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Look, nothing can stop the Nintendo Switch in Japan – especially not with a new Pokémon game on store shelves. But there’s good news for Sony: with the PS5 stock situation finally improving, the console is actually beginning to shift some serious units. The software charts don’t paint a particularly positive picture for the new-gen system – although there has been movement on that front recently, too – but the hardware numbers are getting a lot better.

Case in point: the latest Famitsu report for the period spanning 21st November to 27th November saw around 50,000 PS5 consoles sold. That number pales in comparison to the 150,000 Nintendo achieved, of course, but given Sony’s place in its domestic market of late, it can be seen as a positive. In fact, you may remember the platform holder actually increased the price of its newest console in the country, but it doesn’t appear to be impacting demand.

Horizon Forbidden West was the only PS5 game to chart, presumably due to enforced bundles. That game has now sold over 100,000 units in the country, which isn’t exactly a mind-blowing milestone, but is a sturdy enough result. Elsewhere, the software charts are dominated by Nintendo evergreens, including Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, which sold another half a million units this week. Wild!

Japan Software Sales (21st November to 27th November, 2022)

  1. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 577,279 (3,114,571)
  2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 39,322 (3,407,477)
  3. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 11,223 (2,866,629)
  4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,057 (4,917,646)
  5. [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 10,107 (112,333)
  6. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 9,682 (783,853)
  7. [NSW] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco, 10/27/22) – 5,414 (44,470)
  8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,478 (5,015,307)
  9. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 4,108 (2,743,464)
  10. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 3,994 (923,009)

Japan Hardware Sales (21st November to 27th November, 2022)

  1. Switch OLED Model – 99,863 (3,183,702)
  2. PlayStation 5 – 45,530 (1,894,179)
  3. Switch – 32,926 (18,899,449)
  4. Switch Lite – 23,338 (4,993,867)
  5. Xbox Series S – 9,031 (221,450)
  6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,390 (297,238)
  7. Xbox Series X – 2,908 (171,548)
  8. PlayStation 4 – 2,220 (7,828,361)
  9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 65 (1,189,250)

[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]