Japanese Charts: Switch Sales Plummet As Price Increase Comes Into Play

Famitsu has given us an updated look at the Japanese charts as the first week of Switch price increases comes into play in the region.

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 in droves. The game nabbed an extra ~52,000 sales this week, even keeping 007 First Light‘s PS5 release from the top spot.

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.

Here’s a look at the top ten in full:

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).

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.

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.

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.

Here’s a breakdown of the figures for the week:

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