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

Software:

1) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (NS) – 17,996
2) Final Fantasy XVI (PS5) – 14,109
3) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) – 9736
4) Master Detective Archives: Rain Code (NS) – 9,566
5) Minecraft (NS) – 6,247
6) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS) – 6,247
7) Splatoon 3 (NS) – 5,550
8) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS) – 4,979
9) Ring Fit Adventure (NS) – 4,727
10) Everybody 1-2 Switch! (NS) – 4,494

Hardware:

1) Nintendo Switch – 86,450
2) PlayStation 5 – 48,858
3) PlayStation 4 – 3,196
4) Xbox Series – 824
5) Nintendo 3DS – 44

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom shot back up to being the best selling game of the week, with everything else falling into predictable positions…except for the number ten spot in Everybody 1-2 Switch!! The game had a significant 35% increase from where it was last week.

Nintendo Switch was once again the best selling console of the week, with PlayStation 5 coming in second…though with a very small drop from last week. Here’s to Pikmin 4 coming out on July 21st to see how much impact it has on hardware. See you next week!