More than ten days have passed since we put 2022 behind us, but the balance sheet period is not over yet, especially for the Japanese magazine Famitsu, which published the Top 10 best-selling video games in Japan in 2022 And the ranking of the most successful consoles in the Rising Sun.
Top 10 best-selling video games in Japan in 2022
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet – 4,338,931 copies
- Splatoon 3 – 3,687,814 copies
- Pokemon Legends: Arceus – 2,314,806 copies
- Kirby and the Lost Land – 969,047 copies
- Nintendo Switch Sports – 887,722 copies
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 742,018 copies
- Minecraft for Switch – 548,415 copies
- Mario Party Superstars – 485,594 copies
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 441,053 copies
- Elden Ring – 356,711 copies
The Top 10 best-selling video games in Japan over the past year is dominated by Nintendo Switch softwarewhich occupy the top nine positions of the ranking – 8 of which claimed by first party of the great N. The overall winner is the duo Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet with over 4.2 million copies sold, followed by the equally impressive Splatoon 3 (almost 3.7 million units) and the spin-off Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which with 2.3 million copies placed pays tribute to the high-sounding name it bears. White fly ed only game not released on Nintendo platformsElden Ring occupies the tenth position with just under 357,000 copies.
Ranking of best-selling consoles in Japan in 2022
- Nintendo Switch – 4,804,549 consoles (Total: 27,724,047)
- PlayStation 5 – 1,154,054 consoles (Total: 2,377,389)
- Xbox Series X|S – 269,737 consoles (Total: 398,395)
- PlayStation 4 – 22,823 consoles (Total: 9,417,767)
- Nintendo 3DS – 10,449 consoles (Total: 24,597,897)
NB In brackets you will find the units sold during the entire life cycle of a given console.
With nearly five million units shipped, the Switch family consoles have annihilated the competition consolidating a Nintendo dominance that has lasted in Japan for 18 years. Thanks to the much more frequent restocking, PlayStation 5 still manages not to look bad selling 1.15 million units, which amounts to half of the units distributed to players in the entire life cycle that began in November 2020. Xbox Series X and Series S are strong (when compared to the past Xbox One), PlayStation 4 resists, Nintendo 3DS does not want to die.
