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[LordOcidax]

Famitsu Sales: Week 20, 2026 (May 11 - May 17)

1. [NSW] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream – 98,092 / 1,141,649
2. [NS2] Pokemon Pokopia – 22,758 / 1,001,464
3. [NS2] Mario Kart World – 12,651 / 2,938,509
4. [NS2] Minecraft – 3,857 / 4,207,594
5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 3,305 / 8,436,761
6. [NS2] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition – 3,229 / 120,098
7. [PS5] Pragmata – 2,937 / 62,455
8. [NS2] Kirby Air Riders - 2.778 / 530,268
9. [NS2] Super Mario Jamboree Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV - 2,571 / 196,983
10. [NS2] Pokemon Legends: Z-A Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - 2,340 / 1,123,043

Hardware:

Switch 2 - 217,922 / 5,585,582
Switch - 21,392 / 36,843,348
PS5 - 9,243 / 7,565,916
Xbox Series - 431 / 699,265

 

[DenchDeckard]

WTAF are those Switch numbers? Is it Golden Week still?

 

[Mownoc]

Huge boost to Switch 2 sales before price rise on 25th lol.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Tomodachi is dominating all the charts all over the world.

 

[Robb]

Damn, people going crazy for Switch 2 prior to the price hike.

 

[Brucey]

WTAF are those Switch numbers? Is it Golden Week still?

"Nintendo said it was raising the Switch 2 price in Japan to 59,980 yen ($382), effective May 25, from 49,980 yen ($318), "in light of changes in market conditions, and after considering the global business outlook.""

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo raises Switch 2 price, forecasts lower profits

In the U.S., the price will rise to $499.99 in September, from $449.99.

apnews.com

 

[Gambit2483]

WTAF are those Switch numbers? Is it Golden Week still?

It's "I need to buy a Switch 2 ASAP before the price increases next week" Week

 

[DenchDeckard]

"Nintendo said it was raising the Switch 2 price in Japan to 59,980 yen ($382), effective May 25, from 49,980 yen ($318), "in light of changes in market conditions, and after considering the global business outlook.""

Japanese video-game maker Nintendo raises Switch 2 price, forecasts lower profits

In the U.S., the price will rise to $499.99 in September, from $449.99.

apnews.com

It's "I need to buy a Switch 2 ASAP before the price increases next week" Week

Thx guys! - makes sense then, haha

 

[L*][*N*K]

Tomodachi Life Being that big is something I did not expect, maybe I should Get it

 

[Saber]

PS5 sales are... very bad. The only thing saving it at this point is the digital version, and only because of price cut.
SW2 on the other hand is an absolute demon. Lets see if it continues after the price increases, I'm having a feeling it will not make that much of difference in numbers. I could be wrong.

I don't think Sony can do anything about it at this point. Losing hard on their own country should be really concerning, hope it was worth it.

 

[Sohurmk833]

Next week will be big too for Switch 2. Price increase is going to massively drop the sales though.

 

[Karim]

PS5 sales are... very bad. The only thing saving it at this point is the digital version, and only because of price cut.
SW2 on the other hand is an absolute demon. Lets see if it continues after the price increases, I'm having a feeling it will not make that much of difference in numbers. I could be wrong.

I don't think Sony can do anything about it at this point. Losing hard on their own country should be really concerning, hope it was worth it.

I mean...what sales you expected from an home console in Japan especially in his endlife cycle with higher price than launch? Anyway it's not like is happened yesterday this decline. We are talking about 3 generation where traditional home consoles are irrelevant and pratically death in Japan. Maybe if sony wasn't that stupid and greedy to raise the price before the switch 2 launch, it could kept an average decent 15/20k per week but who can say it.

 

[Mozza]

But I thought nobody was buying the Switch 2 and Nintendo are cutting production...

 

[LordOcidax]

Next week will be big too for Switch 2. Price increase is going to massively drop the sales though.

I think is going back to normal numbers, between 50K-60K weekly…

 

[Sephiran]

If Nintendo has enough stock this May will basically be an extra December month for them in Japan in terms of console sales.

Weekly Switch 2 sales will likely take a nosedive after May, but given that May will be like 2-3 ordinary non holiday sales months for Switch 2 in Japan it won't have any major short term implications. July will then see the release of Splatoon Raiders which should be the next period of increased Switch 2 sales in Japan.

Switch 2 sold more during the last 2 weeks in Japan than PS5 sold during all of 2026 as of yet.

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

 

[Celine]

 

[Alexios]

Sold as much (plus more) as the last two weeks combined, dang.

 

[IAmRei]

PS sales under 10k while Nintendo got 200k sure something, and pragmata still survive albeit smaller
Japan always has surprise in many things and this trend is also surprising as well.

 

[Saber]

I mean...what sales you expected from an home console in Japan especially in his endlife cycle with higher price than launch? Anyway it's not like is happened yesterday this decline.

You tell that to both Sony and other countries. If they are willing to increase prices of a console on its "endcycle" and are willing to even extend PS5 lifetime, this argument hold no waters.
Also, they also still sell abit on the digital version more than the other models thanks to the permanent cut for this country only, which lowers the argument strenght even more.