Japan Switch sales explode as Splatoon 2 bursts onto the scene

Female-led Layton game also debuts

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As summer begins, it’s time for all the kids to stay in doors and shoot gunk all over virtual battlefields. Kids fortunate enough to have been able to obtain a Switch and Splatoon 2 that is, as there continues to be more demand than Nintendo can supply.

Despite raffles, the launch was successful enough to cause the eShop to temporarily go down. Splatoon 2 Nintendo Switch bundles likely make up a large portion of the 98,000 weekly console sales which is more than triple its weekly average of 23,000 – 30,000. Splatoon 2 week helped push the Switch to over 4.7 lifetime sales.

Also new this week is the Lady Layton game (which I refuse to call anything else such as it’s long ass official name), Fate/Extella: The Umbal Star port for Nintendo Switch, Cars 3 which I want to play for some reason, and the cute as heck Sumikko Gurashi sequel. 

Media Create Sales 7/17/17-7/23/17 [4gamer]

Top game sales. Lifetime sales in parentheses.

  1. [NSW] Splatoon 2 – 648,085 (New)
  2. [3DS] Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires’ Conspiracy – 70,867 (New)
  3. [3DS] Hey! Pikmin – 21,628 (87,494)
  4. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko, Doko Nan Desu? – 20,883 (New)
  5. [PS4] Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age – 19,049 (119,813)
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 12,980 (588,028)
  7. [NSW] Fate/Extella: The Umbral Star – 10,247 (New)
  8. [NSW] Arms – 7,984 (177,987)
  9. [PS4] Gundam Versus – 6,665 (143,844)
  10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 5,989 (543,016)
  11. [3DS] Pokémon Sun & Moon – 5,276 (3,295,102)
  12. [PS4] Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st] – 5,013 (New)
  13. [3DS] Ever Oasis – 4,511 (18,835)
  14. [3DS] Monster Hunter XX – 3,354 (1,546,392)
  15. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 3,331 (1,180,284)
  16. [NSW] Cars 3: Driven to Win – 3,220 (New)
  17. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ – 3,201 (205,098)
  18. [PSV] World Election – 3,017 (New)
  19. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V  – 2,792 (366,844)
  20. [NSW] 1-2-Switch – 2,636 (233,737)

Top console sales. Prior week’s sales in parentheses.

  1. Switch – 98,999 (31,906)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 23,841 (28,569)
  3. New 2DS XL – 17,717 (43,315)
  4. New 3DS XL – 13,108 (12,101)
  5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 7,037 (7,649)
  6. PlayStation Vita – 4,545 (4,655)
  7. 2DS – 2,300 (1,901)
  8. New 3DS – 1,020 (1,242)
  9. Wii U – 176 (146)
  10. PlayStation 3 – 142 (129)
  11. Xbox One – 77 (200)

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