Stellar Blade dominates undisturbed in Japan, it is almost the only PS5 game in the Top 30

Famitsu has published the extended version of the ranking of the best-selling games in the Land of the Rising Sun in physical format and we can see how Stellar Blade once again achieved first place.

Here are the Top 30 best-selling games in Japan from 13 to 19 May (the number in parentheses indicates total sales through May 19):

1. [PS5] Stellar Blade (SIE) – 10,935 (91,099)
2. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo) – 10,536 (3,570,190)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) – 7,096 (5,842,332)
4. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo) – 6,007 (7,771,954)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) – 4,646 (3,526,590)
6. [NSW] Endless Ocean Luminous (Nintendo) – 4,486 (39,782)
7. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo) – 4,223 (1,855,966)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo) – 3,927 (4,301,105)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo) – 3,678 (5,509,947)
10. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! (Nintendo) – 3,448 (168,996)
11. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami) – 3,298 (1,056,454)
12. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo) – 2,799 (1,444,842)
13. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company) – 2,723 (5,345,881)
14. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo) – 2,220 (979,482)
15. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo) – 2,190 (2,287,201)
16. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo) – 2,102 (1,282,222)
17. [NSW] It Takes Two (Electronic Arts) – 2,023 (48,779)
18. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo) – 1,990 (1,330,101)
19. [NSW] Biomutant (THQ Nordic) – 1,878 (New)
20. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA) – 1,861 (163,806)
21. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) – 1,743 (2,479,047)
22. [NSW] Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (505 Games) – 1,731 (51,182)
23. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo) – 1,696 (1,211,240)
24. [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – Sweep the Board! (Aniplex) – 1,663 (21,308)
25. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo) – 1,614 (1,982,889)
26. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) – 1,612 (2,294,508)
27. [PS5] Rise of the Ronin (SIE) – 1,531 (122,031)
28. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintend0) – 1,425 (1,112,868)
29. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix) – 1,383 (330,571)
30. [NSW] Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo) – 1,358 (160,383)

As we can see, Stellar Blade is the only PS5 game in the Top 10 and to find another title we have to get up to 27th position with Rise of the Ronin, followed by Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.

Hardware sales

Let’s look at them instead best-selling platformsagain from 13 to 19 May:

• OLED Switches – 30,579 (7,261,850)
• PlayStation 5 – 13,827 (4,840,901)
• Switch Lite – 6,587 (5,848,036)
• PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,738 (774,493)
• Switches – 3,540 (19,793,815)
• Xbox Series
• Xbox Series S – 765 (312,599)
• PlayStation 4 – 53 (7,925,914)

Once again we see that Nintendo Switch dominates. Additionally, we know that the Nintendo Switch has surpassed the Nintendo DS and is now the best-selling console ever in Japan.