Famitsu: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Was Japan’s No. 2 Bestselling Game In January 2019

Famitsu: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Was Japan’s No. 2 Bestselling Game In January 2019

Famitsu has published their software and hardware sales rankings for January 2019 (December 31, 2018 to January 27, 2019) in Japan today.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was the No. 2 bestselling game in Japan, only to be beaten by Kingdom Hearts III. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe came in at No. 3. Over 432,000 Nintendo Switch systems were sold in January 2019, a 50 to 60% drop from December.

Check out the full charts below:

Top 5 Software Bestsellers (all platforms)

  1. Kingdom Hearts III (PS4) – 640,406
  2. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (NSW) – 414,092
  3. New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (NSW) – 336,439
  4. Resident Evil 2 (PS4) – 265,324
  5. Ace Combat 7 (PS4) – 184,204

Top 2 Hardware Bestsellers

  1. Nintendo Switch – 432,062 (last month was 1,158,743)
  2. PlayStation 4 (includes PS4 and PS4 Pro) – 220,823 (last month was 320,119)
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