Japan rankings early September 2022: The Last of Us Part I failed to reach the Top 3

Famitsu has announced its sales figures. video game market for (physical) JapanIn the week from 29 August to 4 September 2022. la classification It makes us see that The Last of Us Part I for PS5 will not be able to make it into the Top 3.

let’s start with software sales ranking (total sales in brackets):

1. [NSW] JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (Bandai Namco, 09/01/22) – 19.807 (New)
2. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 6 (D3 Publisher, 08/26/22) – 15,036 (83,377)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/17) – 12,568 (4,815,149)
4. [NSW] Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling in Darkness (Spike Chunsoft, 09/01/22) – 12,542 (New)
5. [PS5] The Last of Us Part I (SIE, 09/02/22) – 10,954 (New)
6. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 29/04/22) – 9,004 (715.641)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/18) – 8,565 (2,776,718)
8. [NSW] SD Gundam War Alliance (Bandai Namco, 08/25/22) – 8,565 (2,776,718)
9. [PS4] Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling in Darkness (Spike Chunsoft, 09/01/22) – 7,720 (New)
10. [NSW] Kirby and the Lost Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 7,246 (876,792)

As you can see, the Japanese rankings aren’t entirely dominated by Nintendo Switch, but the PlayStation locations are only three, unlike the previous week, which was dominated by the Sony console. PlayStation blockbusters include Earth Defense Force 6, The Last of Us Part I, and Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling to Darkness. The first of these even outsold The Last of Us Part I.

Instead, let’s see the Japanese hardware sales rank during the reference period:

1. Switch OLED Model – 66,442 (2,377,584)
2. Key – 22,857 (18,638,901)
3. PlayStation 5 – 18,431 (1,647,464)
4. Key Lite – 8,869 (4,879,602)
5. Xbox Series X – 4,175 (158,750)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,861 (264,173)
7. Xbox Series S – 1,263 (164.962)
8. New 2DS XL (including 2DS) – 56 (1,188,606)
9. PlayStation 4 – 10 (7,819,849)

Unsurprisingly, the Switch remains in first place and the PS5 takes a solid third place. It is seen that the stocks of the console have been on the rise in recent weeks, according to the sales figures.