Fami-tong announced the sales of games in Japan in the first week of 2022 (2022.1.3~1.9), and the party game "Mario Party Superstar" at the beginning of the new year ended the "Pokémon Crystal Diamond/Bright Pearl" seven consecutive titles, successfully topped the weekly sales charts, selling a total of 46,000 copies in the new week.
Pokémon Diamond/Brilliant Pearl slipped to second place, selling 41,000 this week.
The third to fifth places in the first week of the new year were Mario Racing 8 Deluxe Edition, Nintendo Smash Bros. Brawl Special Edition, and Minecraft Switch Edition.
2022.1.3~1.9 Japan Game Sales:
In terms of hardware sales, the OLED Switch sold another 79,000 units at the beginning of the new year, and the Switch and Switch lite also sold 40,000 and 29,000 units; followed by the PS5 family last week with 11,000 units, and the Xbox Series X|S sold 263 units.
2022.1.3~1.9 Hardware sales in Japan:
OLED Switch - 79,218 units (940,000 cumulative)
Switch - 40,251 units (17,838,225 cumulative)
Switch Lite - 29,222 units (4.48 million 910 units in total)
PS5 - 8,815 units (1,077,994 units in total)
PS5 Without Cd-drive Edition - 1,862 units (200,000 2,695 units in total)
Xbox Series X - 185 units (73,846 cumulative)
Xbox Series S - 78 units (55,598 cumulative)