Japan Sales Charts: PS5 Sales Beaten by Switch But Remain Steady | Push Square
Sales of the PS5 in Japan flatlined last week, stopping the steady decrease in console purchases Sony has seen in the region for the past month or so. Since hitting the highs of 65,000 systems shifted in the space of seven days, sales are beginning to rest around the 40,000 mark when both models are combined. Case in point: for the week beginning 20th March 2023, 38,964 PS5 units were sold (34,154 disc versions and 4,810 digital editions).
Breaking each platform holder's offering down into their individual models, the Nintendo Switch OLED was named the best-selling console last week in Japan, selling 36,604 systems. Then came the PS5 (with a disc drive) followed by the standard Switch and the Switch Lite. The PS4 sold 1,531 units, while the Xbox Series X managed 450 sales and the Xbox Series S 133.
As for software, Resident Evil 4 took first and second place across its PS5 and PS4 versions respectively. It sold a combined total of 175,003 physical copies in Japan during its opening week. Another new entry was Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key, which took third thanks to its Nintendo Switch version. In fact, the entire rest of the top 10 was made up of Switch titles except for the PS4 and PS5 versions of the aforementioned game turning up in fifth and seventh.
The latest sales data is provided by Famitsu and is viewable in full below.
Liam grew up with a PlayStation controller in his hands and a love for Metal Gear Solid. Nowadays, he can be found playing the latest and greatest PS5 games as well as supporting Derby County. That last detail is his downfall.
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