
The latest Japanese boxed video game software and hardware charts have come through and there’s no change at the top for Mario Kart World. Nintendo’s karting game sold an additional 38,026 copies this week bringing total physical sales to 1,732,435. On the hardware side of things it was the Nintendo Switch 2 which proved to be the best-seller once again and sales have now topped over 2 million in Japan. Here’s the best-selling software and hardware in The Land of the Rising Sun.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [SW2] Mario Kart World (Nintendo, 06/05/25) – 38,026 (1,732,435)
- [PS5] Borderlands 4 (Take-Two Interactive, 09/12/25) – 13,029 (New)
- [SW2] Donkey Kong Bananza (Nintendo, 07/17/25) – 10,577 (307,141)
- [NSW] Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar (Marvelous, 08/27/25) – 8,547 (68,638)
- [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles 2 (Aniplex, 08/01/25) – 7,041 (116,527)
- [NSW] Everybody’s Golf World (Bandai Namco, 09/04/25) – 5,930 (41,069)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,539 (4,001,857)
- [PS5] Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (Konami, 08/28/25) – 4,865 (78,198)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 4,012 (6,440,109)
- [NSW] Super Robot Wars Y (Bandai Namco, 08/28/25) – 3,921 (74,633)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch 2 – 44,278 (2,024,761)
- Switch OLED Model – 10,568 (9,177,360)
- PlayStation 5 – 10,515 (5,781,989)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 9,199 (1,001,896)
- Switch Lite – 5,606 (6,663,260)
- Switch – 2,875 (20,148,084)
- PlayStation 5 Pro – 1,989 (247,755)
- Xbox Series X – 51 (321,113)
- Xbox Series X Digital Edition – 47 (21,480)
- Xbox Series S – 27 (339,459)
- PlayStation 4 – 13 (7,929,899)