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Famitsu Sales: Week 42, 2025 (Oct 13 - Oct 19)

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【ソフト＆ハード週間販売数】『ポケモンレジェンズ Z-A』が好調。両バージョン併せて148万本を売り上げ、堂々の首位に！ Switch2同梱版も発売され、本体のセールスは20万台を突破【10/13～10/19】 | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com


[Weekly Software & Hardware Sales] "Pokémon Legends ZA" is doing well. Both versions sold a combined 1.48 million units, taking the top spot! A Switch 2 bundled version was also released and console sales exceeded 200,000 units [October 13th - October 19th]


Famitsu's sales rankings. This time we bring you a summary of estimated weekly sales figures for game software and hardware from October 13th to October 19th, 2025 in Japan.

Pokémon LEGENDS ZA and Pokémon LEGENDS ZA Nintendo Switch 2 Edition are the latest installment in the series and recorded astounding sales of 872,552 units and 612,905 units respectively and took the top two spots, with the combined sales of both versions reaching 1,485,457 units.

Paid additional content The paid add-on content " Pokémon LEGENDS ZA M-Dimension Rush will also be released on the same day. Additional stories are scheduled to be released this winter, so it seems likely that sales will continue to grow.

In addition to this, Mario Kart World, Ghost of Yotei, Battlefield 6 and Little Nightmares 3 are showing strong sales.

On the other hand, looking at the hardware, the Nintendo Switch 2 appears to have been influenced by the bundled version of "Pokemon LEGENDS ZA," and sales, including this, exceeded 200,000 units.


Famitsu Sales: Week 42, 2025 (Oct 13 - Oct 19)

Software


1st [Switch] Pokémon Legends ZA
872,552 (New) total 872,552 / Pokémon Company / October 16, 2025

2nd [Switch 2] Pokémon Legends ZA
612,905 (New) total 612,905 / Pokémon Company / October 16, 2025

3rd [Switch 2] Mario Kart World
55,996 (+49%) total 1,931,393 / Nintendo / June 5, 2025

4th [PS5] Ghost of Yotei
18,930 (-29%) total 165,902 / Sony Interactive Entertainment / October 2, 2025

5th [Switch] Super Mario Galaxy + Super Mario Galaxy 2
11,129 (-45%) total 77,477 / Nintendo / October 2, 2025

6th [Switch 2] Donkey Kong Bananza
9,785 (+32%) total 351,540 / Nintendo / July 17, 2025

7th [PS5] Battlefield 6
7,967 (-66%) total 31,259 / Electronic Arts / October 10, 2025

8th [Switch] Little Nightmares 3
5,315 (-70%) total 23,121 / Bandai Namco Entertainment / October 10, 2025

9th [Switch] Minecraft
4,984 (+0%) total 4,028,096 / Microsoft Japan / June 21, 2018

10th [Switch] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles 2
4,064 (-15%) total 139,111 / Aniplex / August 1, 2025

Hardware

  • Switch 2: 201,684 (total 2,402,587)
  • Switch: 2,146 (total 20,158,747)
  • Switch Lite: 7,015 (total 6,695,354)
  • Switch Oled: 14,552 (total 9,245,296)
  • PS5: 4,683 (total 5,833,278)
  • PS5 DE: 5,393 (total 1,019,151)
  • PS5 Pro: 2,009 (total 258,735)
  • Xbox Series X: 54 (total 322,809)
  • Xbox Series X DE: 86 (total 22,550)
  • Xbox Series S: 48 (total 339,791)
  • PS4: 23 (total 7,929,997)

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Does Battlefield not do well in Japan normally?

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03./00. [PS4] Battlefield 2042 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2021.11.19} (¥7.909) – 25.268 / NEW <40-60%>
05./00. [PS5] Battlefield 2042 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2021.11.19} (¥8.818) – 21.637 / NEW <40-60%>
 
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Legends Z-A launch sales only on switch 1 overtook MH Wilds total retail sales in Japan. Before being tied to PS5, MH were more competitive with Pokemon when it comes to sales.
 
Sarah Bond commenting: "Its antiquated to sell 200k consoles in one week, its modern to sell 150 consoles a week in Japan like we do".
 
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WOW !! Those are some stunningly high level of console sales numbers. I don't think I have ever seen a console sell that many units in one week. The Nintendo Switch 2 is most definitely going to dominate the video game industry. I strongly believe that.
 
Mr Moose said:
Does Battlefield not do well in Japan normally?

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03./00. [PS4] Battlefield 2042 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2021.11.19} (¥7.909) – 25.268 / NEW <40-60%>
05./00. [PS5] Battlefield 2042 <ACT> (Electronic Arts) {2021.11.19} (¥8.818) – 21.637 / NEW <40-60%>
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I think Minecraft is one of few western games that doesn't sell niche numbers in Japan. In general only Japanese games are relevant when it comes to console games in Japan.
 
corgiix3 said:
This just pisses me off even more knowing the budgets they give these pokemon games....
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Why would that piss you off? The big problem with most AAA games (especially Western ones) is they have bloated budgets.

$300 million, $500 million, $1 billion even, and for what? A few extra hair follicles and 3.14% more pixels on screen that you wouldn't even notice while playing? Longer cutscenes that do nothing but pad play time while telling mostly mediocre wannabe-Hollywood epic stories (and considering Hollywood today is mostly trash)? Paying big-name actors & actresses, writers etc. who charge too much for what they provide, because their agents & guilds have to get paid too?

Nintendo's found a very good strategy with keeping costs low and still delivering what the vast majority of their fans & customers want. Clearly, otherwise we wouldn't be getting results like those seen ITT.

Sephiran said:
I think Minecraft is one of few western games that doesn't sell niche numbers in Japan. In general only Japanese games are relevant when it comes to console games in Japan.
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Minecraft also happens to have a pretty universal aesthetic, and it's all-ages friendly. So yeah, no surprise it does well globally where most other Western games struggle to do so, especially in countries like Japan.
 
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Switch 2 Pokemon ZA only 260k from Switch 1!! Damn, that's great!

1st [Switch] Pokémon Legends ZA
872,552 (New) total 872,552 / Pokémon Company / October 16, 2025

2nd [Switch 2] Pokémon Legends ZA
612,905 (New) total 612,905 / Pokémon Company / October 16, 2025
 
Was not expecting over 200 thousand Switch 2's sold. That's much higher than I thought.

God knows what Pokemon has done world wide with digital as well.
 
LordOcidax said:
Why?? People that brought the game are enjoying it…
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This is the problem with a couple of people here, most won't admit it but they can't handle Nintendo games having higher sales with lower budget than their favorite studio.
Entirely ignoring that a fun game and good gameplay has nothing to do with the budget..
 
01./00. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.01.28} (¥5.980) - 1.424.657 / NEW


01./00. [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2025.10.16} (¥6.480) - 872.552 / NEW
02./00. [NS2] Pokemon Legends Z-A: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2025.10.16} (¥7.389) - 612.905 / NEW

Comparison.....

PLA: 1425k
PLZA: 1485k

Credit to Tbone5189 from InstallBase for providing the data
 
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Luminoth-4545 said:
01./00. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.01.28} (¥5.980) - 1.424.657 / NEW


01./00. [NSW] Pokemon Legends Z-A <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2025.10.16} (¥6.480) - 872.552 / NEW
02./00. [NS2] Pokemon Legends Z-A: Nintendo Switch 2 Edition # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2025.10.16} (¥7.389) - 612.905 / NEW

Comparison.....

PLA: 1425k
PLZA: 1485k

Credit to Tbone5189 from InstallBase for providing the data
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It's also impressive since the price is higher.
 
Same ol G said:
This is the problem with a couple of people here, most won't admit it but they can't handle Nintendo games having higher sales with lower budget than their favorite studio.
Entirely ignoring that a fun game and good gameplay has nothing to do with the budget..
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I don't think so?
Its more about double standarts. And I'm not talking about Nintendo games since they are usually high quality and creativity. I'm talking about specifically about Pokemon games that has being proven reducing drastically in budget while producing absolute nothing in return.

We can even play a game of future guessing. Next pokemon generation will make gazillions but will be a terrible state, missing stuff, etc. And thats where the double standarts comes from, which would makes one wonder if all those other slop failure games would being sucessful if they had Pokemon brand name attach to it. Gamefreak proved multiple times the only thing they made that sells are pokemon games.
But who cares really, anyone can continue to play while spamming the "stop having fun" meme every time quality its put in the table. Makes no difference whatsoever.
 
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I don't understand the surprise of Pkmn. Is like CoD, same shit different year

Wanna wait to see how he fair against the previous Pkmn games.
 
Saber said:
I don't think so?
Its more about double standarts. And I'm not talking about Nintendo games since they are usually high quality and creativity. I'm talking about specifically about Pokemon games that has being proven reducing drastically in budget while producing absolute nothing in return.
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And this is the problem with these comments, how am i supposed to take this seriously?
The people who actually bought the game love it, how can you say they produce absolutely nothing.
 
thicc_girls_are_teh_best said:
Why would that piss you off? The big problem with most AAA games (especially Western ones) is they have bloated budgets.

$300 million, $500 million, $1 billion even, and for what?
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There is a huge gap between 20M and 300M, you know.
As for why would that piss anyone off? Why not? It's the newest $70 entry in the series that looks as bland, ugly and limited as possible. Heck, it's main problem isn't exactly its budget, it's the fact that no one in the development team seems to bother on creating an actual product resembling any sort of genuine care put into it.
Why would you when it's going to sell, anyway? It's Pokémon, the biggest transmedia property catering to children, but that's not a good argument as for why you, the consumer, shouldn't care about getting a better product.
But also, if this forum were remotely consistent, we wouldn't bitch about the yearly, lazy EA Sports FC and COD rehashes. They are 'good business decisions', after all, lol.
 
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Saber said:
And why should I take yours? Relax kid, don't take it personnal and enjoy your games. My commentary won't change your enjoyment.
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Why comment at all then, just to annoy other people?
Also "relax kid" i don't know how old you are, maybe it's a culture thing but i'm not a kid.
 
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Do you think cross-generation releases actually result into notably higher sales or do they just cannibalize each other? Woopah Woopah
I thought both versions of Z-A would push it closer to 1M each one, but the fact that results seem to be very flat compared to the first Legends title is a VERY similar trend to PS4/PS5 cross-generation releases in the past. It makes me wonder what would happen had all these games been next-generation only releases.
 
Same ol G said:
Why comment at all then, just to annoy other people?
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In which part did I ever want to annoy other people? I only gave an explanation for why the criticism.
Seriously bud, you have a hard time understanding. Go enjoy your game, I'm not here to spoil your enjoyment.
 
nial said:
There is a huge gap between 20M and 300M, you know.
As for why would that piss anyone off? Why not? It's the newest $70 entry in the series that looks as bland, ugly and limited as possible. Heck, it's main problem isn't exactly its budget, it's the fact that no one in the development team seems to bother on creating an actual product resembling any sort of genuine care put into it.
Why would you when it's going to sell, anyway? It's Pokémon, the biggest transmedia property catering to children, but that's not a good argument as for why you, the consumer, shouldn't care about getting a better product.
But also, if this forum were remotely consistent, we wouldn't bitch about the yearly, lazy EA Sports FC and COD rehashes. They are 'good business decisions', after all, lol.
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