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Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 Tops the Japanese Charts

Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 Tops the Japanese Charts - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 22 August 2024 / 2,798 Views

Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (NS) has remained in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 32,372 units, according to Famitsu for the two-week period ending August 18, 2024.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Isekai Chronicles (NS) is the one new release in the top 10 as it debuted in fourth place with sales of 21,270 units.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) is in second place with sales of 30,498 units and Nintendo Switch Sports (NS) is in third place with sales of 25,038 units. Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (NS) is in fifth place with sales of 21,167 units and Minecraft (NS) is in sixth place with sales of 20,638 units.

Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS) is in seventh place with sales of 19,976 units and Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (NS) is in eighth place with sales of 16,611 units.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder (NS) is in ninth place with sales of 13,891 units and Pokémon Scarlet / Violet (NS) is in 10th place with sales of 12,423 units.

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform with 127,197 units sold. The PlayStation 5 sold 46,892 units, the Xbox Series X|S sold 4,430 units, and the PlayStation 4 sold 54 units.

Here are the best-selling games in Japan:

    1. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 32,372 (255,991)
    2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 30,498 (5,962,690)
    3. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 25,038 (1,388,180)
    4. [NSW] That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Isekai Chronicles (Bandai Namco, 08/08/24) – 21,270 (New)
    5. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 21,167 (1,121,685)
    6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 20,638 (3,605,813)
    7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 19,976 (7,878,406)
    8. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo, 06/27/24) – 16,611 (182,975)
    9. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 13,891 (1,916,034)
    10. [NSW] Pokémon Scarlet /Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 12,423 (5,394,601)

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

    1. Switch OLED Model – 73,867 (7,715,864)
    2. PlayStation 5 – 37,823 (5,114,386)
    3. Switch Lite – 30,243 (6,000,025)
    4. Switch – 23,087 (19,875,430)
    5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 9,069 (837,740)
    6. Xbox Series X – 4,364 (305,213)
    7. Xbox Series S – 66 (317,177)
    8. PlayStation 4 – 54 (7,928,240)

    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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    Tridrakious (on 26 August 2024)

    I'm surprised that the PS5 can't get a title in the top 10 when the threshold is 12,000 units. They have 6 million PS5's in the wild and can't drum up a title that beats 12,000 units.

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    Lukas85 (on 22 August 2024)

    127k for nintendo switch! What this is incredible! Almost 3x ps5. Nintendo is god in japan

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    KrspaceT (on 22 August 2024)

    All Nintendo titles, just as nature intended.

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