Kirby RTD Deluxe's second week physical sales were slightly higher than the Originals second week

01./01. [NSW] Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo) {2023.02.24} (¥5.980) - 62.581 / 251.612 (-67%)

05./02. [WII] Kirby's Return to Dream Land (Nintendo) {2011.10.27} (¥5.800) - 55.779 / 192.589 (-59%)

Will PS5 DE LT sales overtake XBSX +XBSS combined LT?

This week might be the start of the end of the huge PS5 surge.

Strong week for Switch hardware as the system enters its 7th year.
In fact, it's about the same as it was for the same week in 2019.

Plus, it’s not like S/V are like Sonic 06 or Aliens Colonial Marines. Apparently despite the glitches, bugs, graphics, etc., the games are pretty much what a lot of fans have been hoping for in regards to the open world and the gameplay. Not excusing the rough patches, but as you said, if fans are having fun with the games, that’s kinda all that matters in the end.

It’s pretty remarkable considering how old the Switch is. Not sure if we’ll ever see a console do this well this late in their life cycle in Japan for some time. Switch 2 has a good chance if it hits the right notes like the OG Switch has hit. And that’s probably the only console with such potential in Japan, especially if it’s as powerful as rumored. The potential challenge for Switch 2 (or whatever it’ll be called) is the potential third party support. Will third parties do “test” games again like they did with the OG Switch because they were unsure of its success? Or will we see big games guns blazing like KH3, FFXV, Street Fighter VI, modern RE, Elden Ring, MHW2, etc.? Because otherwise, the indie-AA Japanese titles are almost guaranteed on the successor considering how well they’ve performed overall on the OG Switch in Japan even compared to the PS4.

Apparently Famitsu thinks switch is ~500k ahead of what Media Create thinks, so that could be a factor for the high sales.

Like the famous french period where they also had stock issues for centuries

PS5 will take the year to date lead soon, but I expect that in Japan this momentum will eventually run out and we will see more modest numbers, so I still think Switch will be comfortably on top at the end of the year. Still, the PS5 might already have outsold its total for last year before it slows notably, so it's certainly gonna have a massive year.