After putting in a record-breaking jump in Europe by beating Elden Ring, Hogwarts Legacy has taken first place in the Japanese software rankings, as revealed by the most recent data released by Famitsu.
Avalanche’s action-RPG is the only new entry in the Japanese top 10, and precedes the evergreens on the podium Pokémon Scarlet and Violet e Splatoon 3. Below we present the list of the ten best-selling games in Japan in the week from 6 to 12 February.
[PS5] Hogwarts Legacy – 67,196 / NEW
[NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet – 29,019 / 4,836,510
[NSW] Splatoon 3 – 13,343 / 3,876,184
[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 11,807 / 5,153,979
[NSW] Minecraft – 7,566 / 3,040,308
[NSW] Fire Emblem Engage – 7,267 / 193,187
[NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports – 7,127 / 1,001,330
[NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 5,155 / 1,175,091
[PS5] Gran Turismo 7 – 5,065 / 280,995
[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 5,025 / 5,121,897
As regards instead the sales in the hardware sector, we find once again PlayStation 5 at the top of the chart. Having largely overcome the production and distribution problems, the Sony console has finally taken off in the East, where it has now been stationed at the top for a few weeks, surpassing the numbers of Nintendo Switch.
PlayStation 5 – 81,798 (2,424,815)
Switch OLED Model – 32,464 (3,881,605)
Switch – 12,513 (19,175,551)
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 11,776 (373,503)
Switch Lite – 10,048 (5,205,755)
Xbox Series S – 3,429 (247,584)
PlayStation 4 – 1,115 (7,852,944)
Xbox Series X – 506 (174,391)
New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 91 (1,190,541)
It seems to be trudging Xbox Series Xwhich places far fewer copies of the younger sister Xbox Series S and is even surpassed by the numbers of PlayStation 4.