Japanese software/hardware sales for Dec. 18th to 31st, 2023

The latest Japanese sales data has come in via Famitsu, giving us a look at what the best-selling games for the last two weeks of 2023 were, alongside the usual hardware sales. First up, let’s take a look at the top software for Dec. 18th to 31st, 2023.

1. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 221,738 (1,549,401)
2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 192,620 (795,681)
3. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 78,589 (1,119,027)
4. [NSW] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 12/01/23) – 77,035 (510,477)
5. [PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 10/20/23) – 53,238 (166,731)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 46,452 (5,631,598)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 38,472 (3,394,222)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 38,005 (5,400,275)
9. [NSW] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 11/03/23) – 37,147 (141,554)
10. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 35,679 (5,246,363)

Following that, we also have the hardware sales, with the Switch OLED holding on to the #1 position.

1. Switch OLED Model – 107,928 (6,428,158)
2. PlayStation 5 – 72,207 (4,298,170)
3. Switch Lite – 31,547 (5,674,074)
4. Switch – 29,391 (19,684,424)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 9,736 (666,687)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,119 (7,915,336)
7. Xbox Series S – 605 (295,123)
8. Xbox Series X – 554 (244,984)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 34 (1,192,744)