Sony’s PlayStation 5 is promoting fairly dang properly in Japan, in keeping with new knowledge that exhibits it was the second best-selling console within the nation final yr, behind solely Nintendo’s Swap. Much more spectacular, the PS5 bought higher than any PlayStation console has ever bought for the reason that PS2 in 2004. That’s additionally a sign of simply how a lot simpler it’s to discover the machine in 2023 in comparison with previous years.
In line with gross sales knowledge launched by Famitsu on January 12, the top-selling console in Japan final yr was the now six-year-old Swap, by a large margin. Nintendo’s hybrid console bought simply 4.06 million models in 2023 versus 4.8 million in 2022. So a little bit of a dip, however nonetheless wild to see such an outdated console topping the chart with such a giant quantity. As of now, lifetime gross sales for the Swap in Japan are nearing 32 million.
Following behind the Swap is Sony’s PS5, which bought 2.58 million models in 2023. Whereas which may not be as large because the Swap’s, it’s nonetheless an enormous improve over 2022’s complete gross sales, which had been only one.15 million. It’s a lot simpler to purchase a PS5 than in earlier years, and the info appears to be displaying that.
Sony’s PS5 doing properly, Microsoft’s Xbox…not a lot
Curiously, primarily based on historic knowledge, this is the best a PlayStation console has done in Japan since 2004. Again then, the PS2 was in a position to shift round 2.59 million models. Following that, the PS2, PS3, and PSP couldn’t fairly match that prime level.
As for Microsoft’s Xbox Sequence X/S consoles, properly, they uh… I imply some individuals in Japan purchased them. Not many although. The Xbox Sequence X/S was solely in a position to promote 141,712 models within the nation in 2023. And its complete lifetime gross sales in Japan sit at an abysmal 540,107. In the meantime, Sony’s older PS4 bought one other 73,292 models, or about half of what the brand new Xbox was in a position to promote. These numbers aren’t nice for Microsoft, however they get even worse while you examine them to final yr. In 2022, the Xbox Sequence consoles bought 269,737.
Listed below are the highest 10 video games bought in Japan in 2023 in keeping with Famitsu’s knowledge. And sure, they’re all Swap video games.
- The Legend of Zelda Tears of the Kingdom (Swap)- 1,929,603
- Tremendous Mario Bros. Surprise (Swap) – 1,549,401
- Pikmin 4 – (Swap) 1,119,027
- Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (Swap) – 907,432 (5,246,363)
- Momotaro Dentetsu World (Swap) – 795,681
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – (Swap) 617,223 (5,631,598)
- Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Swap) – 514,581
- Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Darkish Prince (Swap) – 510,477
- Splatoon 3 (Swap) – 503,312 (4,191,126)
- Tremendous Mario RPG (Swap) – 447,687
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