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Beaten to it, but it's not Nintendo's fault that other devs have failed to cater to Japanese audiences as well as they have.
They dominate because they make the games that Japanese people want to play, while say Sony caters almost exclusively to the West and most big publishers haven't fully supported the market leader in generations.
Oh dear 4.1m with Tomodachi and Fire Emblem on the way, what's the highest 12 month total in Japan?
404,311 
Top 30: https://nintendoeverything.com/famitsu-software-sales-1-12-26-1-18-26-top-30/
1. [NS2] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 31,372 / NEW
2. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 17,639 / 2,778,889
3. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Z-A – 9,990 / 1,587,653
4. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 9,047 / 8,343,109
5. [NS2] Pokemon Legends: Z-A – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 8,560 / 1,065,074
6. [NS2] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 8,415 / 249,798
7. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu 2 – 8,070 / 302,212
8. [NS2] Kirby Air Riders – 7,942 / 480,491
9. [NSW] Minecraft – 5,465 / 4,133,500
10. [NS2] Donkey Kong Bananza – 4,966 / 465,146
11. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 4,292 / 6,531,791
12. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree – 3,700 / 1,472,841
13. [NS2] Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV – 3,537 / 153,030
14. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 3,339 / 5,869,532
15. [NS2] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment – 2,856 / 164,292
16. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 2,753 / 1,689,585
17. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics – 2,555 / 1,472,258
18. [NSW] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2 – 2,136 / 147,638
19. [NSW] Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake – 2,129 / 328,046
20. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 1,885 / 4,509,910
21. [NSW] Tamagotchi Plaza – 1,867 / 227,172
22. [NS2] Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake – 1,824 / 145,130
23. [NS2] Tamagotchi Plaza – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 1,584 / 94,417
24. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 1,432 / 5,658,693
25. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 – 1,429 / 1,125,657
26. [PS5] Ghost of Yotei – 1,334 / 205,082
27. [NSW] Run for Money: Hunters vs. Runners! Can You Win as Either? – 1,242 / 10,742
28. [NS2] Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 1,127 / 51,706
29. [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 – 1,098 / 181,745
30. [NS2] Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Star-Crossed World – 1,089 / 55,251
NS - 17
NS2 - 12
PS5 - 1
Ghost of Yotei single-handedly keeping PlayStation alive in the Top 30 Software charts.
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Not that those are good numbers, but Ghost of Yotei being the game selling the most on PS5 makes me happy at least.
| firebush03 said: Switch 1 selling surprisingly well…hmm. I wonder what's up with that? I wouldn’t suspect Animal Crossing to be the reason, but hard to say. Switch 2 also starting off quite strong! Nearly 70k/wk is a powerful baseline (isn’t that like double what Switch 1 debuted in 2018?). Crazy that we are now in year two of NS2. I remember when the mere existence of this system wasn’t even confirmed. Dang! |
Most likely is indeed the reason.
+16% 9k copies sold
Nintendo Switch Lite once again top selling form with 12k units sold, weekly and yoy up.
Of course, it's a bit bizarre.
Such late adopters of Animal Crossing Horizon.
Last edited by tak13 - on 23 January 2026
Hardware sales numbers look very good this week, but on the software side a title only needs to sell 1089 to be in the top 30. That seems kind of low.
curl-6 bet me that PS5 + X|S sales would reach 56m before year end 2023 and he was right.
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Sephiran said:
Mostly Japanese publishers and Sony make games for western markets, you think Capcom make Resident Evil games for Japanese gamers? Nintendo makes games for both Japanese and western tastes. Some third party games sell well on Switch in Japan, just look at that Momotaro game from Konami, it outsold Ghost of Yotei in Japan. So it isn't a Nintendo issue you have a problem with, but Japanese taste in gaming in general. There is no need to cry about Sony losing against Nintendo in some markets, Nintendo is losing against Sony in other markets, different markets have different market leaders and different popular games, its just the way the gaming market works. |
I will ask you again to stop warping what I am trying to say to fit you narrative. I would rather you respond to what I am actually saying.
| firebush03 said: Switch 1 selling surprisingly well…hmm. I wonder what's up with that? I wouldn’t suspect Animal Crossing to be the reason, but hard to say. Switch 2 also starting off quite strong! Nearly 70k/wk is a powerful baseline (isn’t that like double what Switch 1 debuted in 2018?). Crazy that we are now in year two of NS2. I remember when the mere existence of this system wasn’t even confirmed. Dang! |
Welp, 2nd calendar year but we're technically still in it's first year. In it's 7th month only ....
Oh God already 💀
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Switch 1 is nearly 3:1 over PS5 this week, on the verge of it's 9th birthday vs PS5 being 5 years old.
Xbox seems to have run out of American soldiers and ex-pats to sell to; that said, it was able to significantly outsell the Xbone at least, low bar though that may be.
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