I never see this domination in one market. How many weeks NS have 25+/30?

06./05. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 13.575 / 3.699.547 (+1%)
07./04. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) - 13.332 / 6.668.414 (-3%)

I think that's the first time since Animal Crossing came out that Mario Kart has beaten it head-to-head.

Stole my post!

MK8 Deluxe is also only 76k behind Splatoon 2 now. With a 4.5k lead this week, only about 17 more weeks until it passes it.

TOP 20 2020 Switch Famitsu Q1:

TOP 20 2021 Switch Famitsu:

1. Momotaro Dentetsu (Konami) - 741.772
2. Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury - 422.784 
3. Ring Fit Adventure - 326.072
4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 290.311 
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 242.364
6. Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous) – 202.396 NEW
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - 162.099
8. Pokemon Sword / Shield + Expansion Pass - 148.050
9. Minecraft (Microsoft) - 131.952 
10. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 130.016
11. Splatoon 2 - 108.213
12. Super Mario Party - 103.813
13. Bravely Default II (Square Enix) – 93.061 NEW
14. Pikmin 3 Deluxe - 82.320
15. Super Mario 3D All-Stars - 72.412
16. Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous) - 57.386
17. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild - 56.624
18. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe - 55.275
19. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo) - 44.517
20. Fitness Boxing 2 (Imagineer) - 43.243

TOTAL: 3.550.680
TOTAL HARDWARE: 1.225.836

• Software in the Top 20 for Q1 will end up over 6 million
• Hardware need an average of 95K per week to match last year's result in Q1
• Momotaro will remain the best selling game of the year until the Monster Hunter Rise launch

TOP 10 2020 Switch Famitsu Q2:

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons - 2.396.303
2. Ring Fit Adventure - 328.387
3. Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics - 171.620 NEW
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - 164.113
5. Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition - 123.920 NEW
6. Smash Ultimate - 114.495
7. Splatoon 2 - 114.226
8. Trials of Mana - 100.451 NEW
9. Minecraft - 94.762
10. Super Mario Party - 85.551

TOTAL: 3.693.828
TOTAL HARDWARE: 966.530

• Last year Q2 was a slow period in terms of releases and momentum was mainly kept by continued demand for New Horizon
• Only three new games managed to sell over 100K sales, while Hardware sold around 75K per week on average
• This year there is at least 5 new games in Q2 that will have no problems surpassing 100K
• Based on strong legs of Monster Hunter Rise and new releases I would expect to see a growth YoY

Looks like the sales domination from AC:NH is slowly coming to an end. Considering all the records it broke during it's reign, it can retire peacefully.

Loo at PS5 go! But wonder how long it can do that. I think most of the numbers are due to previous shortages, so I cannot see this sustainable.

Switch is just Switch. It will be tough to match last year's March and April, seeing as Animal Crossing was an absolute monster

Nice to see PS5 getting more stock.

And that is the main point. I think everyone agrees the PS can sell big numbers worldwide without the japanese market. But the japanese game devs are still important in this gaming age, and therefore the japanese market is still important. If PS loses exclusivity to typical japanese game franchises, it starts to look very similar to Xbox. And that is probably bad for some of the classic PS fanbase.

Yep.  Something to keep in mind is XBox/Playstation in Generation 7 vs. Generation 8.  XBox 360 ended up with most Japanese games on it.  On the other hand, Japanese devs often didn't bother with the XB1.  Persona 5 released in 2016 and never made it to any XBox, for example.  One big thing that differentiated PS4 from XB1 were the Japanese 3rd party games.  PS3 wasn't really differentiated from XB360 in this way.  Consequently, PS3 and XB360 sold about the same amount worldwide, while PS4 clearly dominated the XB1.

So it seems that both new titles have cannibalized each other. That's a pity.

Octopath Traveler has sold more than Bravely Default II in launch week in Japan, despite a much smaller install base. The game isn't that bad – not as good as Ocotpath, but not that bad.