According to data released by Famitsu and Kadokawa, almost six million Nintendo Switch consoles were sold in Japan in 2020, a figure up 30% compared to 2019. In total, Switch represented 87% of the total consoles sold in Japan. Japan over the past year.
6.85 million consoles have been sold in the Land of the Rising Sun, with the basic version of Nintendo Switch being the most popular console followed by Switch Lite, and 543,000
PS4 and 255,000
PlayStation 5.
According to Famitsu data, the Japanese market would have generated revenue of 3.5 billion dollars, up 12.5% compared to 2019: hardware sales have generated a turnover of 1.8 billion dollars while software sales stop at 1.75 billion dollars, up 9%. It was since 2017 that both sectors have not grown at the same time.
Top 10 Japan 2020
Animal Crossing New Horizons (Nintendo) 6,378,103 Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) 1,591,366 Momotaro Dentetsu Showa Heisei Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami) 1,233,023 Final Fantasy VII Remake (Square Enix) 949,379 Pokémon Sword and Shield (Pokemon Company) 892,456 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) 798,174
Super Smash Bros Ultimate (Nintendo) 560,122 Minecraft Switch Edition (
Microsoft) 556,982 Clubhouse Games 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) 519,649
Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo) 492,620 Animal Crossing New Horizons was the best-selling game with over 6.3 million retail copies while Ring Fit Adventure follows with 1.5 million while Momotaro Dentetsu Showa Heisei Reiwa mo Teiban! 1.2 million units sold exceeded.
