Japanese Charts: Switch Sales Plummet As Price Increase Comes Into Play


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Image: Damien McFerran / Nintendo Life

Famitsu has given us an updated look at the Japanese charts as the first week of Switch price increases comes into play in the region.

Those with a Switch console already in hand obviously weren’t deterred by the price change and continued picking up Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream in droves. The game nabbed an extra ~52,000 sales this week, even keeping 007 First Light’s PS5 release from the top spot.

Elsewhere, AQUAPLUS’ JRPG Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered debuted in fifth and ninth, and Demon Kill Demon: Yomi 1985 made its first appearance at seventh.

Here’s a look at the top ten in full:

PositionGamePlatformUnit Sales (25th – 31st May)Total Unit Sales
1

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Switch

52,483

1,259,031
2

007 First Light

PS5

20,690NEW
3

Pokémon Pokopia

Switch 2

14,1221,038,407
4

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

Switch 2

12,70152,362
5

Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered

PS5

6,225NEW
6

Mario Kart World

Switch 2

5,8652,958,073
7

Demon Kill Demon: Yomi 1984

Switch

3,719NEW
8

Minecraft

Switch

3,4804,214,562
9

Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered

Switch 2

2,863NEW
10

Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV

Switch 2

2,858202,741

It’s the hardware charts that have seen the biggest shake-up this week, as we see the first numbers following Japan’s Switch price hike (which came into effect on 25th May).

With both Switch 1 and 2 affected by the rise, the sales boom of the last few weeks has dropped off a cliff. Switch 2 only shifted 31,751 copies this time (compared to the peak of 247,880 last week), and while that was enough to retain its crown, the standard Switch 1 model has dropped all the way down out of the thousands, bringing in a mere 229 units and falling behind the Xbox Series X.

Sales are down across the board, and the Switch systems certainly benefited from some pre-price-rise panic sales, but it’s crazy to see just how big a drop it is.

This has skewed our usual SKU comparison a little, with the PS5 coming out on top this week, with a combined total of 8,373, while the three Switch 1 models made up 6,271.

Here’s a breakdown of the figures for the week:

PositionConsoleUnit Sales (25th – 31st May)Lifetime Unit Sales
1Switch 2

31,751

5,865,213
2

PlayStation 5 Digital Edition

6,527

1,302,820

3

Switch OLED

4,1629,585,830
4Switch Lite1,8106,972,953
5

PlayStation 5 Pro

1,479

360,308
6

Xbox Series X Digital Edition

40831,544
7

PlayStation 5

3675,919,834
8

Xbox Series X

304

327,214
9

Switch

299

20,300,305

10

Xbox Series S

123

342,219

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