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Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Tops the Japanese Chart, NS Sells 251K, PS5 Sells 85K, XS Sells 2K

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Tops the Japanese Chart, NS Sells 251K, PS5 Sells 85K, XS Sells 2K - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 January 2023 / 3,417 Views

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (NS) has remained in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 291,322 units, according to Famitsu for the two week period ending January 8, 2023. The game has now sold 4,630,253 units at retail.

Splatoon 3 (NS) is in second place with sales of 107,700 units, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) is in third place with sales of 68,772  units, and Nintendo Switch Sports (NS) is in fourth place with sales of 66,720 units.

The entire top 10 are games for the Nintendo Switch.

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform with 250,718 units sold. The PlayStation 5 sold 85,156 units, the PlayStation 4 sold 4,128 units, the Xbox Series X|S sold 1,739 units, and the 3DS sold 419 units.

Here is the complete top 10:

    1. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 291,322 (4,630,253)
    2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 107,700 (3,795,514)
    3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 68,772 (5,083,147)
    4. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 66,720 (954,442)
    5. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures (Square Enix, 12/09/22) – 48,297 (246,700)
    6. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 38,892 (256,905)
    7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 37,443 (2,997,449)
    8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 34,770 (2,817,703)
    9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 30,341 (1,144,473)
    10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 27,550 (5,092,741)

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

    1. Switch OLED Model – 142,789 (3,714,801)
    2. PlayStation 5 – 75,296 (2,135,241)
    3. Switch – 58,941 (19,107,282)
    4. Switch Lite – 48,988 (5,152,682)
    5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 9,860 (327,304)
    6. PlayStation 4 – 4,128 (7,846,172)
    7. Xbox Series S – 1,539 (227,523)
    8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 419 (1,190,130)
    9. Xbox Series X – 200 (172,611)

    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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    scrapking (on 12 January 2023)

    Interesting to see the continued strength of the Series S over the Series X. Likely due to it being the only truly small console of all the new ones, if I were to guess. I think in most markets the Series X is proportionately much closer to the S.

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    bamf (on 13 January 2023)

    I wonder what console the Japanese would be playing on if Nintendo had released a successor to the 3DS? My guess is the new console over the switch, but how would that work because the 2 consoles would be so similar. In my eyes the switch is the a handheld.

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    bamf (on 13 January 2023)

    Aren't all Pokemon games the same? I'm not into them but I've always seen my brother play them and I couldn't tell if he was playing the previous game to the new game.

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