Japanese Charts: Pokémon Scarlet And Violet Dominate With Over 2.5 Million Units Sold

We have the latest Japanese Charts data and, as expected, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet have absolutely demolished the competition, selling an astonishing 2,537,292 units in the duos first week of sale. This milestone was more than enough to knock Splatoon 3 off the top spot, but Nintendo’s shooter still pulled in some respectable numbers, selling a total of 36,958 units to bring its total up to 3,368,155.

Elsewhere, Sonic Frontiers has dropped down to number 10 with a total of 5,837 units sold. Having said that, the Switch version is still proving to be the most popular with consumers, with the PS5 and PS4 versions falling out the top ten entrely.

Otherwise, we’ve got a few other newcomers to the charts, including SympathyKiss, Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days (what a name), and Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten (what a name!) for the PS4.

Needless to say, it seems Scarlet and Violet’s technical drawbacks couldn’t hamper their first week sales, though it’ll be interesting to see if the games can keep up the momentum now that gamers are more clued into the many, many issues.

Here’s the full rundown on the software charts for 14/11/2022 – 20/11/2022:

1. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 2,537,292 (New)
2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 36,958 (3,368,155)
3. [PS5] God of War Ragnarok (SIE, 11/09/22) – 9,901 (39,278)
4. [PS4] Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten (Aquaplus, 11/17/22) – 9,066 (New)
5. [NSW] Tactics Ogre: Reborn (Square Enix, 11/11/22) – 7,687 (44,470)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,449 (2,855,406)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,330 (4,906,589)
8. [NSW] Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days (Bushiroad, 11/17/22) – 6,649 (New)
9. [NSW] SympathyKiss (Idea Factory, 11/17/22) – 6,072 (New)
10. [NSW] Sonic Frontiers (SEGA, 11/08/22) – 5,837 (31,904)

As for the hardware sales for this week, Pokémon fever is clearly raging, with the Switch OLED model selling a massive 102,605 units, pushing the console over the 3 million mark. Elsewhere, the PS4 has interestingly seen a bit of a boost in sales, coming in above the PS5 Digital Edition. The Xbox Series S, meanwhile, sold a rather paltry 154 units.

1. Switch OLED Model – 102,605 (3,083,839)
2. Switch Lite – 40,432 (4,920,529)
3. Switch – 27,656 (18,866,523)
4. PlayStation 5 – 26,946 (1,848,649)
5. PlayStation 4 – 5,803 (7,826,141)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,912 (291,848)
7. Xbox Series X – 1,373 (168,640)
8. Xbox Series S – 154 (212,419)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 34 (1,189,185)

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