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The latest Japanese boxed charts data is in from Famitsu, and thanks to consistently strong sales for Rhythm Heaven Groove, Splatoon Raiders, and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream, Nintendo has found itself once again dominating the top ten.

The main newcomer this week is STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT, which takes up three spots this week thanks to its release on Switch, Switch 2, and PS5. Curiously, Switch 2 got the most sales here, which is pretty wild considering how many OG Switch consoles are in folks’ homes right now.

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Starsand Island also made its debut at number ten, which is quite impressive considering the Switch 2 version has received some pretty scathing reception regarding its performance.

Here’s a look at the top ten in full:

Position Game Platform Unit Sales (17th – 23rd Aug) Total Unit Sales
1

Rhythm Heaven Groove

Switch

37,402

 911,241
2

Splatoon Raiders

Switch 2

 13,224 626,371
3

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream

Switch

 12,558 1,574,773
4

STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT

Switch 2

 7,613 NEW
5

STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT

PS5

 4,002 NEW
6

Minecraft

Switch

 3,953 4,265,941
7

Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027

Switch

 3,718 205,769
8

Pokémon Pokopia

Switch 2

 3,701 1,115,493
9

STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT

Switch

 3,538 NEW
10

Starsand Island

Switch 2

 3,415 NEW

Hardware is, again, no real surprise this week. Switch 2 is once again on top with another 20,734 sales. As for PlayStation, its trio of SKUs put the console at a total of 6,397, while the Switch has managed a total of 6,111. Goodness, it’s so close!

Kinda funny that Nintendo’s previous-gen console is still pretty much neck-and-neck with Sony’s current-gen offering. The economy, eh?

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

Position Console Unit Sales (17th – 23rd Aug) Lifetime Unit Sales
1 Switch 2

20,734

 6,218,927
2

PlayStation 5 Digital Edition

 5,866

1,408,296
3

Switch Lite

 3,543 7,016,410
4 Switch OLED Model 1,973 9,622,727
5

Switch

595

 20,307,697
6

PlayStation 5 Pro

 418 368,655
7

PlayStation 5

 113 5,919,710
8

Xbox Series X

59

 328,411
9

Xbox Series S

47

342,943
10

Xbox Series X Digital Edition

28

 33,265

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