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A ranking of the top 100 best-selling games, and the best-selling game consoles in Japan in 2023 with both 203 and lifetime sales numbers.
The sales chart was dominated by the Nintendo Switch, which takes up 74 of the 100 slots for games and completely takes the top 10.
Nintendo Switch OLED model – 2,856,146 (lifetime total 6,428,158)
Playstation 5 – 2,238,225 (total 4,298,170)
Nintendo Switch – 636,083 (total 19,684,424)
Nintendo Switch Lite – 570,380 (total 5,674,074)
Playstation 5 Digital Edition – 349,243 (total 666,687)
Playstation 4 – 73,292 (total 7,915,336)
Xbox Series X – 72,573 (total 244,984)
Xbox Series S – 69,139 (total 295,123)
New Nintendo 2DS XL – 3,033 (total 1,192,744)
The sheer number of older Switch titles still selling like that is quite remarkable.
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The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling console in Japan with 364,038 units sold for September 2023, according to VGChartz estimates. The Nintendo Switch has now sold an estimated 30.82 million units lifetime in Japan.
The PlayStation 5 sold an estimated 227,048 units to bring its lifetime sales to 4.46 million units. The Xbox Series X|S sold 26,360 units to bring their lifetime sales to 0.52 million units. The PlayStation 4 sold an estimated 3,325 units to bring its lifetime sales to 9.65 million units.
when your are like really impressed by the first two and you see the third
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