The Japanese video game market continues to perform very well for Sony and PlayStation as they just hit a streak they haven’t had in many years. Weeks ago we have informed you of how well the Japanese company has done, which continues to strengthen its streak and break almost impossible records when Nintendo Switch was at its peak.
Thanks to the fact that Nintendo’s console is old and that the supply of PlayStation 5 has improved, Sony started the year on the right foot in various parts of the world, such as Japan. In fact, in this country his streak at the top began on January 16, so he has just passed the month of claiming and not letting go of first place.
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PlayStation 5 approaches 3 million consoles sold in Japan
According to Famitsu’s latest sales report (via Gematsu), which includes physical software and hardware sales from February 13 to 19, Sony’s system (standard edition) held the top spot by selling 75,518 units, surpassing new account to all Nintendo Switch models.
The PlayStation 5 family of consoles sold just under 89,000 units, while the Nintendo Switch consoles sold just under 49,000 units.
In case you missed it: even Xbox consoles outsold Nintendo Switch in Japan.
Thus, the interest in the PlayStation 5 1 month ago was not a flash of petate, but that week in the first place anticipated the trend that would mark the Japanese console market. This was evident, but some believed that “it would only be a week”. PlayStation 5 has already been in first place for 5 consecutive weeks, something never seen since it went on sale in November 2020, and has already sold more than 2.8 million units in Japan.
An interesting detail from the recent report is that for the first time in a long time, a PlayStation game managed to appear at the top for the second week in a row. We are talking about Hogwarts Legacy, an exclusive title for current generation consoles and PC. It is important to say that the sales that are counted are those of PlayStation 5; the Xbox version does not appear in the top 30 positions. As if that weren’t enough, second place was taken by another title for PlayStation 5, WILD HEARTS, which debuted just last week, but couldn’t beat the Warner Bros. game.
Next we leave you with the list of sales.
software sales
Hogwarts Legacy — 36,958
WILD HEARTS — 26,905
Pokémon Scarlet & Violet — 23,593
Tales of Symphonia Remastered (Nintendo Switch) — 21,860
Splatoon 3 — 12,958
Tales of Symphonia Remastered (PlayStation 4) — 11,565
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — 9227
Minecraft — 7503
Nintendo Switch Sports — 6573
hardware sales
PlayStation 5 — 75,518
Nintendo Switch OLED — 29,457
PlayStation 5 Edición Digital — 13,315
Nintendo Switch — 10,729
Nintendo Switch Lite — 8710
Xbox Series X — 4015
Xbox Series S — 2585
PlayStation 4 — 1581
New Nintendo 2DS LL — 79
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