{"id":621225,"date":"2026-06-04T18:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621225\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T18:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T18:28:11","slug":"japanese-charts-switch-sales-plummet-as-price-increase-comes-into-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/621225\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Switch Sales Plummet As Price Increase Comes Into Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Famitsu<\/a> has given us an updated look at the Japanese charts as the first week of Switch price increases<\/a> comes into play in the region.<\/p>\n

Those with a Switch console already in hand obviously weren’t deterred by the price change and continued picking up Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/a> in droves. The game nabbed an extra ~52,000 sales this week, even keeping 007 First Light<\/a>‘s PS5 release from the top spot.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, AQUAPLUS’ JRPG Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered debuted in fifth and ninth, and Demon Kill Demon: Yomi 1985 made its first appearance at seventh.<\/p>\n

Here’s a look at the top ten in full:<\/p>\n

Position
\nGame
\nPlatform
\nUnit Sales (25th – 31st May)
\nTotal Unit Sales<\/p>\n

1<\/p>\n

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream<\/p>\n

Switch<\/p>\n

52,483<\/p>\n

1,259,031<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

007 First Light<\/p>\n

PS5<\/p>\n

20,690
\nNEW<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Pok\u00e9mon Pokopia<\/p>\n

Switch 2<\/p>\n

14,122
\n1,038,407<\/p>\n

4<\/p>\n

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book<\/p>\n

Switch 2<\/p>\n

12,701
\n52,362<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered<\/p>\n

PS5<\/p>\n

6,225
\nNEW<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

Mario Kart World<\/p>\n

Switch 2<\/p>\n

5,865
\n2,958,073<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

Demon Kill Demon: Yomi 1984<\/p>\n

Switch<\/p>\n

3,719
\nNEW<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Minecraft<\/p>\n

Switch<\/p>\n

3,480
\n4,214,562<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered<\/p>\n

Switch 2<\/p>\n

2,863
\nNEW<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Super Mario Party Jamboree – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition + Jamboree TV<\/p>\n

Switch 2<\/p>\n

2,858
\n202,741<\/p>\n

It’s the hardware charts that have seen the biggest shake-up this week, as we see the first numbers following Japan’s Switch price hike (which came into effect on 25th May).<\/p>\n

With both Switch 1 and 2 affected by the rise, the sales boom of the last few weeks has dropped off a cliff. Switch 2 only shifted 31,751 copies this time (compared to the peak of 247,880 last week), and while that was enough to retain its crown, the standard Switch 1 model has dropped all the way down out of the thousands, bringing in a mere 229 units and falling behind the Xbox Series X.<\/p>\n

Sales are down across the board, and the Switch systems certainly benefited from some pre-price-rise panic sales, but it’s crazy to see just how big a drop it is.<\/p>\n

This has skewed our usual SKU comparison a little, with the PS5 coming out on top this week, with a combined total of 8,373, while the three Switch 1 models made up 6,271.<\/p>\n

Here’s a breakdown of the figures for the week:<\/p>\n

Position
\nConsole
\nUnit Sales (25th – 31st May)
\nLifetime Unit Sales<\/p>\n

1
\nSwitch 2<\/p>\n

31,751<\/p>\n

5,865,213<\/p>\n

2<\/p>\n

PlayStation 5 Digital Edition<\/p>\n

6,527<\/p>\n

1,302,820<\/p>\n

3<\/p>\n

Switch OLED<\/p>\n

4,162
\n9,585,830<\/p>\n

4
\nSwitch Lite
\n1,810
\n6,972,953<\/p>\n

5<\/p>\n

PlayStation 5 Pro<\/p>\n

1,479<\/p>\n

360,308<\/p>\n

6<\/p>\n

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

408
\n31,544<\/p>\n

7<\/p>\n

PlayStation 5<\/p>\n

367
\n5,919,834<\/p>\n

8<\/p>\n

Xbox Series X<\/p>\n

304<\/p>\n

327,214<\/p>\n

9<\/p>\n

Switch<\/p>\n

299<\/p>\n

20,300,305<\/p>\n

10<\/p>\n

Xbox Series S<\/p>\n

123<\/p>\n

342,219<\/p>\n

< Previous charts<\/a><\/p>\n

What do you make of this week’s charts? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source famitsu.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\tRelated Games<\/p>\n

\tSee Also<\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/p>\n

Jim came to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, despite his insistence that The Minish Cap is the best Zelda game and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (yes, really), he has continued to write news and features on the site ever since.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Image: Damien McFerran \/ Nintendo Life Famitsu has given us an updated look at the Japanese charts as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621226,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,67105,137,376,86,56,54,55,106214],"class_list":["post-621225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-japanese-charts","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo-switch-2","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-yoshi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621225","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=621225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}