【ソフト＆ハード週間販売数】恋愛SLGの金字塔『ときめきメモリアル ～forever with you～ エモーショナル』が首位に！ 仏製RPG『エクスペディション33』もランクイン【5/5～5/11】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com

[Weekly software and hardware sales] Romance SLG masterpiece "Tokimeki Memorial ~forever with you~ Emotional" takes the top spot! French RPG "Expedition 33" also ranked [5/5-5/11]

Sales ranking announced by Famitsu. This time, we bring you a summary of the estimated weekly sales of game software and hardware from May 5th to May 11th, 2025 in Japan.

The Nintendo Switch remaster of the landmark romance simulation game Tokimeki Memorial ~forever with you~ Emotional is making its debut. It sold 21,032 units and took the top spot.

This title allows you to play the original version as it is and various new elements have been added, such as the first EVS system for the original Tokimeki Memorial that allows you to call out your name freely, newly drawn new graphics and help functions that make playing more comfortable. This is a title that is easy to play for fans of the series as well as first-time players.

Following second place onwards are titles that are regulars in the top 10 this week such as Minecraft, Super Mario Party Jamboree and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe .

In seventh place is the French turn-based RPG Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 which dropped from last week's fourth place but still managed to make it in with a total of 13,079 units sold.

Meanwhile, looking at the hardware with less than a month until the release of its successor, the Nintendo Switch 2 sales of the Nintendo Switch are still going strong, with 29,710 units sold this week.

Famitsu Sales: Week 19, 2025 (May 05 - May 11)

Software

1st [Switch] Tokimeki Memorial ~forever with you~ Emotional
21,032 (New) total 21,032 / Konami / May 8, 2025

2nd [Switch] Minecraft
8,653 (+9%) total 3,883,894 / Microsoft Japan / June 21, 2018

3rd [Switch] Super Mario Party Jamboree
8,370 (-6%) total 1,294,529 / Nintendo / October 17, 2024

4th [Switch] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
6,295 (+12%) total 6,323,630 / Nintendo / April 28, 2017

5th [Switch] Animal Crossing: New Horizons
4,589 (+8%) total 8,123,824 / Nintendo / March 20, 2020

6th Switch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
3,321 (-7%) total 5,756,689 / Nintendo / December 7, 2018

7th [PS5] Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
3,254 (+28%) total 13,079 / Sega / April 24, 2025

8th [Switch] Donkey Kong Returns HD
3,063 (-14%) total 264,749 / Nintendo / January 16, 2025

9th [Switch] Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
2,934 (+6%) total 5,563,680 / Pokemon / November 18, 2022

10th [Switch] Nintendo Switch Sports
2,923 (+41%) total 1,582,888 / Nintendo / April 29, 2022

Hardware

• Switch: 2,522 (total 20,099,889)
• Switch Lite: 7,775 (total 6,554,902)
• Switch OLED: 19,413 ( total 9,011,776)
• PS5: 4,950 (total 5,658,476)
• PS5 DE: 976 (total 968,973)
• PS5 Pro: 2,689 (total 206,030)
• Xbox Series X: 27 (total 319,812)
• Xbox Series X DE: 12 (total 20,247)
• Xbox Series S: 411 (total 336,760)
• PS4: 31 (total 7,929,525)

Given the Switch 2's near imminent arrival, it still has solid sales. As for the PS5, well...

It will be interesting to see what will happen when Switch2 drops. Will the Lite become the bestseller of the gen1 family?

The Switch's last month to itself is somewhat better than expected so far though the PS5's return to over 10k was short lived. With nearly 20k Switch OLED's sold for this week I wonder why those people are only just now getting one instead of waiting a bit to get a Switch 2 for not much more.

Can anyone provide context into the popularity of GTA in Japan? Do we expect it to push PS5 hardware at all?

GTAV was big in JP, though not much bigger than most Nintendo exclusives. My expectation is that it’ll give PS5 about as much of a boost as Monster Hunter Wilds…maybe a little more. GTA is not as big in JP as in US/EU.

The boost must be something similar to a Final Fantasy game I think

Breakdown for GTA V

• PS3: 880,877 retail + 2,519 digital
• PS4: 774,453 retail + 115,749 digital
• PS5: 1,551 retail
• X360: 33,894 retail

Considering PC numbers it probably sold 1.9 to 2 million lifetime 

However I don't think VI will come anywhere close to that on consoles. GTA V explosition in popularity seems to be because GTA online and multiplayer, japanese people seems to be more into the single player aspect of the game and after 15 years without a GTA single player I doubt the IP remains that relevant

Of course with all the buzz and hype even a western game can become a huge event in Japan... let's see 

Maybe it will move 1 million units when combining PC and consoles and digital, so maybe 300-350k on retail on PS5

Maybe the reason is the OLED screen itself

May is the worst month for video game sales in Japan and it's the last month before the release of the Switch 2. Let's see how things go with the OG Switch