Here is the best selling software and hardware in Japan, for the week of July 31st – August 6th courtesy Famitsu.

Software:

1) Pikmin 4 (NS) – 78,838
2) The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (NS) – 14,673
3) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) – 14,143
4) Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation (NS) – 13,172
5) Minecraft (NS) – 8,486
6) Splatoon 3 (NS) – 6,921
7) Nintendo Switch Sports (NS) – 6,491
8) Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NS – 6,044
9) Mario Party Superstars (NS) – 4,951
10) Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet (NS) – 4,799

Hardware:

1) Nintendo Switch – 93,210
2) PlayStation 5 – 50,358
3) Xbox Series – 3,276
4) PlayStation 4 – 789
5) Nintendo 3DS – 56

This week’s software conversation is around the fact that more than half of the top ten received a nice boost over the previous week, and that Pikmin 4 had a soft drop.

In hardware, Nintendo Switch led the pack, nearly doubling the second place PS5. See you next week!