Famitsu Weekly Charts: Tomodachi Life Leads Software Sales as Switch 2 Stays on Top
This week's Famitsu sales report confirms Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream as Japan's top-selling title, while Nintendo's Switch 2 continues to dominate hardware numbers.
The report, which tracks the week of April 20-26, highlights strong single-week performance for established franchises and several notable new entries on Nintendo platforms.
According to Famitsu's sales rundown, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream sold 178,533 units during the week, bringing its cumulative total to 743,938 copies in Japan.
Famitsu's data shows the title remains comfortably ahead of competing releases for the period.
In journalistic terms, Famitsu's weekly figures indicate Tomodachi Life continues to lead the market, adding a substantial weekly sales boost to its lifetime tally.
Pokémon Pokopia secured second place on the list with 17,039 copies sold for the Switch 2, reaching a reported lifetime total of 927,044 units.
Capcom's Pragmata made an appearance in third on the Switch 2 with 14,453 copies sold in its chart debut; the PS5 edition of Pragmata also registered sales, placing fourth with 12,786 units and a combined PS5 total of 49,256.
Japanese exclusives also made an impact: Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmei kashokuden launched into the top 10 with 7,654 units, and Elminage ORIGINAL: Priestess of Darkness and The Ring of the Gods debuted at number 10 with 2,882 units.
Long-running catalog sellers continued to hold steady — Mario Kart World sold 5,537 units on Switch 2 for a lifetime total of 2,906,379, while the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Animal Crossing: New Horizons added 3,695 units this week, moving its lifetime figure to 108,612.
Minecraft, developed by Mojang, remains a perennial seller on Nintendo platforms, with 3,378 units sold this week and 4,193,529 total units in Japan according to Famitsu's weekly table.
On the hardware side, Switch 2 led console sales with 45,825 units for the week and a reported lifetime figure of 5,153,222 units.
Legacy Nintendo Switch SKUs also sold well: combined Switch 1 SKU sales amounted to 27,139 units for the week split across Switch Lite and Switch OLED, with the Switch Lite and OLED showing lifetime sales of 6,942,368 and 9,554,639 respectively.
PlayStation 5 models registered smaller weekly figures, with PlayStation 5 Digital Edition at 6,361 units and the PS5 Pro and standard PS5 also appearing in the top 10.
These Famitsu figures provide a snapshot of Japan's retail market for the week, underscoring Nintendo's continued strength on both software and hardware fronts and highlighting recent new releases that have broken into the top rankings.
This week's Famitsu sales report confirms Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream as Japan's top-selling title, while Nintendo's Switch 2 continues to dominate hardware numbers.
The report, which tracks the week of April 20-26, highlights strong single-week performance for established franchises and several notable new entries on Nintendo platforms.
According to Famitsu's sales rundown, Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream sold 178,533 units during the week, bringing its cumulative total to 743,938 copies in Japan.
Famitsu's data shows the title remains comfortably ahead of competing releases for the period.
In journalistic terms, Famitsu's weekly figures indicate Tomodachi Life continues to lead the market, adding a substantial weekly sales boost to its lifetime tally.
Pokémon Pokopia secured second place on the list with 17,039 copies sold for the Switch 2, reaching a reported lifetime total of 927,044 units.
Capcom's Pragmata made an appearance in third on the Switch 2 with 14,453 copies sold in its chart debut; the PS5 edition of Pragmata also registered sales, placing fourth with 12,786 units and a combined PS5 total of 49,256.
Japanese exclusives also made an impact: Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmei kashokuden launched into the top 10 with 7,654 units, and Elminage ORIGINAL: Priestess of Darkness and The Ring of the Gods debuted at number 10 with 2,882 units.
Long-running catalog sellers continued to hold steady — Mario Kart World sold 5,537 units on Switch 2 for a lifetime total of 2,906,379, while the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Animal Crossing: New Horizons added 3,695 units this week, moving its lifetime figure to 108,612.
Minecraft, developed by Mojang, remains a perennial seller on Nintendo platforms, with 3,378 units sold this week and 4,193,529 total units in Japan according to Famitsu's weekly table.
On the hardware side, Switch 2 led console sales with 45,825 units for the week and a reported lifetime figure of 5,153,222 units.
Legacy Nintendo Switch SKUs also sold well: combined Switch 1 SKU sales amounted to 27,139 units for the week split across Switch Lite and Switch OLED, with the Switch Lite and OLED showing lifetime sales of 6,942,368 and 9,554,639 respectively.
PlayStation 5 models registered smaller weekly figures, with PlayStation 5 Digital Edition at 6,361 units and the PS5 Pro and standard PS5 also appearing in the top 10.
These Famitsu figures provide a snapshot of Japan's retail market for the week, underscoring Nintendo's continued strength on both software and hardware fronts and highlighting recent new releases that have broken into the top rankings.