Hardware, year on year SW2: 2.08m SWI: 441k (-47%) PS5: 287k (-35%) XBS: 12k (-43%) Next month we'll finally start doing YoY comparisons with Switch 2.

Best selling games of the year so far, may update. Same games as last month, but a few positions changed June is a pretty big month, we have FFVII Rebirth and eFootball Kick off on the 3rd, PawaPro 2026-27 on the 11th, Elliot: Millenium Tales on the 18th and Star Fox on the 25th

That NEC comeback is going to be crazy.

52 weeks after launch Nintendo Switch 2 is still the fastest selling system in Japan. Here's a comparison with everything else we got. This is just for new consoles, if we count revisions then the unbeatable #1 is the Nintendo DS Lite, which sold 8.8m in its first 52 weeks.

Game Sales (May 25 - May 31) 1[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 52.483 / 1.259.031 2[PS5] 007 First Light - 20.690 / NEW 3[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 14.122 / 1.038.407 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Comparing retail sales of Yoshi and the Mysterious Book with other Yoshi titles in Japan. Not a super strong launch, but its likely above Crafted World with digital, and closer to the series average that way.

Game Sales (May 18 - May 24) 1[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 64.899 / 1.203.548 2[SW2] Yoshi and the Mysterious Book - 39.661 / NEW 3[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 22.821 / 1.024.285 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Total retail sales of Pokémon Pokopia in Japan have surpassed 1 MILLION units, becoming the third Nintendo Switch 2 title to do so. It's the first Pokémon spin off to sell over 1m in Japan since Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time / Explorers of Darkness.

Total sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan have surpassed those of the Nintendo 64, that's 5.58m vs. 5.55m. Next up is the SEGA Saturn at 5.9m.

Game Sales (May 11 - May 17) 1[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 98.092 / 1.141.649 2[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 22.758 / 1.001.464 3[SW2] Mario Kart World - 12.651 / 2.638.509 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Best selling retail games of the year so far, April update. Tomodachi Life starts at #2, while Pragmata also shows up strong at #15. The only noteworthy release for May is the Yoshi and the Mysterious Book at the 21st.

Total retail sales of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream in Japan have surpassed 1 MILLION units. It's the 34th (and possibly final) Switch title to hit that milestone.

Hardware sales, same two week period. Total sales of the Nintendo Switch Lite in Japan top 7 MILLION units. This period should account for a couple of days of people buying Switch 2 due to the price increase announcement.

Game Sales (Apr 26 - May 10) [2 Weeks] 1[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 299.618 / 1.043.557 2[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 51.662 / 978.706 3[SW2] Mario Kart World - 19.479 / 2.925.858

Nintendo will be raising the price of Switch and Switch 2 consoles in Japan starting May 25th. Increases go from 20% to 36% With this the Switch 2 is now more expensive than the Japan only digital PS5.

Famitsu is on break due to the Golden Week holidays, we'll get data for weeks 18 & 19 on May 14th.

Thanks again to our friends of @installbase.bsky.social we've archived the 2020 Famitsu Top 1000 feauting hundreds of updates of SWI/PS4 games as well as archiving the launch years for PS5 and XSX. sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Game Sales (Apr 20 - Apr 26) 1[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 178.533 / 743.938 2[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 17.039 / 927.044 3[SW2] Pragmata - 14.453 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Retail launch sales of Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream is the biggest of the series yet, more than the combine launch of the other two games. It's the 15th biggest launch on Nintendo Switch, and baring some surprise, likely the last title to launch at over 500k on the console.

Game Sales (Apr 13 - Apr 19) 1[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 565.405 / NEW 2[PS5] Pragmata - 36.470 / NEW 3[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 19.096 / 910.005 The Switch 2 version of Pragmata launches on April 24. sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Game Sales (Apr 6 - Apr 12) 1[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 23.738 / 890.909 2[SW2] Mario Kart World - 7.238 / 2.895.712 3[PS5] Starfield - 5.368 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Pokémon Pokopia, Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen and Resident Evil Requiem were the top downloads in Japan for March. metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/04/japa...

Total sales of Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan top 5 MILLION units. It's the fastest console to reach the milestone

Game Sales (Mar 30 - Apr 5) 1[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 45.484 / 867.171 2[SW2] Mario Kart World - 8.131 / 2.888.474 3[SWI] Minecraft - 5.186 / 4.182.507 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Hardware year on year SW2: 1.16m SWI: 267k (-55%) PS5: 191k (-46%) XBS: 7k (-55%)

Best retail games for the year so far, Q1 update. Pokopia takes the top spot, Monster Hunter Stories also shows up and several changes. April has two major releases Tomodachi Life and Pragmata both on the 17th Tomodachi Life will likely be #2, maybe even #1 by the end of April

Game Sales (Mar 23 - Mar 29) 1[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 48.772 / 821.687 2[SWI] Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection - 18.238 / NEW 3[SW2] Super Mario Bros. Wonder - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Meetup in Bellabel Park - 10.158 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

At current pace, SWOLED should be able to top 10m in Japan.

Game Sales (Mar 16 - Mar 22) 1[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 114.515 / 772.915 2[PS5] Crimson Desert - 31.108 / NEW 3[SW2] Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection - 10.294 / 48.012 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Last week there were a couple of big anniversaries, here are some Famitsu charts from 30 and 25 years ago.

Thanks to our friends @installbase.bsky.social we've archived the 2019 Famitsu Top 1000, featuring hundreds of updates of SWI/PS4/3DS/PSV games and some more. sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Monster Hunter Stories 3 is off to a rough launch in Japan. Retail launch was less than half of the second game, it's the second worst launch for MH spin off. Digital should be higher, but I doubt it makes up for it. A drop from 2 was expected, but not to this point.

Game Sales (Mar 9 - Mar 15) 1[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 117.029 / 658.400 2[SW2] Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection - 37.718 / NEW 3[PS5] Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection - 17.188 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

On April 24th there'll be a new version of the Japanese language only PS5, one that comes with two controllers. 65k yen, more or less the same as what the current Japan only model costs + an extra controller.

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen and Resident Evil Requiem were the top downloads in Japan for February. eShop rankings only include games up to CERO D. So CERO Z games, like RE Requiem, are not included. metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/03/apan...

Retail launch sales of Pokémon Pokopia are the second biggest for a Pokémon spin off, only below the second Mystery Dungeon title. It had a 1m launch with digital, which I think it's the biggest launch for a spin off of any kind in Japan.

Game Sales (Mar 2 - Mar 8) 1[SW2] Pokémon Pokopia - 541.371 / NEW 2[PS5] Resident Evil: Requiem - 23.459 / 178.832 3[SW2] Mario Kart World - 10.023 / 2.856.782 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Hardware, year on year SW2: 795k SWI: 186k (-61%) PS5: 128k (-48%) XBS: 5646 (-61%)

Best selling retail games of the year so far, February update Dragon Quest and Resident Evil take the top spots with great launches, further down Yakuza, Mario Tennis and NiOh 3 also join the list March should be a big month with Pokopia (6th) and Monster Hunter Stories 3 (13th)

Total sales of Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan have surpassed those of the PC-Engine, 4.58m vs. 4.52m, that's 7 1/2 years undone in 9 months. Next up is the Nintendo 64 at 5.54m.

Retail launch sales of Resident Evil: Requiem in Japan are the highest for the series since the Resident Evil 2 remake back in 2019 About a 30% increase over RE8 Should be a bigger launch than RE7 (and maybe RE2) with digital Great launch for the game, 80% of sales were on PS5

Game Sales (Feb 23 - Mar 1) 1[PS5] Resident Evil: Requiem - 155.373 / NEW 2[NS2] Resident Evil: Requiem - 38.793 / NEW 3[PS5] Tokyo Xtreme Racer - 17.669 NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Here's a Famitsu chart from 30 years ago What's that game at #3?

Game Sales (Feb 16 - Feb 22) 1[SW2] Mario Tennis Fever - 14.577 / 54.099 2[SWI] Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - 12.413 / 222.078 3[SW2] Mario Kart World - 10.418 / 2.835.912 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, Momotaro Dentetsu 2 and Code Vein II were the top downloads in Japan for January metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/02/japa...

Comparing retail launch sales of Yakuza Kiwami 3 with other Yakuza remakes in Japan. It's most likely a bigger launch than Yakuza Kiwami 2 including digital, pretty close to the launch of LAD 8 Gaiden last year. +80% of sales were on PlayStation.

Retail launch sales of Mario Tennis Fever in Japan are the lowest for a Mario Tennis game, less than 1/3 of the launch of Mario Tennis Aces. Pretty poor opening for a Mario sports game overall, among the lowest for the series.

Game Sales (Feb 9 - Feb 15) 1[PS5] Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties - 58.171 / NEW 2[SW2] Mario Tennis Fever - 39.522 / NEW 3[SWI] Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - 32.102 / 209.665 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...

Comparing retail launch sales of DQVII Reimagined with other remakes of the series Rather underwhelming launch, just a bit better than the launch of DQI&II, about half of the 3DS remake Those who got the Digital Deluxe got to play it early, that may've pushed digital sales

Game Sales (Feb 2 -Feb 8) 1[SWI] Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - 177.563 / NEW 2[SW2] Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - 160.101 / NEW 3[PS5] Dragon Quest VII Reimagined - 118.798 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat...