I am looking at the table in the original post. It's 79K there.

91701 - 79055 =12,646

PS5 got a 10,000 yen Black Friday discount this week, which is why the base model rose by 19k while the Pro and Digital fell. Couldn't quite match the same week last year though.

Switch though surprised me; after barely getting a boost from the holidays last year, the fact it's up YOY this week was not what I expected; cool to see though.

Minecraft like many games on PS, simply went digital. Digital only games also tend to dominate Japan like Fortnite and Apex. Difficult to track that kind of stuff though.

I think the PS4 physical is out of print, but there is a PS5 physical which we never see.

Surprisingly good week for the Switch with it both being up YoY and having its best week since the very start of the year. Next week should show if this is a one-off relatively strong week or if it'll do really well in December. Also nice to see the PS5 almost back to 40k but it's probably gonna drop again.

I'm surprised so many are surprised that the Switch is doing better this holiday season. After all, last year Tears Of The Kingdom pretty much stole the sales from the holiday season, which in result was extremely muted last year. Of course without that factor it goes back to normal with a bigger spike during the holidays, a spike that's higher than the flat-ish sales from last holiday season despite over the course of the 10 first months it sold quite a bit better last year than this year.

I'm gonna chalk the Switch boost this year up to Dragon Quest.
That franchise is iconic and legendary over there.
I'd go as far as to say that it may be THE most iconic and legendary video game franchise in Japan.
The only other franchise I can think of to rival it is Pokemon, and there's NO shortage of Pokemon games on the Switch so the boosts from that franchise aren't going to be as substantial anymore.
Dragon Quest on the other hand. Unless I'm mistaken, the only other mainline RPG on the Switch is Dragon Quest XI S.
For the #1 selling system of all time in Japan, the Switch has a surprisingly small amount of mainline Dragon Quest representation.
That's why when Dragon Quest XII drops, that is going to REALLY do numbers for hardware. That's the last remaining major bullet in the chamber as far as Switch killer apps in Japan go.

Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-11-25-24-12-1-24-top-30/

1. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 56,032 / 532,639
2. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake – 30,730 / 742,918
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 12,766 / 6,077,698
4. [PS5] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake – 11,909 / 212,853
5. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru – 11,477 / 1,173,002
6. [NSW] Mario & Luigi: Brothership – 11,380 / 99,909
7. [NSW] Minecraft – 8,869 / 3,690,914
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 8,217 / 7,968,172
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 6,853 / 5,627,325
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 6,839 / 1,470,570
11. [NSW] Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom – 6,234 / 312,754
12. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 5,297 / 5,445,922
13. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 4,788 / 3,660,650
14. [NSW] The Exit 8 / Platform 8 – 4,529 / NEW
15. [NSW] Hakoniwa Kaitaku Hamster to Taiyou no Sato – 4,431 / NEW
16. [NSW] Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School – 3,954 / NEW
17. [NSW] Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven – 3,897 / 104,474
18. [NSW] Super Mario RPG – 3,590 / 503,251
19. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival – 3,370 / 368,025
20. [NSW] Disney Music Parade Encore – 2,996 / 12,256
21. [NSW] Bang Bang Bandits – 2,994 / NEW
22. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 2,879 / 1,056,508
23. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 2,801 / 1,947,990
24. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 – 2,794 / 321,426
25. [NSW] Irem Collection Vol. 2 – 2,616 / NEW
26. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price – 2,513 / 208,455
27. [NSW] Pikmin 4 – 2,497 / 1,260,984
28. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! – 2,459 / 3,043,442
29. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 2,380 / 4,384,169
30. [PS5] Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 – 2,325 / 46,992

NS - 28
PS5 - 2

A surprise return of Super Mario RPG after eight months of absence. And crossing the 500K milestone no less. If only Paper Mario TTYD was here to be here for trifecta.