Famitsu Japan Sales: Switch 2 Dominates Weekly Hardware Charts

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Famitsu's latest Japanese sales report shows the recently listed Switch 2 leading hardware sales by a wide margin, underscoring Nintendo's continued dominance in the domestic console market.

The weekly charts, compiled by Japanese industry tracker Famitsu, combine two weeks of data due to recent national holidays and cover a range of Nintendo Switch platforms alongside PlayStation and Xbox consoles.

Hardware highlights

According to Famitsu, the top hardware sellers in the reporting period were:

- Switch 2: 214,438 units

- Switch OLED: 16,580 units

- PS5 Digital Edition: 16,539 units

- Switch Lite: 16,039 units

- Nintendo Switch (original model): 7,960 units

- PS5 Pro: 5,248 units

- PS5: 1,973 units

- Xbox Series X Digital Edition: 352 units

- Xbox Series S: 97 units

- Xbox Series X: 64 units

For context, Famitsu also published the prior week’s hardware totals (also covering two weeks): Switch 2 at 45,825 units, Switch Lite at 11,263, Switch OLED at 10,796 and PS5 Digital Edition at 6,361, among others.

Those earlier figures illustrate the substantial week-over-week jump the Switch 2 recorded in the most recent reporting window.

Software chart summary

Famitsu’s software rankings for the same period list the following top ten titles with their weekly and cumulative sales figures (weekly / cumulative):

1.

[NSW] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream — 299,619 / 1,043,557

2.

[NS2] Pokemon Pokopia — 51,662 / 978,706

3.

[NSW] Mario Kart World — 19,479 / 2,925,858

4.

[NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 — 11,950 / 355,691

5.

[PS5] Pragmata (Capcom) — 10,262 / 59,518

6.

[NSW] Minecraft (Mojang) — 10,208 / 4,203,737

7.

[NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 — 8,257 / 116,869

8.

[NS2] Animal Crossing: New Horizons — Nintendo Switch 2 Edition — 8,257 / 116,869

9.

[NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons — 7,411 / 8,433,456

10.

[NSW] Super Smash Bros.

Ultimate — 6,892 / 5,910,721

Journalistic clarifications

Famitsu notes that the most recent hardware and software tallies reflect two weeks of sales data because of recent Japanese holidays; the publisher provided the figures and maintains an archive of past weekly charts on its site.

Credit for these numbers goes to Famitsu, which compiles physical and digital retail data for Japan’s market.

Implications and next steps

These figures offer a snapshot of platform momentum in Japan during the covered window, with Nintendo platforms—across legacy Switch hardware and the Switch 2—accounting for the majority of units and top-selling software placements.

Famitsu’s archived charts remain the primary source for week-to-week comparisons and regional performance analysis.

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