Here is the best selling software and hardware in Japan, for the week of July 24th – July 30th courtesy Famitsu.

Software:

1) Pikmin 4 (NS) – 115,697
2) Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation (NS) – 18,267
3) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (NS) – 14,749
4) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) – 11,440
5) Minecraft (NS) – 7,597
6) Crymachina (NS) – 7,417
7) Disney Illusion Island (NS) – 7,172
8) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS) – 5,782
9) Splatoon 3 (NS) – 5,609
10) Crymachina (PS5) – 5,228

Hardware:

1) Nintendo Switch – 78,326
2) PlayStation 5 – 53,211
3) Xbox Series – 1,846
4) PlayStation 4 – 784
5) Nintendo 3DS – 18

This week in software, Pikmin 4 hung onto the number one spot and has now sold over 500,000 physical copies in Japan. There were also a couple of other new titles, including Crymachina, which sold most on Nintendo Switch.

In hardware, all three current-gen platforms saw a nice increase over last week, with Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5 also up over this same week in 2022. The next massive game coming out is Starfield for Xbox Series, dropping September 6th. With the game also being on Game Pass, will it show up in the Top 10 at launch? We’ll see. See you next week!