The Famitsu sales charts track hardware and boxed game sales in Japan, and we report on those sales as the chart releases every Thursday! This week’s chart covers December 8 to December 14, as Mario Kart World crossing 100,000 sales once again after 17 combined weeks at #1 shows a sign of the Switch 2’s dominance this holiday season. It was only last week that the system crossed 3 million sales in Japan alone, but with over 190,000 more consoles sold this week and we’re still two away from Christmas on the chart, it looks like Nintendo is winning the holiday competition.
The sales explosion for the Switch 2 has impacted pretty much all of its exclusives, as Pokemon Legends: Z-A surges higher again with 50,000 copies sold of its Switch edition and 40,000 copies sold of the Switch 2 version. Additionally, Kirby Air Riders pushed another 39,000 copies whilst even Donkey Kong Bananza got in on the fun with 12,000 new copies sold.
Here’s the full Famitsu software sales breakdown for the December 8 to December 14 period, along with the lifetime sales for each game.
- Mario Kart World (Switch 2): 103,861 [2,458,007 total]
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Switch): 50,292 [1,397,534 total]
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A (Switch 2): 40,813 [903,190 total]
- Kirby Air Riders (Switch 2): 39,206 [327,824 total]
- Momotaro Dentetsu 2 (Switch 2): 18,964 [132,058 total]
- Momotaro Dentetsu 2 (Switch): 18,015 [177,007 total]
- Donkey Kong Bananza (Switch 2): 12,519 [403,783 total]
- Minecraft (Switch): 11,770 [4,078,169 total]
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch): 9,513 [8,283,927 total]
- Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment (Switch 2): 8,001 [126,461 total]
Next up is the Famitsu hardware sales breakdown for the December 8 to December 14 period, along with the lifetime sales for each console. Console variants have been grouped together for simplicity.
- Nintendo Switch 2: 190,944 [3,362,777 total]
- Nintendo Switch: 31,344 [36,345,184 total]
- PlayStation 5: 18,912 [7,359,671 total]
Did you pick up any games featured in this week’s Famitsu chart? What do you think of the Nintendo holiday explosion? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameObserver for more sales coverage and gaming news!
