Famitsu Japan Hardware Sales: Switch 2 Leads Weekly Charts as Star Fox Debuts on NS2

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Famitsu's latest weekly sales report for Japan shows the Switch 2 leading the hardware market while a new Star Fox entry debuts at the top of the software chart.

Famitsu, the long-running Japanese games publication founded in 1986, continues its weekly tracking of hardware and software performance across domestic retail.

According to Famitsu's figures for the latest week, hardware sales in Japan were as follows:

Switch 2 — 24,879

PS5 Digital Edition — 8,797

Switch OLED — 4,030

Switch Lite — 2,553

PS5 Pro — 832

Switch (original) — 482

PS5 — 267

Xbox Series X — 180

Xbox Series S — 133

Xbox Series X Digital Edition — 48

For comparison, Famitsu's prior-week hardware totals were: Switch 2 — 26,435; PS5 Digital Edition — 8,024; Switch OLED — 2,619; Switch Lite — 2,446; PS5 Pro — 1,165; Switch — 402; PS5 — 260; Xbox Series X — 217; Xbox Series X Digital Edition — 217; Xbox Series S — 29.

On the software side, Famitsu's top 10 for the week (platform, weekly sales / cumulative total where provided) reads:

1.

[NS2] Star Fox — 41,680 / NEW

2.

[NSW] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream — 28,543 / 1,410,570

3.

[NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 — 16,950 / 146,335

4.

[NS2] eFootball Kick-Off — 6,483 / 41,508

5.

[NS2] Pokemon Pokopia — 5,870 / 1,069,925

6.

[NS2] Mario Kart World — 4,521 / 2,979,306

7.

[NSW] Medabots Card Robattle RB — 4,348 / NEW

8.

[NSW] Blackish House: sideZ Retour — 4,114 / NEW

9.

[NS2] The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales — 4,077 / 27,751

10.

[NSW] Minecraft — 3,353 / 4,229,124

Famitsu supplied the weekly sales figures and notes that historical charts are available on its site for reference.

These numbers provide a clear snapshot of consumer behavior in Japan for the reported week, with the Switch 2 retaining the top hardware slot and Star Fox entering the market as the week's best-selling title on NS2.

These charts are useful for tracking platform momentum and software longevity: several long-running titles show multi-million cumulative sales (for example, Minecraft and Mario Kart World), while new releases and platform variants (Switch OLED, Switch Lite, and PS5 Digital Edition) continue to register meaningful weekly demand.

For developers, publishers and industry observers, Famitsu's weekly breakdown remains a reliable source for Japanese retail performance.

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