Japanese sales tracker Famitsu has revealed the best-selling boxed video game in The Land of the Rising Sun during 2023. The critically acclaimed The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom leads the way and you can see from the top ten down below that the best-selling games were all on the Nintendo Switch family of systems. Famitsu reports that $3 billion was spent on boxed games and hardware in Japan last year. The best-selling Nintendo Switch model was the Nintendo Switch (OLED Model)
Best-selling games of 2023 in Japan:
- The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch, Nintendo) – 1,929,603
- Super Mario Bros Wonder (Switch, Nintendo) – 1,549,401
- Pikmin 4 (Switch, Nintendo) – 1,119,027
- Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (Switch, The Pokémon Company) – 907,432
- Momotaro Dentetsu World: The Earth Spins with Hope (Switch, Konami) – 795,681
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch, Nintendo) – 617,223
- Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Switch, Nintendo) – 514,581
- Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (Switch, Square Enix) – 510,477
- Splatoon 3 (Switch, Nintendo) – 503,312
- Super Mario RPG (Switch, Nintendo) – 447,687
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