Japan's Famitsu has released Japan's latest week's list of physical game hardware and software sales (December 13, 2021 to December 19, 2021). In terms of software, the winner is the Switch game Pokémon: Crystal Diamond/Brilliant Pearl, which has won the championship for five consecutive weeks since its release. It sold another 116,657 copies this week, bringing its total sales to 2,162,697.
In terms of hardware, the winner is still the Switch family, the top three are: Switch OLED, Switch and Switch Lite.
Well, let's take a look at the detailed list!
List of Japanese physical game sales in a week (total sales in parentheses):
1. [NSW] Pokémon: Brilliant Diamonds/Brilliant Pearls (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 116,657 (2,162,697)
2. [NSW] Super Mario Meetup: Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 60,555 (519,556)
3. [NSW] Flexible Brain School: Stretching the Brain Together (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 33,796 (103,816)
4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 29,638 (2,365,783)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8: Deluxe Edition (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 28,075 (4,219,343)
6. [NSW] "Collection! Animal Forest Friends (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 27,260 (7,038,121)
7. [NSW] Nintendo Smash Bros. Brawl: Special Edition (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 26,432 (4,579,273)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Electric Railway (Konami, 11/19/20) – 15,913 (2,464,196)
9. [NSW] Pokemon: Sword/Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 14,234 (4,242,081)
10. [NSW] Fitness Ring Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 13,903 (2,970,388)
Japan Hardware Sales List of the Week (total sales in parentheses)
1.Switch OLED Model – 93,406 (675,654)
2.Switch – 46,372 (17,681,055)
3.Switch Lite – 37,054 (4,364,738)
4.PlayStation 5 – 7,790 (1,005,415)
5.Xbox Series X – 2,282 (73,190)
6.PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 874 (191,533)
7.Xbox Series S – 607 (53,832)
8.New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 302 (1,178,946)
9.PlayStation 4 – 61 (7,819,177)