Rhythm Heaven Groove, Splatoon Raiders and Call of Duty: Black Ops II were the top downloads in Japan for July. metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/08/japa...
Japan Digital Rankings for July 2026
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There may not be a new Top 30 this week, but that doesn't mean we can't get a Top 1000! Thanks again to our friends @installbase.bsky.social we have archived the 2022 Famitsu Top 1000, featuring hundreds of updates mostly for SWI, PS4 & PS5 games. sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
Famitsu is on break due to the Obon holidays, we'll get data for weeks 32 & 33 next Thursday
Nippon Ichi has announced domestic sales of Village in the Shade have surpassed 150k units. Nippon Ichi's best selling game in Japan is the first Disgaea on PS2, at 153k units.
@gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · last wk.Retail launch sales of Village in the Shade in Japan are the biggest for publisher Nippon Ichi in 13 YEARS, and it's their 10th biggest launch overall. Sales with digital and PC are over 100k, and while most of that should be in Japan, there are also Chinese and Korean versions.
Hardware Year on Year SW2: 2.34m (+23%) SWI: 508k (-48%) PS5: 374k (-29%) XBS: 15k (-35%)
Best selling games of the year so far, July update. Rhythm Heaven and Splatoon Raiders enter top 5 with great launches. Come August the biggest event is the Obon holidays, though we also have the launches of Beast of Reincarnation and Marvel Tokon.
Retail launch sales of Village in the Shade in Japan are the biggest for publisher Nippon Ichi in 13 YEARS, and it's their 10th biggest launch overall. Sales with digital and PC are over 100k, and while most of that should be in Japan, there are also Chinese and Korean versions.
Here's a recreated chart from the most recent Famitsu White book. It shows the changing price point of the Switch, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan going back to the launch of the PS5 in late 2020. Things are only going up.
Game Sales (Jul 27 - Aug 2) 1[SW2] Splatoon Raiders - 73.542 / 548.226 2[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 59.884 / 734.476 3[SW2] Village in the Shade - 21.965 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
This week total retail sales of Mario Kart World in Japan surpassed 3 MILLION units. It's still the best selling Nintendo Switch 2 game in Japan, and currently the series 5th best selling game. Digital puts it at +3.5m, surpassing 4m this year is doable.
Splatoon Raiders debuts with the 3rd biggest launch for the year so far, only behind Tomodachi Life and Pokopia. It's the 4th biggest launch on Nintendo Switch 2 yet, and already the 6th best selling game on the platform.
Game Sales (Jul 20 - Jul 26) 1[SW2] Splatoon Raiders - 474.684 / NEW 2[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 78.355 / 674.592 3[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 23.468 / 1.500.025 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
Retail launch sales of Pro Baseball Spirits 2026 in Japan are the worst of the series yet, less than 1/3 of the previous game, which was already a significant decline for the series. This is the second baseball game Konami has released this year, maybe too much.
Game Sales (Jul 13 - Jul 19) 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 76.786 / 596.237 2[PS5] Pro Baseball Spirits 2026 - 20.661 / NEW 3[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 18.608 / 1.476.557 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
Here are the top downloads on the eShop in Japan for the first half of 2026. There's no data to estimate digital sales for any of these games. Nintendo doesn't show games with CERO D rating or higher in their rankings, so Resident Evil 9 is ommited.
This week, total sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan surpassed those of the PlayStation Vita, 6.02m vs. 5.99M (including the Vita TV). That's 8 years (Vita was sold in Japan until 2019) vs. a bit more than 1. Next up is the PlayStation 5, at 7.6m as of this week.
Game Sales (Jul 6 - Jul 12) 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 126.073 / 519.451 2[SWI] Magical Girl Witch Trial - 21.283 / NEW 3[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 20.827 / 1.457.949 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Star Fox were the top downloads in Japan for June. metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/07/japa...
Japan Digital Rankings for June 2026
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Retail launch sales of the Goemon collection is the biggest for the series in 30 years (ignore that this is the first game in 20 years) There's a SW2 version that's digital only, digital should put launch past 100k, so it should be the second biggest knwon launch for the series
Retail launch of Rhythm Heaven Groove in Japan are the biggest for the series yet, more than twice as much as the 3DS game. Good digital sales are expected, it may be close to the total sales of the 3DS and Wii games already (about 750).
Game Sales (Jun 29 - Jul 5) 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 393.378 / NEW 2[SWI] Ganbare Goemon Daishuugu! - 60.428 / NEW 3[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 26.552 / 1.437.122 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
Hardware, year on year SW2: 2.18m (+56%) SWI: 466k (-48%) PS5: 323k (-34%) XBS: 14k (-36%)
Best selling games in Japan for the first half of 2026. Coming in July, we have a strong start for the later half as both Rhythm Heaven Groove and Splatoon Raiders are expected to be among the best selling games of the year.
Many thanks to our friends at @installbase.bsky.social we have archived the 2021 Famitsu Top 1000. It includes the first full year for PS5 and Xbox Series, as well as hundreds of updates for PS4 and Switch games. sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
The new Star Fox game had the series' best launch in 20 years in Japan. As the game is rather cheap, good digital sales are expected, it may be the biggest launch of Star Fox 64 in Japan yet, probably the series' 3rd biggest launch.
Game Sales (Jun 22 - Jun 28) 1[SW2] Star Fox - 41.680 / NEW 2[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 28.543 / 1.410.570 3[SWI] Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 - 16.950 / 146.335 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
This week, total sales of Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan surpassed those of the original PlayStation 5 that includes a disc drive (not total sales including the Digital Edition and Pro) Switch 2 should reach 6m sold in Japan in a few weeks.
Comparing retail launch sales of The Adventures of Elliiot: The Millenium Tales with other HD-2D games in Japan. It's the worst launch of one of these games yet, about 2/3s of the launch of Octopath 0. Decent digital sales are expected, but I'd expect to be the lowest even then
Game Sales (Jun 15 - Jun 21) 1[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 34.957 / 1.382.027 2[SWI] Powerful Pro Baseball - 28.409 / 129.385 3[SW2] The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales - 23.674 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
Tomodachi Life, Pokopia and 007 First Light were the top downloads in Japan for May. metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/06/japa...
Japan Digital Rankings for May 2026
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