Here is the best selling software and hardware in Japan, for the week of September 19th through September 25th, courtesy Famitsu.

Software:

1) Splatoon 3 (NS) – 301,845
2) Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (NS) –  31,085
3) Horizon Forbidden West (PS5) – 10,263
4) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) – 9,617
5) Minecraft (NS) – 8,829
6) Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (NS) – 8,554
7) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS) – 8,538
8) The DioField Chronicle (NS) – 6,415
9) Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (NS) – 5,642
10) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS) – 5,079

Hardware:

1) Nintendo Switch – 86,572
2) PlayStation 5 – 29,522
3) Xbox Series – 12,179
4) Nintendo 3DS – 41
5) PlayStation 4 – 10

Splatoon 3 remained the best selling video game for this past week in Japan, with a physical total now at 2.74 million. Including digital sales, the software is approaching 5 million total in only its first 17 days on the market. Nintendo Switch was the best selling console of the week and is continuing to narrow the gap between this year and 2021. (Now only 491,000 behind.)

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series both sold a respectable amount of units. Xbox Series year-to-date is at 221,769, far over last year’s equivalent of 63,585. PlayStation 5 for 2022 is currently at 731,868, which is behind 2021’s 817,046. With a decent push towards the end of the year, PS5 still stands a chance of being the platform’s best year yet in Japan.

See you next week!