Xenoblade Chronicles 3 sets a series record

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Current Japanese sales charts for the week of July 25 to July 31, 2022 are available. Of course also in Japan Xenoblade Chronicles 3 and Digimon Survival appeared, both games also take the lead.

There is only one Switch version of Xenoblade. The Switch version of the multi-platform game Digimon Survive also took 2nd place. The PS4 version follows in 12th place with about a quarter of the numbers of the Switch version.

Of course, the Xenoblade numbers are even more interesting. Enterbrain reported 112,728 retail units sold. Despite the increasing number of downloads, these are the best numbers for a Xenoblade game so far in its launch week. The third volume was able to grow by 15% compared to Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

Unlike other areas, Xenoblade Chronicles 3 is behind the launch weeks of the early Xeno games, even with these good numbers. Game data library has mentioned, all episodes of Xenosaga started better.

Nevertheless, it should be satisfactory numbers for Nintendo and Monolith Soft for a JRPG series that is also gaining popularity in the West and of course getting its numbers here too.

It was not so easy in Japan this week. Unlike us, there were plenty of other new releases, including Anonymous; Code of Tengoku Struggle: Strayside. Nippon Ichi’s GrimGrimoire OnceMore only reached 24th place with 3,542 units.

The software charts:

  1. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nintendo, 7/29/22) – 112,728 (New)
  2. [NSW] Digimon Survive (Bandai Namco, 7/28/22) – 28,536 (New)
  3. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 24,966 (623,493)
  4. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 17,209 (217,472)
  5. [NSW] Live a Life (Square Enix, 7/22/22) – 14,098 (85,235)
  6. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/22/02) – 12,453 (139,888)
  7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,542 (4,745,609)
  8. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 25/03/22) – 11,201 (823,909)
  9. [NSW] Tengoku Battle: Strayside (Idea Factory, 7/28/22) – 10,912 (new)
  10. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 6/21/18) – 9,873 (2,727,866)
  11. [NSW] Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 (Inti makes, 7/28/22) – 9,493 (new)
  12. [PS4] Digimon Survive (Bandai Namco, 7/28/22) – 7,757 (new)
  13. [NSW] Koumajou Remilia: Scarlet Symphony (CFK, 7/28/22) – 7,604 (New)
  14. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,687 (3,228,000)
  15. [NSW] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Rebirth (Koei Tecmo, 07/21/22) – 6,607 (28,360)
  16. [NSW] Anonymously; Code (MAGES., 7/28/22) – 6,450 (New)
  17. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20) – 5,871 (7,297,474)
  18. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/18/07) – 5,714 (4,936,314)
  19. [PS4] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Rebirth (Koei Tecmo, 07/21/22) – 4,975 (28,400)
  20. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,647 (1,004,727)

The hardware charts:

  1. Switch OLED – 42,355 (2,097,719)
  2. PlayStation 5 – 36,237 (1,548,670)
  3. Switch—20,489 (18,547,427)
  4. Switch Lite – 10,394 (4,827.025)
  5. Xbox Series X – 7,093 (134,893)
  6. PS5 Digital – 3,099 (255,311)
  7. Xbox Series S – 1,895 (148,132)
  8. New 2DS XL (incl. 2DS) – 87 (1,187,961)
  9. PlayStation 4 – 14 (7,819,783)

through gematsuArtwork: Xenoblade Chronicles 3, NintendoMonolithSoft

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