Only were digital sales are available. I break down the numbers below each entry.

most of this list I consider to be Japanese games. (Donkey Kong)


so ya.

1. Minecraft
2. GTA5

shocked.

The DKC games were developed in England and Texas, they're Western.

Just making the first update in a few months. Only thing that's changed are the sales of Minecraft, which is just shy of 6 million sales right now.

Here are a few games that may be relevant in the foreseeable future:

• Ghost of Tsushima - Already had over 410k sales on the PS4 before the Director's Cut came out on the PS4 and PS5 and sold another 24k copies their first week. These games will likely continue to sell as more people get access to the PS5, which is appaarently extra-rare in Japan atm.
• Grand Theft Auto V - Being released on the PS5 could give this game the push it needs to reach the #4 all-time spot, though we won't see until next year.
• Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - The original game sold about 325k, so a sequel can contend for a lower spot on the list depending on the PS5's popularity down the line.

It feels like MC is still undertracked.

Honestly, a lot of these games probably are. A lot of the data I'm using comes from Famitsu, and they don't report on sales of a game unless the game does well enough at least one week. That means a game can theoretically fly under the radar for up to a few years selling hundreds of copies per week, which can add up.

Even that's not counting for some platforms which we just don't have data for. The lack of PC sales is the most obvious example, but we're also missing things like Virtual Console sales of the Donkey Kong Country games.

I could either give up the entire thing as a waste of time or be satisfied that I'm providing the best info possible. I choose the latter.

Japan loves animal mascots, period. And green Mario with vacuum cleaner

a DK vs Crash vs Luigi Mansion will be a Monster Hunter level of sales. 

Luigi's Mansion 3 (NSW): 1.00M as March 2021

Can you leave a link to the source? I try my best, but clearly miss some things, and would like to be sure that the data is backed up.

https://www.installbaseforum.com/forums/threads/japan-nintendo-software-and-hardware-sales-data-from-1983-to-present.208/