{"id":145545,"date":"2025-09-18T14:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145545\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T14:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:55:08","slug":"japanese-charts-switch-2-surpasses-2-million-units-sold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/145545\/","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

Position
\nGame
\nPlatform
\nUnit Sales (8th – 14th Sep)
\nTotal Unit Sales<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Mario Kart World<\/p>\n

Switch 2<\/p>\n

38,026
\n1,732,435<\/p>\n

2
<\/a><\/p>\n

Borderlands 4<\/p>\n

PS5<\/p>\n

13,029<\/p>\n

NEW<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Donkey Kong Bananza<\/p>\n

Switch 2<\/p>\n

10,577
\n307,141<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

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

Switch<\/p>\n

8,547<\/p>\n

68,638<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

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

Switch<\/p>\n

7,041<\/p>\n

116,527<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

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

Switch<\/p>\n

5,930
\n41,069<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Minecraft<\/p>\n

Switch<\/p>\n

5,539
\n4,001,857<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

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

PS5<\/p>\n

4,865
\n78,198<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/p>\n

Switch<\/p>\n

4,012<\/p>\n

6,440,109<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Super Robot Wars Y<\/p>\n

Switch<\/p>\n

3,921<\/p>\n

74,633<\/p>\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

Position
\nConsole
\nUnit Sales (8th – 14th Sep)
\nLifetime Unit Sales<\/p>\n

1
\nSwitch 2
\n44,278
\n2,024,761<\/p>\n

2
<\/a><\/p>\n

Switch OLED Model<\/p>\n

10,568<\/p>\n

9,177,360<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

PlayStation 5<\/p>\n

10,515
\n5,781,989<\/p>\n

4
\nPlayStation 5 Digital Edition
\n9,199
\n1,001,896<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Switch Lite<\/p>\n

5,606<\/p>\n

6,663,260<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Switch<\/p>\n

2,875
\n20,148,084<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

PlayStation 5 Pro<\/p>\n

1,989
\n247,755<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Xbox Series X<\/p>\n

51
\n321,113<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

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

47<\/p>\n

21,480<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Xbox Series S<\/p>\n

27
\n339,459<\/p>\n

11
\nPlayStation 4<\/p>\n

13<\/p>\n

7,929,899<\/p>\n

< Previous charts<\/a><\/p>\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":145546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,67105,136,376,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-145545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-japanese-charts","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}