Not a single game could make Animal Crossing: New Horizons a serious competition for sales in Japan in 2023

Portal Game data library made a list of the best-selling games in Japan in 2023 – as of the end of May. To do this, he used open log data Famitsupublished every week.

The first place on the chart took Animal Crossing: New Horizons for switch. As of May 31, just two months after the premiere, she has already sold out in 4,685,419 copiesand this is only in retail. Since then, the weekly Japanese Nintendo exclusive sales have never dropped below 100,000 copies.

Now Animal Crossing: New Horizons is preparing to break into the top ten most successful games in Japan in the entire history of the market. In terms of total sales, it is ahead of the rest of the games on the 2023 chart combined.

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On the second line of the rating is another high-profile novelty of the year – Final Fantasy VII Remake for Playstation 4debuted on April 10th. She found in the retail nearly 920 thousand customers.

Remake Resident evil 3 sold to date in the amount of ~ 260 thousand copies. This is the sixth in the chart.

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Japan’s best-selling games in 2023 as of May 31 (in parentheses – total sales from the moment of release, if the game was released before 2023):

1. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch) – 4,685,419 copies (new)
2. Final Fantasy VII Remake (PS4) – 919.287 (new)
3. Pokemon Sword & Shield (Switch) – 619.825 (3,607,959)
4. Ring Fit Adventure (Switch) – 460.920 (956.659)
5. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) – 306.835 (2,965,844)
6. Resident Evil 3 (PS4) – 258.676 (new)
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch) – 258,020 (3,711,072)
8. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Switch) – 255.177 (new)
9. Minecraft (Switch) – 253.921 (1,399,850)
10. Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon (PS4) – 243,769 (new)
11. Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Switch) – 205.003 (new)
12. Super Mario Party (Switch) – 193,210 (1,456,920)
13. Splatoon 2 (Switch) – 183,777 (3,437,424)
14. Nioh 2 (PS4) – 156.772 (new)
15. Persona 5 Scramble: The Phantom Strikers (PS4) – 149.898 (new)

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