Japanische Charts: Pokémon und Nintendo Switch dominieren die Weihnachtszeit

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Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

Famitsu’s Japanese chart figures are now in for the two weeks spanning 20th December to 2nd January, revealing that Pokémon Brillanter Diamant und Glänzende Perle are still performing very strongly indeed at the top of the pile.

The two games sold a further 231,275 retail copies combined in Japan over the holidays, taking their total physical sales count to almost 2.4 Millionen. Noch einmal, they’re followed by a top ten made up exclusively of Nintendo Switch titles, bei Mario Party-Superstars coming in second place with 206,145 physical sales over the period.

Here are the top ten (first numbers are estimated sales for the last two weeks combined, followed by total sales):

  1. [NSW] Pokémon Brillanter Diamant und Glänzende Perle (Die Pokémon Company, 11/19/21) - 231,275 (2,393,972)
  2. [NSW] Mario Party-Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) - 206,145 (725,701)
  3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) - 104,540 (4,323,883)
  4. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Gehirn vs. Gehirn (Nintendo, 12/03/21) - 89,970 (191,786)
  5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimative (Nintendo, 12/07/18) - 83,491 (4,662,764)
  6. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) - 78,350 (2,542,546)
  7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: Neue Horizonte (Nintendo, 03/20/20) - 78,311 (7,116,432)
  8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) - 74,644 (2,440,427)
  9. [NSW] Ring Fit Abenteuer (Nintendo, 10/18/19) - 46,111 (3,016,499)
  10. [NSW] Pokémon Schwert und Schild (Die Pokémon Company, 11/15/19) - 35,411 (4,277,522)

Es überrascht, given the recent stats regarding the console’s dominance in Japan throughout 2021, the Switch is also leading the hardware charts, with the OLED model selling particularly well over the past couple of weeks. Here are this week’s figures, followed by lifetime sales in brackets:

  1. OLED-Modell wechseln – 190,111 (875,765)
  2. Schalten - 116,919 (17,797,974)
  3. Switch Lite – 86,950 (4,451,688)
  4. PlayStation 5 - 62,764 (1,069,179)
  5. PlayStation 5 Digitale Ausgabe – 9,300 (200,833)
  6. Xbox-Serie S – 1,688 (55,520)
  7. Neues 2DS LL (einschließlich 2DS) - 670 (1,179,616)
  8. Xbox-Serie X – 471 (73,661)
  9. PlayStation 4 - 68 (7,819,245)

< Die Charts der letzten Woche

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