Powerful Pro Baseball and Nintendo World Championships Debut on the Japanese Charts

Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (NS) has debuted in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 166,947 units, according to Famitsu for the week ending July 21, 2024. The PlayStation 4 version debuted in second place with sales of 49,210 units.

Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (NS) debuted in third place with sales of 27,391 units. Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight (NS) debuted in ninth place with sales of 5,276 units. 

Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (NS) is in fourth place with sales of 11,913 units, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) is in fifth place with sales of 10,710 units and Animal Crossing: New Horizons (NS) is in sixth place with sales of 7,906 units.

Minecraft (NS) is in seventh place with sales of 6,373 units, Luigi’s Mansion 3 (NS) is in eighth place with sales of 5,345 units, and Super Mario Bros. Wonder (NS) is in 10th place with sales of 5,103 units.

The Nintendo Switch was the best-selling platform with 66,503 units sold. The PlayStation 5 sold 38,255 units, the Xbox Series X|S sold 4,736 units, and the PlayStation 4 sold 266 units.

Here are the best-selling games in Japan:

1. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 166,947 (New)
2. [PS4] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 49,210 (New)
3. [NSW] Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition (Nintendo, 07/18/24) – 27,391 (New)
4. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD (Nintendo, 06/27/24) – 11,913 (150,591)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,710 (5,911,425)
6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,906 (7,842,609)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,373 (3,571,663)
8. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 5,345 (1,007,557)
9. [NSW] Mistonia no Kibou: The Lost Delight (Idea Factory, 07/18/24) – 5,276 (New)
10. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 5,103 (1,891,314)

Here is the hardware breakdown (followed by lifetime sales):

1. Switch OLED Model – 45,108 (7,570,170)
2. PlayStation 5 – 30,949 (5,035,859)
3. Switch Lite – 15,003 (5,944,666)
4. Switch – 6,392 (19,834,946)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 7,306 (817,787)
6. Xbox Series X – 4,268 (291,291)
7. Xbox Series S – 468 (316,649)
8. PlayStation 4 – 266 (7,928,041)

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.

Full Article - https://www.vgchartz.com/article/461839/powerful-pro-baseball-and-nintendo-world-championships-debut-on-the-japanese-charts/