Sales of Xbox Series X | S in Japan grow for the fifth week – new consoles from Microsoft began to bypass Xbox One in dynamics

Sales of consoles Xbox Series X | S in Japan continue to grow – positive dynamics has been observed throughout the month. The edition informs about it. Famitsu

Over the past week ending June 27, Japanese users bought 4,113 Xbox Series X | S consoles, the best in 2023. Sales growth is associated with increased supplies and advertising activity – Microsoft previously worked with popular Witubers to promote Xbox Game Pass subscription service

At the same time, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S continue to be in short supply – the Japanese are buying up new shipments immediately.

Xbox sales in Japan in recent weeks:

  • May 24 – May 30 – 547 consoles
  • May 31 – June 6 – 630 consoles
  • Jun 7 – Jun 13 – 2,694 consoles
  • Jun 14 – Jun 20 – 3,684 consoles
  • June 21 – June 27 – 4,113 consoles

Xbox Series consoles begin to beat Xbox One in dynamics in Japan

Xbox One at a similar stage of its life cycle was not in short supply and sold in circulation of 150-500 units per week.

Sales Playstation 5 last week also grew – from 15 to 23 thousand consoles. Like the Xbox Series X | S, Sony’s system continues to be in short supply. Now it bypasses the dynamics of the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, but so far lags behind the Wii U and PlayStation 3.

The leader of sales in the country continues to be Nintendo Switch… Over the past week, the Japanese bought 73 thousand consoles. In terms of dynamics, the Switch confidently surpasses the Nintendo 3DS, and by the end of the year it should bypass the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U combined.

The game chart for the last reporting week consists mainly of new products.

In the first place with sales of 80 thousand copies started Mario Golf: Super Rush for Nintendo Switch… The second and third positions were taken by Samurai warriors 5, and on the fifth and ninth role-playing game settled Scarlet Nexus from Bandai namcoThe latter found about 30 thousand buyers at the start – much less than Code vein (60 thousand) and God eater 3 (130 thousand)

Best-selling games in Japan for the week of June 21-27:

01./00. [NSW] Mario Golf: Super Rush – 80.430 / NEW
02./00. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 5 – 55.675 / NEW
03./00. [NSW] Samurai Warriors 5 – 38.691 / NEW
04./01. [NSW] Game Builder Garage – 23.280 / 126.008
05./00. [PS4] Scarlet Nexus – 20.160 / NEW
06./02. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure – 13.756 / 2.654.669
07./03. [NSW] Minecraft – 11.888 / 2.019.432
08./00. [PS4] The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails – 11.230 / NEW
09./00. [PS5] Scarlet Nexus – 11.008 / NEW
10./00. [NSW] The Caligula Effect 2 – 10.243 / NEW

Sales of consoles for June 21-27:

  • Nintendo Switch family – 72.951
  • PlayStation 5 Family – 23.438
  • Xbox Series Family – 4.113
  • PlayStation 4 Family – 2.548
  • Nintendo 3DS Family – 519

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