{"id":433850,"date":"2025-09-18T14:55:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433850\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:55:11","slug":"japanese-charts-switch-2-surpasses-2-million-units-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/433850\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Switch 2 Surpasses 2 Million Units Sold"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Switch<\/a>Image: Damien McFerran \/ Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

Famitsu<\/a> has provided the latest look at the boxed charts in Japan, and it’s another resounding success for Mario Kart World<\/a>, with the Switch 2 launch title selling another 38,026 copies.<\/p>\n

Borderlands 4<\/a> made its debut, with the PS5 version coming in at number 2 after selling 13,029 copies. A decent start, to be sure, but Mario Kart World’s commanding lead is going to take some beating.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, the Switch version of Minecraft<\/a> has surpassed 4 million copies sold after shifting another 5,539 last week. The game is consistently featured in the top ten, and it’s just a remarkable success considering its age.<\/p>\n

Here’s a closer look at this week’s top 10:<\/p>\n\nPosition
\nGame
\nPlatform
\nUnit Sales (8th – 14th Sep)
\nTotal Unit Sales
\n<\/tr>\n\n1<\/td>\n\n

Mario Kart World<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n38,026<\/td>\n1,732,435<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2
<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Borderlands 4<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

PS5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n13,029<\/td>\n\n

NEW<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3<\/td>\n\n

Donkey Kong Bananza<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Switch 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n10,577<\/td>\n307,141<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4<\/td>\n\n

Story of Seasons: Grand Bazaar<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

8,547<\/p>\n<\/td>\n68,638<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n5<\/td>\n\n

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba \u2013 The Hinokami Chronicles 2<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

7,041<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

116,527<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6<\/td>\n\n

Everybody’s Golf World (Hot Shots)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n5,930<\/td>\n41,069<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n7<\/td>\n\n

Minecraft<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n5,539<\/td>\n4,001,857<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n8<\/td>\n\n

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

PS5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n4,865<\/td>\n78,198<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n9<\/td>\n\n

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n4,012<\/td>\n\n

6,440,109<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n10<\/td>\n\n

Super Robot Wars Y<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n3,921<\/td>\n\n

74,633<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Looking at the hardware, the Switch 2 comes out on top once again with another 44,278 units sold. This has also now nudged the console over the 2 million mark, selling double the lifetime sales of the PS5 Digital Edition already.<\/p>\n

The three Switch SKUs total 19,049 units sold, while the three PS5 SKUs total 21,703. A win for the PS5 this week then, but if you add both figures together, it still doesn’t quite match what the Switch 2 managed.<\/p>\n

Here’s the rundown of this week’s hardware chart:<\/p>\n\nPosition
\nConsole
\nUnit Sales (8th – 14th Sep)<\/strong>
\nLifetime Unit Sales
\n<\/tr>\n\n1<\/td>\nSwitch 2<\/td>\n44,278<\/td>\n2,024,761<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2
<\/a><\/td>\n\n

Switch OLED Model<\/p>\n<\/td>\n10,568<\/td>\n\n

9,177,360<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n3<\/td>\n\n

PlayStation 5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n10,515<\/td>\n5,781,989<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n4<\/td>\nPlayStation 5 Digital Edition<\/td>\n9,199<\/td>\n1,001,896<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/tr>\n\n5<\/td>\n\n

Switch Lite<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

5,606<\/p>\n<\/td>\n6,663,260<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n6<\/td>\n\n

Switch<\/p>\n<\/td>\n2,875<\/td>\n20,148,084<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n7<\/td>\n\n

PlayStation 5 Pro<\/p>\n<\/td>\n1,989<\/td>\n247,755<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n8<\/td>\n\n

Xbox Series X<\/p>\n<\/td>\n51<\/td>\n321,113<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n9<\/td>\n\n

Xbox Series X Digital Edition<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

47<\/p>\n<\/td>\n\n

21,480<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n10<\/td>\n\n

Xbox Series S<\/p>\n<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n339,459<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n11<\/td>\nPlayStation 4<\/td>\n\n

13<\/p>\n<\/td>\n7,929,899<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

What do you make of this week’s charts? Let us know down below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Damien McFerran \/ Nintendo Life Famitsu has provided the latest look at the boxed charts in Japan,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433851,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[147383,128,270,53,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-433850","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-japanese-charts","9":"tag-nintendo","10":"tag-nintendo-switch-2","11":"tag-technology","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115225882066708290","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433850"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433850\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}