Game sales in Japan: Nintendo once again becomes master of its kingdom

Famitsu has just published sales for Japan. Like every Thursday, the site communicates on weekly sales. The ranking of video game sales extends, for this week, from October 14 au October 20, 2024.

During the last publication, we left the ranking with Metaphor: ReFantasia (PS5) in the lead. The podium was completed by Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (PS5) in second position and Silent Hill 2 (PS5) in third position.

This week saw the release of a Nintendo game in Japan and around the world, namely Super Mario Party Jamboree. Nintendo’s party game takes the lead in sales in the ranking, no surprise we say when we know Japan’s love for Nintendo. The title sold 227,569 copies for its debut.

In second position this week, we find Professional Baseball Spirits 2024-2025also in its first week of sale. Konami is making a great debut with a very popular sport in Japan. Finally, this is also a Nintendo game which takes 3rd place with The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom. The princess takes third place on the podium.

In the rest of the ranking, the top 3 from last week fell quite heavily. Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO limits the damage with its 4th place and 13,273 sales this week. Metaphor: ReFantasialeader last week, fell to 5th position and rose to (only) 12,492 sales.

We find respectively from 6th to 10th place Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Minecraft, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Metaphor: ReFantasia (in its PS4 version) and Silent Hill 2. 3rd last week, Konami’s horror game falls very heavily in the land of the rising sun.

Ranking of video game sales in Japan (week/total)

1. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo) – 227,569 (New)
2. [PS5] Professional Baseball Spirits 2024-2025 (Konami) – 69,078 (New)
3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo) – 13,273 (281,312)
4. [PS5] Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO (Bandai Namco) – 12,928 (76,850)
5. [PS5] Metaphor: ReFantasia (ATLUS) – 12,492 (95,319)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) – 7,605 (6,033,177)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) – 5,408 (3,657,912)
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) – 4,665 (7,935,333)
9. [PS4] Metaphor: ReFantasia (ATLUS) – 4,610 (29,995)
10. [PS5] Silent Hill 2 (Konami) – 4,287 (33,661)

Ranking of console sales in Japan for the week

The Nintendo Switch made the double for the seventh consecutive week. There Nintendo Switch OLED takes the lead in the ranking with 37 294 units sold. She is ahead of another Switchbut this time, the Lite model. The latter was distributed to 16 911 units. It’s the PlayStation 5 which takes 3rd place on our podium of the week with just under 10,000 sales (9,649 consoles distributed)

If we collect by manufacturer, Nintendo distributed 58 853 units (84.9% of sales). Sony distributed 11 349 units (16.4% of sales). Finally, Microsoft concludes the ranking with 1 607 units (2.3% of sales).

1. Switch OLED – 37 294 (8 046 039)
2. Switch Lite – 16 911 (6 151 877)
3. PlayStation 5 – 9 649 (5 232 593)
4. Switch – 4 648 (19 922 508)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1 666 (861 219)
6. Xbox Series S – 1 460 (321 288)
7. Xbox Series X – 147 (307 834)
8. PlayStation 4 – 34 (7 928 618)

sources: famitsu.com / Gematsu

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Passionate about video games and the Nintendo universe since my childhood, I grew up with this brand, ranging from the NES to the Switch. Playing Pokémon for the first time, launching Ocarina of Time on the N64 and discovering 3D will remain moments engraved in the memory of all those who experienced these moments.