Japan's top hardware/software for first-half fiscal year 2024 revealed
Zelda and Switch make an unstoppable team
It’s that time of the year again, my friends! Japan has crunched the numbers on the game industry, and they’ve got a breakdown of how things are going in 2023. In particular, today’s figures show us just what the big movers and shakers were for the first half of this fiscal year, so the numbers come from March 27th to September 24th, 2023.
First up, let’s take a look at the software side of things:
01./00. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom #
(Nintendo) {2023.05.12} (¥7.200) – 1.864.134 / NEW <80-100%> 02./00. [NSW] Pikmin 4
(Nintendo) {2023.07.21} (¥5.980) – 864.229 / NEW <80-100%> 03./00. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI #
(Square Enix) {2023.06.22} (¥9.000) – 418,122 / NEW <80-100%> 04./00. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
(Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 279,570 / 5.493.686 <80-100%> 05./00. [NSW] Minecraft #
(Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 186,457 / 3.269.466 <80-100%> 06./00. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet #
(Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) – 177,631 / 5.137.268 <80-100%> 07./00. [NSW] Splatoon 3
(Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) – 155,629 / 4.114.502 <80-100%> 08./00. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe
(Nintendo) {2023.02.24} (¥5.980) – 148,336 / 484.479 <80-100%> 09./00. [PS5] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon #
(From Software) {2023.08.25} (¥7.900) – 147,154 / NEW <80-100%> 10./00. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports #
(Nintendo) {2022.04.29} (¥4.980) – 140,638 / 1.178.807 <80-100%>
Along with that, we also have the hardware numbers, and it’s no surprise to see the Switch taking the poll position once again.
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