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Switch hits 30m lifetime unit sales during July | Japan Monthly Charts

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During July in Japan, the Nintendo Switch reached a lifetime sales total of 30 million consoles.

Famitsu's monthly retail sales data from June 26 to July 30 shows that the console sold 407,000 units across its standard, Lite, and OLED systems.

By comparison, Sony's PlayStation 5 console hit 243,000 systems sold during the month. Sony's hardware has moved a total of 4 million units in the country.

Nintendo led with 947,000 boxed titles in Japan software sales, outpacing Square Enix's 109,000 and Spike Chunsoft's 101,000 copies. Nintendo's newly released Pikmin 4 was the biggest-selling title of the month at 518,000 moved units. It has sold nearly 80% of Pikmin 3's lifetime sales within ten days after launch.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom moved 92,600 copies sold in the month. Meanwhile, Spike Chunsoft's newest title, Master Detective Archives: Rain Code, sold 74,400 boxed copies as the third-best seller.

Regarding physical game units sold during the period, Nintendo had the lion's share at 55%. Square Enix was second as it commanded 6.4% of copies purchased, while Spike Chunsoft was third, with the sales of its boxed titles making up 6% of the market.

Here are Japan's Top 10 best-selling physical games from June 26 to July 30, 2023, courtesy of Famitsu:

Rank	Title	Publisher
1	Pikmin 4	Nintendo
2	The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom	Nintendo
3	Master Detective Archives: Rain Code	Spike Chunsoft
4	Final Fantasy 16	Square Enix
5	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo
6	Minecraft: Switch Edition	Microsoft
7	Nintendo Switch Sports	Nintendo
8	Splatoon 3	Nintendo
9	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Nintendo
10	Ring Fit Adventure	Nintendo

 

[Woopah]

Was never expecting it to hit this milestone, I'm pretty confident it will outsell the DS and become Japan's best selling platform.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

So that roughly means that one in four people in Japan owns a Switch. Not bad, Nintendo, not bad!

 

[daclynk]

DS is next. Switch is coming for you DS numbers in Japan.

 

[Robb]

So DS is the highest selling system ever at aprox. 33M?

Doesn’t sound impossible as long as the Switch doesn’t fall off a cliff when the follow up is announced.

 

[cartman414]

So DS is the highest selling system ever at aprox. 33M?

Doesn’t sound impossible as long as the Switch doesn’t fall off a cliff when the follow up is announced.

Yeah. 3DS kind of clipped the DS' wings and allowed the PS2 to bypass it.

 

[Woopah]

Yeah. 3DS kind of clipped the DS' wings and allowed the PS2 to bypass it.

Worldwide yes, but not in Japan.

 

[ArtHands]

Well they are the market leader

 

[EverydayBeast]

Switch is easy to operate there isn’t too much power, too much clutter and it still feels new years later.