Japanese Charts: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Surpasses 6 Million Units Sold

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The latest boxed charts data from Japan is now available courtesy of Famitsu, and once again, we can see that the Switch is still comfortably dominating in the region both with hardware and software sales. Astro Bot is the only representative from Sony's PS5 platform.

Frankly, it's mad that Mario Kart 8 Deluxe keeps selling so well. More than 7 years after its Switch debut with mere months (weeks..?!) to go until we learn more about the Switch successor, the arcade racer has now surpassed a mind-boggling 6 million units sold in the region. Worldwide, of course, the latest data confirms that the game is now sitting well above 60 million units sold.

That said, Animal Crossing: New Horizons is slowly creeping towards that tasty 8 million milestone...

For the full breakdown, here's a look at the latest top ten in full:

Position Game Platform Unit Sales (16th - 22nd Sep) Total Unit Sales

1	Kamaitachi no Yoru x3	Switch	23,051	NEW
2	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Switch	7,811	6,005,594
3	Astro Bot	PS5	6,967	28,521
4	Nintendo Switch Sports	Switch	6,258	1,428,479
5	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Switch	6,203	7,914,922
6	Minecraft	Switch	5,960	3,637,144
7	Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025	Switch	4,430	292,389
8	Ring Fit Adventure	Switch	4,156	3,631,813
9	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Switch	3,949	5,587,522
10	Pokémon Scarlet and Violet	Switch	3,758	5,415,264

Looking at hardware for the week, the numbers for the Switch are slightly up from the previous data, while PS5 numbers are (surprise, surprise) slightly down. Sony's price hike for its platform clearly hasn't gone down too well, and it'll be interesting to see what the sales figures are like as we get closer to the end of the year and the eventual release of the 'Switch 2'.

Here's your look at this week's Japanese hardware chart in full.

Position
Console
Unit Sales (16th - 22nd Sep)
Total Unit Sales

1	Switch OLED	35,044	7,902,577
2	Switch Lite	12,514	6,063,736
3	PlayStation 5	7,186	5,193,843
4	Switch	4,797	19,902,018
5	PlayStation 5 - Digital Edition	1,571	853,500
6	Xbox Series S	311	318,908
7	Xbox Series X	288	307,270
8	PlayStation 4	37	7,928,477