[Weekly Software & Hardware Sales] "Resident Evil Requiem," which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide, starts off at the top of the charts! The latest "Shutoko Battle" title and the remastered version of "Tales of Berseria" also make the list [February 23rd - March 1st]

Famitsu Sales: Week 9, 2026 (Feb 23 - Mar 01)

01./00. [PS5] Resident Evil Requiem # (Capcom) {2026.02.27} (¥8.173) - 155.373 / NEW
02./00. [NS2] Resident Evil Requiem # (Capcom) {2026.02.27} (¥8.173) - 38.793 / NEW
03./00. [PS5] Tokyo Xtreme Racer (Genki) {2026.02.26} (¥6.909) - 17.669 / NEW
04./01. [NS2] Mario Tennis Fever (Nintendo) {2026.02.12} (¥8.164) - 12.106 / 66.205 (-17%)
05./03. [NS2] Mario Kart World # (Nintendo) {2025.06.05} (¥9.073) - 10.847 / 2.846.759 (+4%)
06./00. [NSW] Tales of Berseria Remastered (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2026.02.26} (¥6.300) - 9.798 / NEW
07./02. [NSW] Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (Square Enix) {2026.02.05} (¥7.980) - 9.640 / 231.718 (-22%)
08./04. [NS2] Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (Square Enix) {2026.02.05} (¥7.980) - 8.748 / 202.770 (-15%)
09./06. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 6.429 / 8.390.892 (-4%)
10./07. [NS2] Animal Crossing: New Horizons - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition (Nintendo) {2026.01.15} (¥6.480) - 5.950 / 78.521 (+17%)

Top 10

NS2 - 5
NSW - 3
PS5 - 2

Hardware:

That gap between RE9 on NS2/PS5 is huge. I thought in Japan NS2 would quickly take the lead for multiplats.

I'm not too surprised.  I still think most Switch owners buy Nintendo hardware for Nintendo software.  Third party has never done that particularly well and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

And if the gap for RE9 is huge in Japan, it will be absolutely massive in EU and US.  I could see 10:1 in favor of ps5. 

This is good to show the narrative about third parties declining for missing Nintendo systems was just that: A narrative 

Japanese people simply stopped caring for third parties. If people cared for Resident Evil they would be buying a PS3, PS4 and PS5, simple as that

The games where Switch 2 will take the lead are the ones that always sold well on Nintendo systems

We only have UK retail sales data right now, it was 13:1 in favor of PS5

While this looks a lot, is more reasonable than the Japanese results because of the huge difference in install base. On UK PS5 userbase is ~7 times bigger than Switch 2

While in Japan the actual number of systems in the market might be very close considering many of PS5 sales are bought there but actually resold elsewhere 

Fair and seeing how it plays out, as the S2 increase install base is fair.  However, correct me if my logic is flawed; in the UK the install base is 7:1, but RE9 is 13:1, which is a 2x overage, which means Switch owners still don't heavily buy third party.  

Don't get me wrong, given the power of the S2 + DLSS + scalable engines, it is still worth S2 ports and they will continue.  

Eh… there are only a few million Switch 2 systems out in JP. We’re speaking a little too soon, especially seeing how well FFVII Intergrade has performed. I’d say be patient and wait for further data before jumping to conclusions.

Surely once Switch 2 is hovering around 10-20mil units in JP, then we’ll really start to see whether this is a lack in interest for this third-party software, or whether it was not being available on the Nintendo system.

There is also only a few million PS5 in Japan. If I had to guess 5,5 to 6 million is the right number of PS5 systems in the actual hands of consumers. The rest was sold to scalpers and resellers 

It seems it depends on the game. 

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined sold more on Switch systems 

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties sold more on PS systems 

But I’d say that multiplatform games sold more on the Switch since its install base is larger (at least for the NS1), especially for games that don’t depend heavily on performance. In general:

There are 7mil PS5 units sold in JP. All scalpers have likely sold their inventory to genuine consumers given that it’s been 3 years since the shortage ended.

Additionally, the big reason why there is this narrative surrounding Switch 2 and third-party games is solely based on the size of the Nintendo install-base. Yes the hardware ratio between NS2 and PS5 is quite a bit lobsided at the moment, but the point is that eventually once NS2 has gotten large enough, then we’ll really start to see these third-party games perform well. The ratio doesn’t matter.

Also, from what I’ve heard, these figures are a essentially everything Capcom shipped out— had more than 38k copies of RERequiem had been shipped, then perhaps sales would be different. Should have a better idea over these next few weeks.

Those are my two cents. No point in arguing further.