Japan: Kirby and Nintendo Switch rule the roost this week

The latest Japanese video game hardware and boxed-software charts have come through for the week of the 3rd April, 2023 to 9th April, 2023. The best-selling game this week in the land of the rising sun is the adorable 2D platformer, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe. The best-selling hardware was once again the Nintendo Switch family of systems, which sold an additional 52,510 units. Here’s this week’s best-sellers:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 16,458 (373,615)
2. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 11,472 (113,447)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,991 (5,234,484)
4. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 9,812 (4,981,875)
5. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 8,712 (3,978,347)
6. [PS5] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 8,301 (116,473)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,718 (3,098,860)
8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,5556 (1,050,826)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,916 (5,160,598)
10. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,019 (1,208,034)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 39,836 (2,826,327)
2. Switch OLED Model – 37,536 (4,181,349)
3. Switch – 8,991 (19,261,351)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 6,369 (455,911)
5. Switch Lite – 5,983 (5,270,208)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,211 (7,864,825)
7. Xbox Series X – 739 (184,436)
8. Xbox Series S – 178 (251,277)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 64 (1,191,170)

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