Here is the best selling software and hardware in Japan, for the week of April 3rd – April 9th, 2023 courtesy Famitsu.

Software:

1) Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (NS) – 16,458
2) Resident Evil 4 (PS4) – 11,472
3) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) – 9,991
4) Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet (NS) – 9,812
5) Splatoon 3 (NS) – 8,712
6) Resident Evil 4 (PS5) – 8,301
7) Minecraft (NS) – 7,718
8) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS) – 5,556
9) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS) 4,916
10) Mario Party Superstars (NS) – 4,019

Hardware:

1) Nintendo Switch – 52,510
2) PlayStation 5 – 46,205
3) PlayStation 4 – 1,211
4) Xbox Series – 917
5) Nintendo 3DS – 64

This week in both software and hardware, we saw pretty comparable traits to the week prior, but of interesting note, the pair of Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet is closing in on 5 million physical copies in Japan…a number that will probably be reached before April is done. See you next week!

Source: Famitsu