Pikmin 4 had been persistently topping weekly Japanese bodily software program gross sales charts since its launch in July, earlier than being dethroned last week courtesy of Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon’s spectacular debut. This week, nevertheless, the Switch title has as soon as once more retaken the highest spot, as per knowledge launched by (*4*), with over 34,000 models bought.
Armored Core 6, in the meantime, sits in second and fourth place with its PS5 and PS4 variations respectively, promoting a complete of over 29,000 models throughout each platforms. Sandwiched between each variations at No. 3 is Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which bought over 11,000 models. Meanwhile, the remainder of the highest 10 is dominated by fellow Switch-exclusive titles, together with the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, and Splatoon 3.
On the {hardware} aspect of issues, the Nintendo Switch is the best-selling console of the week once more, because it tends to be most weeks, with over 83,000 models bought. The PS5 trails behind in second place, having moved over 52,000 models over the course of the week.
You can view the total {hardware} and bodily software program gross sales charts for the week ending September 3 beneath.
Software gross sales (adopted by lifetime gross sales):
- [NSW] Pikmin 4 – 34,240 (786,833)
- [PS5] Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon – 18,801 (134,194)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 11,488 (5,465,329)
- [PS4] Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon – 10,903 (58,852)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 7,206 (1,847,948)
- [NSW] Minecraft – 7,202 (3,250,643)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet and Violet – 5,563 (5,111,980)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – 5,471 (5,276,341)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars – 4,393 (1,293,703)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 4,387 (4,102,326)
Hardware gross sales (adopted by final week’s gross sales):
- Nintendo Switch – 83,222 (71,702)
- PS5 – 52,093 (42,730)
- Xbox Series X/S – 6,685 (3,440)
