It has been another rough post-price-hike sales week for Switch 2 in Japan, but Nintendo stays winning on the software side, thanks to Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (thanks, Famitsu).
The wacky life sim added another 50,000+ copies to its pile this week, stopping the new Switch 2 releases of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and eFootball Kick-Off! from getting the top spot. 007 First Light on PS5 has slipped from its silver-medal debut last week and now winds up in seventh, while Japan’s A-Train9 Evolution also makes the ranking in its debut week.
Here’s a look at the top ten in full:
| Position | Game | Platform | Unit Sales (1st – 7th Jun) | Total Unit Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream |
Switch |
50,151 |
1,309,182 |
| 2 |
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth |
Switch 2 |
30,657 | NEW |
| 3 |
eFootball Kick-Off! |
Switch 2 |
20,047 | NEW |
| 4 |
Pokémon Pokopia |
Switch 2 |
10,794 | 1,049,201 |
| 5 |
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book |
Switch 2 |
8,191 | 60,553 |
| 6 |
Mario Kart World |
Switch 2 |
7,381 | 2,965,454 |
| 7 |
007 First Light |
PS5 |
4,388 | 25,078 |
| 8 |
Minecraft |
Switch |
4,381 | 4,218,943 |
| 9 |
A-Train9 Evolution |
Switch 2 |
3,550 | NEW |
| 10 |
Astro Bot |
PS5 |
3,460 | 103,717 |
It’s another week of small numbers on the hardware side of things, as Japan’s price hike has produced another drop in Switch 2 sales.
Nintendo’s latest remains on top, of course, with an additional ~23,000 sales to its name, but it’s down from last week’s 31,751, and don’t even get us started on the week before, where it hit a pre-price increase peak of 247,880.
We’ve seen similar drops for Switch 1 sales this week (apart from the Lite, which actually had a decent increase), and it’s reflected in the SKU totals. The Standard, Lite and OLED models come in at 7,821, while the three PS5 systems racked up 8,646.
Here’s a breakdown of the figures for the week:
| Position | Console | Unit Sales (1st – 7th Jun) | Lifetime Unit Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switch 2 |
23,059 |
5,888,272 |
| 2 |
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition |
6,731 |
1,309,551 |
| 3 |
Switch Lite |
4,099 | 6,977,052 |
| 4 | Switch OLED | 2,978 | 9,588,808 |
| 5 |
PlayStation 5 Pro |
1,644 |
361,952 |
| 6 |
Switch |
744 | 20,301,079 |
| 7 |
Xbox Series X Digital Edition |
368 | 31,912 |
| 8 |
Xbox Series X |
277 |
327,491 |
| 9 |
PlayStation 5 |
271 |
5,920,105 |
| 10 |
Xbox Series S |
109 |
342,328 |
What do you make of this week’s charts? Let us know in the comments.