Top 10 Nintendo Switch games this week (Japan)

 
The latest Japanese boxed-video game hardware and software charts have been released for October 9th, 2023 to October 15th, 2023.

The best-selling game this week in Japan is the recently release and delightful Detective Pikachu Returns, which sold an additional 16K copies on the Nintendo Switch and it is followed by the charming Pikmin 4 Speaking of the Nintendo Switch, it was the best-selling platform, selling a comfortable 44,469 units. 

Here’s the best-sellers in the land of the rising sun:

1. [NSW] Detective Pikachu Returns (The Pokemon Company, 10/06/23) – 16,248 (101,887)
2. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 14,114 (912,398)
3. [NSW] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 13,443 (43,710)
4. [NSW] Rear Sekai (Bushiroad Games, 10/12/23) – 6,464 (New)
5. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 6,381 (5,157,822)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 6,253 (5,514,955)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,898 (3,286,698)
8. [NSW] River City: Rival Showdown (Arc System Works, 10/12/23) – 5,722 <strong(New)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,566 (5,304,914)
10. [NSW] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 4,557 (27,046)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 34,471 (5,832,653)
2. PlayStation 5 – 18,565 (3,920,351)
3. Switch – 5,170 (19,571,417)
4. Switch Lite – 4,828 (5,522,561)
5. PlayStation 4 – 2,054 (7,900,950)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,144 (588,041)
7. Xbox Series X – 609 (224,410)
8. Xbox Series S – 477 (289,738)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 85 (1,192,508)

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