Today is Wednesday, and as usual, Media Create released its figures painting the portrait of the Japanese video game market last week, and the situation definitely appears good for the Nintendo Switch.
Below you can see the top-20 ranking for software between November 20th and November 26th.
- Pokémon Ultra Sun/Pokémon Ultra Moon – 3DS – 168, 978/836, 417
- Super Mario Odyssey – Switch – 77, 751/792,059
- Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA Future Tone DX – 3DS – 34,896/New
- Splatoon 2 – Switch – 30, 275/1,373,530
- Call of Duty: WWII – PS4 – 21, 512/290, 995
- Pokémon Ultra Sun/Pokémon Ultra Moon Double Pack – 3DS – 20,297/268,080
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Switch – 18, 846/837, 850
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Switch – 15, 162/657, 015
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo – 3DS – 10, 806/281, 571
- Star Wars Battlefront II – PS4 – 10, 734/49, 503
- Beyblade Burst God – 3DS – 9,550/New
- Girls Mode 4 Star Stylist – 3DS – 6,256/54, 605
- Gran Turismo Sport – PS4 – 5,940/193, 443
- Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney – 3DS – 4,832/New
- ARK: Survival Evolved – PS4 – 4, 308/114, 287
- Dragonball Xenoverse 2 Deluxe Edition – PS4 – 4,216/New
- Pokkén Tournament DX – Switch – 4,197/126, 530
- 1-2 Switch – Switch – 3,921/283, 108
- Assassin’s Creed Origins – PS4 – 3,662/91, 997
- Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus – PS4 – 3,555/New
And here is the hardware sales chart for the same period
- Switch – 145,200
- PS4 – 20, 384
- New 2DS XL – 20,283
- New 3DS XL – 11,511
- PS4 Pro – 6,525
- PS Vita – 5,964
- 2DS – 2,838
- New 3DS – 254
- Xbox One X – 212
- Xbox One – 196
- Wii U – 85
- PS3 – 46
Apparently, Nintendo managed to unload a whole bunch of stock on the country, resulting in one of the biggest weeks for its new console with 145,200 units sold. The Switch sold so much that it even pulled 1-2 Switch back into the top-20. Super Mario Odyssey also continues selling well, even if the jury is still out on whether it’ll ever manage to catch up with Splatoon 2. Pretty much all Nintendo titles have been propelled by people buying new consoles.
Call of Duty: World War II is also doing pretty well for a first-person-shooter in Japan, outclassing Star Wars Battlefront II, while Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus debuts pretty much silently, with less than 4,000 copies sold. I guess there is a limit to how many shooters the Japanese can digest all at the same time.
It’ll certainly be interesting to see just how well the Switch will do during the holidays. Yesterday the house of Mario just unveiled its commercials for Japan, and they’re probably gonna be effective. The big question is just how much stock Japan will get, and whether the dire supply situation that we saw a couple of months back is finally being solved for good.