Despite only shifting an additional 10,198 units, Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-25 has held onto the top spot for the fourth week in a row. To be honest, things are equally unremarkable elsewhere too. The familiar faces of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo Switch Sports and Animal Crossing: New Horizons continue to prove that no amount of slow sales will boot them out of the top 10, while last week's newbie That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles is nowhere to be seen.
For the full breakdown, here's a look at the latest top ten in full:
| Position | Game | Platform | Unit Sales (5th - 18th Aug) | Total Unit Sales |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-25 | Switch | 10,198 | 266,189 |
| 2 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Switch | 8,491 | 5,971,181 |
| 3 | Nintendo Switch Sports | Switch | 8,448 | 1,396,628 |
| 4 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Switch | 7,113 | 7,885,519 |
| 5 | Minecraft | Switch | 6,847 | 3,612,660 |
| 6 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Switch | 4,319 | 5,570,521 |
| 7 | Pokémon Scarlet and Violet | Switch | 4,200 | 5,398,801 |
| 8 | Luigi's Mansion 2 HD | Switch | 4,193 | 187,168 |
| 9 | Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! | Switch | 3,368 | 1,125,053 |
| 10 | Super Mario Bros. Wonder | Switch | 3,235 | 1,919,269 |
At least the hardware charts are a little more interesting this week as the PS5 has taken the lead over the Switch OLED. Sony's latest managed an additional 28,008 sales this week compared to the OLED on 27,530. Combining the consoles' SKUs puts things back in Nintendo's favour, with the OLED, Lite and standard models totalling 42,958 sales while the standard and digital-only PS5 models hit 31,493.
We'd imagine the surge in PS5 sales comes from Sony's announcement that it'll be upping prices by ¥13,000 (roughly $90) from 2nd September. According to a Japanese PlayStation Blog post, this increase is due to "the recent challenging external environment, including the current fluctuations in the global economic situation, and the impact it will have on our business". Makes sense to get 'em while they're cheap(er), eh?
Here's your look at this week's Japanese hardware chart in full.
| Position | Console | Unit Sales (29th July - 4th Aug) | Total Unit Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlayStation 5 | 28,008 | 5,142,394 |
| 2 | Switch OLED | 27,530 | 7,743,394 |
| 3 | Switch Lite | 10,776 | 6,010,801 |
| 4 | Switch | 4,653 | 19,880,083 |
| 5 | PlayStation 5 - Digital Edition | 3,485 | 841,225 |
| 6 | Xbox Series X | 225 | 305,438 |
| 7 | PlayStation 4 | 47 | 7,928,287 |
| 8 | Xbox Series S | 29 | 317,206 |
