Japan's Famitsu chart figures are now from 23 – 29 December (shortly after normal), suggesting that Pokémon Sword and Shield managed to stay number one at Christmas time.
The two articles sold 243,476 copies of the body in the aforementioned period and showed no signs of slowing down. It was a good week for Nintendo all around, as the Switch games made the rest of the top ten, including new entries Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Change
Here are the top ten numbers (first numbers are average sales this week, followed by total sales):
1) (NSW) Pokémon Sword and Shield (Pokemon Co) {2019.11.15} – 243.476 / 2.988.134
2) (NSW) Luigi's House 3 (Nintendo) {2019.10.31} – 59.349 / 505.998
3) (NSW) Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} – 52.521 / 495.639
4) (NSW) Minecraft (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} – 40.905 / 1.145.939
5) (NSW) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} – 40.883 / 2.659.009
6) (NSW) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
7) (NSW) Super Smash Bros. Finally (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} – 35.385 / 3.453.052
8) (NSW) Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Change (Nintendo) {2019.12.27} – 34.696 / NEW
9) (NSW) Super Mario Party (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} – 34.649 / 1.263.710
10) (NSW) Fishing Spirits: Nintendo Switch version (Bandai Namco Games) {2019.07.25} – 33.623 / 336.995
The switchch itself sold well on Christmas week, with the original and Lite versions converting 234,268 units between them. Here are this week's statistics, followed by lifetime sales in brackets:
Nintendo Switch: 141,227 (10,338,048)
PlayStation 4: 59,123 (7,353,273)
PlayStation 4 Pro: 22,226 (1,394,970)
Xbox One S: 102 (20,602)
Xbox One X: 195 (18,642)
Nintendo Switch Lite: 93,041 (1,045,383)
New Nintendo 2DS LL: 2,875 (1,104,413)
New Nintendo 3DS: 170 (5,885,915)
PlayStation Vita: 53 (5,863,022)
<Last week's charts
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