The Switch started off slowly in 2018, where the PS4 was the best selling console for a good month and a half. Since then the Switch has rebounded is now back to being by far the best selling console in Japan.
Last week the Switch sold 45,000 units, far ahead of number 2 on the spot, the PS4 with just 14,000 units sold.
Here are the full Japanese hardware and software sales charts for last week:
- Switch – 45,084 (45,083)
- PlayStation 4 – 14,251 (20,070)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 14,112 (6,499)
- PlayStation Vita – 5,476 (6,518)
- New 2DS LL – 5,413 (6,113)
- New 3DS LL – 4,074 (4,326)
- 2DS – 761 (901)
- Xbox One X – 104 (147)
- Xbox One – 78 (117)
And the best selling games:
- [PS4] Hokuto ga Gotoku – 123,116 (New)
- [PS4] Monster Hunter: World – 25,382 (1,954,272)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 22,162 (2,106,486)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 17,329 (1,399,804)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 11,611 (908,067)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey – 11,043 (1,648,855)
- [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel I: Kai -Thors Military Academy – 10,965 (New)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon – 8,622 (1,585,208)
- [PS4] Rainbow Six Siege Advanced Edition – 8,191 (16,233)
- [PS4] Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition – 6,814 (New)