Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii Debuts in 1st on the Japanese Charts, Switch Sells 39K, PS5 Sells 14K - Sales

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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (PS5) has debuted in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 68,219 units, according to Famitsu for the week ending February 23, 2025. The PlayStation 4 version debuted in second with sales of 36,942 units.

Donkey Kong Country Returns (NS) is in third place with sales of 10,714 units, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) is in fourth place with sales of 10,418 units, and Super Mario Party Jamboree (NS) is in fifth place with sales of 9,988 units.

Nintendo Switch Sports (NS) is in sixth place with sales of 4,659 units, Minecraft (NS) is in seventh place with sales of 4,424 units, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS) is in eighth place with sales of 3,855 units.

It Takes Two (NS) is in ninth place with sales of 3,359 units and Pokémon Scarlet / Violet (NS) is in 10th place with sales of 2,932 units.

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform with 39,172 units sold. The PlayStation 5 sold 13,556 units, the Xbox Series X|S sold 1,535 units, and the PlayStation 4 sold 22 units.

Here are the best-selling games in Japan:

1. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (SEGA, 02/21/25) – 68,219 (New)
2. [PS4] Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (SEGA, 02/21/25) – 36,942 (New)
3. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Nintendo, 01/16/25) – 10,714 (206,163)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,418 (6,259,102)
5. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo, 10/17/24) – 9,988 (1,199,061)
6. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 4,659 (1,551,593)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 4,424 (3,815,718)
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,855 (8,077,233)
9. [NSW] It Takes Two (Electronic Arts, 12/08/22) – 3,359 (125,648)
10. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 2,932 (5,526,005)

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

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 Bluesky.

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SuperNintend0rk (on 27 February 2025)

It's nice to see a non Switch game top the Japanese charts, even though the Switch is still dominating hardware sales.

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Tridrakious (on 01 March 2025)

Glad to see some change up. Great job Sega.

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padib (on 28 February 2025)

Definitely news worthy, a rare sight

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HebrewGamer (on 28 February 2025)

Nice! GGs SEGA.

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