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Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 23 – January 5, 2025 (Two-week)
Please note that because this is a two-week list, week by week comparisons are not available. They will be back in two weeks. To put it simply, the…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 20 – January 26, 2025
Console sales for the week witnessed a small fall in units sold for those tracked and listed by Famitsu in its weekly reporting. Whilst others reported a climb,…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 6 – January 12, 2025
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Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 13 – January 19, 2025
Overall hardware sales for the brands listed by Famitsu in their weekly postings have all reported a decline week-over-week with Switch consoles registering the biggest drop in total…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 27 – February 2, 2025
The overall hardware sales for the week for the ones tracked and listed by Famitsu in its latest weekly posting has noted a small respite in sales by…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 24 – March 30, 2025
Total hardware sales for those tracked and listed on Famitsu’s latest weekly post showed another drop in units sold by 3.34% with major brands such as Switch and…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 30 – November 5, 2023
The strong 40.95% rise recorded for Switch consoles week-over-week to 93,252 units sees the brand dominating the consoles chart for the week occupying 92.8% of the market share.…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 4 – December 10, 2023
All hardware brands have recorded a climb week-over-week with the PlayStation 4 being the biggest climber at 2,179 units sold, 155.45% more than previous week’s 853 units. Switch…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 16 – December 22, 2024
Total hardware sales for those tracked and published on Famitsu’s weekly posts had shown a jump in sales for the week by 7.59% with significant gains observed by…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 25 – December 31, 2023
After major gains made by most titles the week before, nearly all titles on the Top 10 have witnessed a decline in sales week-over-week. Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 11 – December 17, 2023
Individual hardware sales are mixed for the week, however, in terms of total units sold, hardware brands have held up well when compared to the week before except…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 18 – December 24, 2023
General sales of video game software pressed on with last week’s momentum with all titles on the Top 10 recording a rise in units sold week-over-week which includes…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 23 – December 29, 2024
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Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 9 – December 15, 2024
The overall hardware sales for the week have further contracted for those tracked and listed by Famitsu on their weekly posts despite decent gains made by Switch consoles…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 2 – December 8, 2024
A slight drop in overall sales of hardware for the ones tracked and listed by Famitsu for the week. The Xbox Series experienced the biggest fall in units…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 1 – January 7, 2024
Note that there are no hardware comparisons week-over-week here since previous weeks’ charts do not come with their weekly hardware sales data. The comparisons shall return for next…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 8 – January 14, 2024
In general, hardware sales have recorded a drop over last week’s 147,123 units to 84,850 units. The Switch brand leads in terms of fall in percentage at 55.42%…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 22 – January 28, 2024
The PlayStation 5 maintains its edge over Switch for the week despite the slowdown of 13.74% in sales, bringing its total units sold to 49,945 units as Switch’s…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 15 – January 21, 2024
Note that the hardware sales data has not been released. It is thanks to the wonderful people over at Famitsu that we get to see these charts on…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 27 – December 3, 2023
Most hardware has retreated week-over-week after strong sales the week before with the PlayStation 5 editions still bogged down by slow sales, however, it still managed to go…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 25 – December 1, 2024
Overall hardware sales for those listed by Famitsu in their post has noted a major increase in performance coinciding with the Black Friday event that officially fell on…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: January 29 – February 4, 2024
The hardware sales for the week have witnessed all brands registering lower total units sold against their performance the week before with the PlayStation 5 the hardest hit,…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: September 30 – October 6, 2024
The overall hardware sales has noted a small retreat for consoles tracked and listed by Famitsu below bogged down by Switch and the Xbox Series brands that pulled…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 24 – June 30, 2024
Hardware sales for the week are mostly up against last week’s performances with Switch leading the market share as usual as all of its editions reported more sales…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: December 18 – December 31, 2023 (Two-week)
Please note that because this chart considers sales accumulated within a two-week period, the week-to-week change is not included. It will be included once the individual software charts…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 10 – March 16, 2025
Overall hardware sales have noted a large drop in units sold week-over-week for those tracked and listed by Famitsu on their latest weekly posting. The PlayStation 5 saw…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 17 – March 23, 2025
Total hardware sales for consoles tracked and listed on Famitsu’s latest weekly post showed another slow week with sales retreating a further 18.05% over previous week’s 56,094 units…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 17 – February 23, 2025
It was a slow week for the video game market in Japan. The hardware tracked and listed by Famitsu in its latest weekly posting all showed a decline…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 31 – April 6, 2025
Total hardware sales for the consoles tracked and listed by Famitsu in their latest weekly post saw a 7.37% increase in units sold mainly supported by Switch Lite…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 24 – March 2, 2025
The overall hardware sales charts for consoles tracked and listed by Famitsu via their latest posting showed a significant increase in total units sold with PlayStation 5 leading…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: March 3 – March 9, 2025
The majority of hardware tracked and listed on Famitsu’s latest post has experienced a retreat in total sales most strongly felt with the PlayStation 5 which was down…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 10 – February 16, 2025
Total sales of hardware tracked and listed by Famitsu below has reported a small decline according to the latest post with the Switch being the major drag in…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 3 – February 9, 2025
Overall hardware sales performance has recorded another weekly increase for those tracked and listed on Famitsu via their latest posting. The PlayStation 5 rose 11.92% to end the…


COMIC ZIN Weekly Manga Sales Ranking via Natalie: December 30 – January 5, 2025
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TSUTAYA Weekly Manga Sales Ranking: December 30 – January 5, 2024
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Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 5 – February 11, 2024
The hardware sales chart has noted a strong rebound from previous week’s performance with the PlayStation 4 having the largest gain amongst the brands, selling 55.37% more to…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: April 29 – May 5, 2024
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Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 5 – August 11, 2024
The Switch edition of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles tops the list here with 17,271 copies sold in its first four days whilst…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: August 5 – August 18, 2024 (Two-week)
Please note that no percentage of change for the week due to the data for the week being the total of sales for two weeks. The status quo…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: April 22 – May 5, 2024 (Two-week)
The two-week sales saw Switch maintaining its strong hold on the market share in Japan at 64.5% with total sales for all three of its brands slightly above…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: October 23 – October 29, 2023
The Switch consoles’ total sales have moved up 6.28% week-over-week to close at 66,161 units sold from 62,250 units, and with the slowdown in sales for the PlayStation…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: May 27 – June 2, 2024
Most brands have reported an increase in sales week-over-week with the Xbox Series experiencing the largest percentage gain of 54.74% to 3,248 units from 2,099 units. The PlayStation…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 11 – November 17, 2024
The overall total sales of hardware for brands tracked and listed by Famitsu have significantly contracted for the week due to the slowdown of sales experienced by PlayStation…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: November 13 – November 19, 2023
The PlayStation 5 has pretty much reversed most of its gain experienced the week before to record 41.72% fewer units sold but still managed to maintain total units…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: June 3 – June 9, 2024
The overall hardware sales performance for the brands listed here has shown a minute increase in performance with total units sold having mixed results. The PlayStation 4 marked…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 26 – March 3, 2024
Overall hardware sales have noted a roughly 30% increase week-over-week with only the Xbox Series recording a drop in performance by 24.48% from 3,113 units to 2,351 units…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: February 19 – February 25, 2024
The gains posted by both Switch Lite and Switch OLED has led the brand to register a 5.16% of total growth against previous week’s 48,391 units to 50,886…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: May 13 – May 19, 2024
The overall total hardware sales for the ones listed on Famitsu’s chart has shown a 16.71% drop over previous week’s performance with the Xbox Series leading in terms…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: September 25 – October 1, 2023
After strong gains made the week before, hardware sales have mostly contracted across the board with only PlayStation 5 Digital Edition reporting a rise week-over-week but not enough…


Japan Top Weekly Video Game Ranking: September 23 – September 29, 2024
Overall hardware sales for products listed by Famitsu below have markedly improved week-over-week carried, as usual, by the Switch brand which saw a 42.01% increase in total units…