Japan's top software and hardware sold during the first half of FY 2022

Famitsu has shared the top software and hardware sold during this fiscal year (March 28th, 2022 - September 25th, 2022) in Japan. On the software side of things, Nintendo Switch dominated the top 10 software sold, with Splatoon 3 sitting at the top with 2.7 million. Check out the top 10 list below.

1. Splatoon 3 (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) - 2.743.135 / NEW

2. Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) - 740.713 / NEW

3. Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo) {2022.03.25} (¥5.980) - 513.645 / 893.705

4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) - 328.559 / 4.847.032 (+5%)

5. Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set <Monster Hunter Rise \ Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak> (Capcom) {2022.06.30} (¥7.990) - 271.785 / NEW

6. eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami) {2022.04.21} (¥7.500) - 232.007 / NEW

7. Minecraft # (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) - 226.783 / 2.801.507 (-32%)

8. Ring Fit Adventure # (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) - 172.200 / 3.279.536 (-53%)

9. Xenoblade Chronicles 3 # (Nintendo) {2022.07.29} (¥7.980) - 168.921 / NEW

10. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles # (Aniplex) {2022.06.09} (¥6.800) - 162.672 / NEW

Moving over to the hardware side, Nintendo Switch is once again on the top, showing stable performance with about 2 million units sold, compared to the 2.1 million sold last year.

1. Nintendo Switch - 2.015.982 (NSWOLED: 1.88M / NSW L: 246K / NSW: 581K)

2. PS5 - 457.686 (PS5: 413K / PS5DE: 44K)

3. XBS - 186.137 (XBS X: 71K / XBS S: 115K)

4. 3DS - 4.406 (2DSLL)

5. PS4 - 490