Japanese Charts: Switch Sales Plummet As Price Increase Comes Into Play

Famitsu has given us an updated look at the Japanese charts as the first week of Switch price increases comes into play in the region.

Those with a Switch console already in hand obviously weren’t deterred by the price change and continued picking up Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream in droves. The game nabbed an extra ~52,000 sales this week, even keeping 007 First Light’s PS5 release from the top spot.

Elsewhere, AQUAPLUS’ JRPG Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered debuted in fifth and ninth, and Demon Kill Demon: Yomi 1985 made its first appearance at seventh.

Here’s a look at the top ten in full:

Position
Game
Platform
Unit Sales (25th – 31st May)
Total Unit Sales

1

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Switch

52,483

1,259,031

2

007 First Light

PS5

20,690
NEW

3

Pokémon Pokopia

Switch 2

14,122
1,038,407

4

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book

Switch 2

12,701
52,362

5

Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered

PS5

6,225
NEW

6

Mario Kart World

Switch 2

5,865
2,958,073

7

Demon Kill Demon: Yomi 1984

Switch

3,719
NEW

8

Minecraft

Switch

3,480
4,214,562

9

Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered

Switch 2

2,863
NEW

10

Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV

Switch 2

2,858
202,741

It’s the hardware charts that have seen the biggest shake-up this week, as we see the first numbers following Japan’s Switch price hike (which came into effect on 25th May).

With both Switch 1 and 2 affected by the rise, the sales boom of the last few weeks has dropped off a cliff. Switch 2 only shifted 31,751 copies this time (compared to the peak of 247,880 last week), and while that was enough to retain its crown, the standard Switch 1 model has dropped all the way down out of the thousands, bringing in a mere 229 units and falling behind the Xbox Series X.

Sales are down across the board, and the Switch systems certainly benefited from some pre-price-rise panic sales, but it’s crazy to see just how big a drop it is.

This has skewed our usual SKU comparison a little, with the PS5 coming out on top this week, with a combined total of 8,373, while the three Switch 1 models made up 6,271.

Here’s a breakdown of the figures for the week:

Position
Console
Unit Sales (25th – 31st May)
Lifetime Unit Sales

1
Switch 2

31,751

5,865,213

2

PlayStation 5 Digital Edition

6,527

1,302,820

3

Switch OLED

4,162
9,585,830

4
Switch Lite
1,810
6,972,953

5

PlayStation 5 Pro

1,479

360,308

6

Xbox Series X Digital Edition

408
31,544

7

PlayStation 5

367
5,919,834

8

Xbox Series X

304

327,214

9

Switch

299

20,300,305

10

Xbox Series S

123

342,219

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