Japan Sales Charts: There Are Just Two PS5 Games in the Entire Top 30 1
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Nintendo's total domination in its home turf of Japan continues with the latest physical sales information (thanks, Gematsu).

In the final weeks of 2024, the top 30 games almost exclusively comprise Switch software, with just a couple of exceptions. In the week ending 5th January 2025, Astro Bot appeared in 20th and Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake was at number 30, while the previous week (ending 29th December 2024) only featured the latter in 25th.

Every other game across the top 30 in both weeks was a Switch title, and while some of them are multiplatform releases, many are Nintendo's first-party efforts.

Par for the course, then — and it's a similar story for hardware. The Switch family of systems sold best during these two weeks with a total of 186,277 unit sales, while PS5 consoles are a distant second, totalling 73,810 units (including PS5 Pro).

Software Sales (Week Ending 29th December, 2024)

  1. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo, 10/17/24) – 119,176 (954,261)
  2. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 35,834 (930,505)
  3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 21,439 (6,167,617)
  4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 17,915 (3,762,586)
  5. [NSW] Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Nintendo, 11/07/24) – 16,680 (165,060)
  6. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo, 09/26/24) – 16,290 (372,903)
  7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 15,526 (5,684,019)
  8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 14,092 (8,022,435)
  9. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 13,206 (5,491,026)
  10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 11,383 (1,514,786)

Software Sales (Week Ending 5th January, 2025)

  1. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo, 10/17/24) – 117,307 (1,071,568)
  2. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 32,402 (962,907)
  3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 29,937 (6,197,554)
  4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 16,895 (3,779,481)
  5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 15,777 (8,038,212)
  6. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 15,055 (5,699,074)
  7. [NSW] Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Nintendo, 11/07/24) – 14,855 (179,915)
  8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 13,813 (1,528,599)
  9. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Nintendo, 09/26/24) – 12,490 (385,393)
  10. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 12,289 (5,503,315)

Hardware Sales (December 23, 2024 to January 5, 2025)

  1. Switch OLED Model – 106,641 (8,583,772)
  2. Switch Lite – 56,487 (6,391,361)
  3. PlayStation 5 – 55,648 (5,427,355)
  4. Switch – 23,149 (20,003,355)
  5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 9,235 (905,711)
  6. PlayStation 5 Pro – 8,927 (132,620)
  7. Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 1,386 (16,610)
  8. Xbox Series S – 679 (327,995)
  9. Xbox Series X – 209 (314,209)
  10. PlayStation 4 – 72 (7,929,099)

[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]