As has been mentioned this is week 49 so the title should be changed. For the week itself these Switch 2 sales more than make up for it sales being surprisingly low last week and with December started sales are really gonna go into over drive for a bit. The Switch 1 had a surprisingly good week too so the trend of it holding relatively well in Japan continues.
The Switch OLED still selling the best is strange though since even with the screen and better battery life it makes way less sense now to get one compared to even a year ago since the cheap price in Japan makes the Switch 2 have way better value considering how much more capable it is and how long it's gonna get supported. And with this opening Prime 4 might need to do relatively well in the US to even just match Dread at this point. Also PS5 sales are weak this time though without the new digital model probably would've been close to half of this since the previous one was barely selling anything.
| archbrix said: So much for price being the issue for the PS5... It’s like I’ve been saying for a while now. There are were three problems with the PS5 in Japan: The high price, the lack of exclusive games that appeal to the region and form factor. But as we’re seeing here, lowering the price on something with two much bigger issues can only do so much. |
You should really wait more than one poor week and ideally at least somewhat into 2026 before saying something like this since how its baseline next year will compare to this year is up in the air. As I said above its sales this week would've probably been nearly half this without the big price cut.
Last edited by Norion - on 11 December 2025
