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Princess Peach: Showtime Reigns Again

• Jacob Chambers
• April 4th, 2024

In this week’s Japanese charts from Famitsu (via Gematsu), Nintendo’s latest product reigns again.

Princess Peach: Showtime! is number one again this week, although its 27,258 sales are nothing compared to its 77,562 premiere. Last week’s silver medalist, Dragon’s Dogma II, dropped to fifth place as Rise of the Ronin reached number two on the PS5.

Horse racer Winning Post 10 2024 debuts in the Japanese top 10 this week, placing third and seventh on Switch and PS5.

This week’s top 10 in full:

1. Princess Peach: Showtime! (Nintendo, March 22, 2019) 27,258 (104,820) copies sold in NSW
2. Rise of the Ronin (SIE, March 22, 2019): 20,139 (84,785)
3. Winner Post 10 2024 (Koei Tecmo, March 28, 2024): 12,845 (New)
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17): 10,432 (5,768,608)
5. Dragon’s Dogma II (Capcom, March 22, 2019) for PS5 – 9,172 (77,764)
6. Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23): 8,163 (1,803,747)
7. Getting Post 10 2024 (Koei Tecmo, 03/28/24): 6,733 (New) for PS5
8. Minecraft (Microsoft, June 21, 2018): 6,618 (3,483,557)
9. New Horizons (Nintendo, March 20, 2020): 6,411 (7,729,183) units sold in NSW
10. NSW: Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, September 22, 2009): 6,172 (4,264,330) scores

The hardware charts are once again a familiar sight. In the past week, the Switch OLED emerged as the clear winner, selling an impressive 42,957 units, while the PS5 trailed behind with 18,272 units sold. Nintendo’s three Switch SKUs have amassed an impressive total of 57,533 units, while the combined sales of the PS5 disk and digital editions reach 20,846.

Presenting the latest hardware chart for your perusal:

1. OLED Switch 42,957 (6,958,780)
2. PS5: 18,272 (4,713,002)
3. Switch Lite—8,302 (5,793,705)
4. Switch—6,274 (19,755,912)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition: 2,574 (746,561)
6. Xbox Series X: 938 (252,674)
7. PS4: 679 (7,925,339)
8. Xbox Series S: 438 (306,446)
9. 6 (1,192,906) New 2DS LL (includes 2DS)