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JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Tops the Japanese Charts, Switch Sales Remain Strong

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Tops the Japanese Charts, Switch Sales Remain Strong - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 08 September 2022 / 3,314 Views

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (NS) has debuted in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 19,807 units, according to Famitsu for the week ending September 4, 2022. 

Earth Defense Force 6 (PS4) dropped from first to second place with sales of 15,036 units in its second week. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) jumped from seventh to third place with sales of 12,568 units.

Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness (NS) debuted in fourth place with sales of 12,542 units. The PlayStation 4 version debuted in ninth place with sales of 7,720 units. The Last of Us Part I (PS5) debuted in fifth place with sales of 10,954 units.

There are seven Nintendo Switch titles in the top 10, two PlayStation 4 titles, and one PlayStation 5 title.

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform with 98,168 units sold. The PlayStation 5 sold 20,292 units, the Xbox Series X|S sold 5,438 units, the 3DS sold 56 units, and the PlayStation 4 sold 10 units.

Here is the complete top 10:

    1. [NSW] JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (Bandai Namco, 09/01/22) – 19,807 (New)
    2. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 6 (D3 Publisher, 08/26/22) – 15,036 (83,377)
    3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,568 (4,815,149)
    4. [NSW] Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness (Spike Chunsoft, 09/01/22) – 12,542 (New)
    5. [PS5] The Last of Us Part I (SIE, 09/02/22) – 10,954 (New)
    6. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 9,004 (715,641)
    7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,565 (2,776,718)
    8. [NSW] SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Bandai Namco, 08/25/22) – 8,565 (2,776,718)
    9. [PS4] Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness (Spike Chunsoft, 09/01/22) – 7,720 (New)
    10. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 7,246 (876,792)

    Here is the hardware breakdown (followed by lifetime sales):

    1. Switch OLED Model – 66,442 (2,377,584)
    2. Switch – 22,857 (18,638,901)
    3. PlayStation 5 – 18,431 (1,647,464)
    4. Switch Lite – 8,869 (4,879,602)
    5. Xbox Series X – 4,175 (158,750)
    6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,861 (264,173)
    7. Xbox Series S – 1,263 (164,962)
    8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 56 (1,188,606)
    9. PlayStation 4 – 10 (7,819,849)

    A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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    Salnax (on 08 September 2022)

    TLOU Part 1 is a bit underwhelming, considering even the 2014 version of the game on PS4 had over 29k sales week 1. And something tells me this version isn't going to have the amazing legs of that version.

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