
Xbox Series X Digital Edition
408
31,544
7
PlayStation 5
367
5,919,834
8
Xbox Series X
304
327,214
9
Switch
299
20,300,305
10
Xbox Series S
123
342,219
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[source famitsu.com]
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