Xbox Series sells twice as much as PS5 in Japan

The Japanese once again demonstrated a historic result for Microsoft Japan’s Xbox division, which again saw its latest consoles outsell Japanese rival PlayStation.

According to the latest figures from Famitsu, for the week of June 13-19, 2022, Japanese people purchased 6,695,000 units of Xbox Series consoles, while PlayStation 5 sales stood at 3,035,000 units.

However, as usual, the Nintendo Switch remains in the lead without any possibility of dispute, with 50,405 units sold in the space of a week in Japanese stores.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles remained the best-selling game on its Nintendo Switch version, while Overlord: Escape from Nazarick was the best start to the week, selling less than 6,000 units.

1. NSW]Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (Aniplex, 06/09/22) – 20,964 (111,849)
2. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 18,789 (493,046)
3. [NSW] Mario Strikers: Battle League (Nintendo, 6/10/22) – 13,002 (45,175)
4. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 3/25/22) – 8,649
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 8,456 (4,682,390)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 6/21/18) – 6,887 (2,677,377)
7. [NSW] Overlord: Escape from Nazarick (Kadokawa, 6/16/22) – 5,682 (New)
8. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 5,462 (3,181,291)
9. [NSW] Pokemon Shiny Diamond/Shiny Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 5,043 (2,560,536)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 7/12/18) – 4,364 (4,905,190)

1. OLED Model Switch – 22860 (1899156)
2. Switch – 19,907 (18,399,758)
3. Switch Lite – 7,638 (4,761,895)
4. Xbox Series S – 3,423 (130,076)
5. Xbox Series X – 3,272 (108,983)
6. PlayStation 5 – 2,371 (1,451,795)
7. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 664 (242,208)
8. New 2DS LL (includes 2DS) – 215 (1,187,058)
9. PlayStation 4-18 (7,819,701)