Japan Game Console Sales: Week of June 13-19, 2022 – Xbox Series beat PS5 in console sales

Though the Nintendo Switch models occupied the top three positions in Japan game console sales, both Xbox Series models outsold the PS5 models during the week of June 13-19, 2022.

According to Famitsu, Nintendo sold a total of 50,405 Switch consoles. Meanwhile, Microsoft occupied second in overall console sales with 6,695 Xbox Series units. Sony got third place with a total of 3,035 PS5 consoles.

This is the first time in recent months that the Xbox Series X|S models have pushed the PS5 models to 6th and 7th place. Though this lead may be a temporary victory for Microsoft, both Xbox Series consoles are still running behind in total number of units sold when compared to the PS5 and the PS5 Digital Edition (Xbox Series 239,059 units vs 1,694,005 PS5 units).

Check out the complete data of individual console units sold in Japan for the week of June 13-19, 2022.

• Nintendo Switch OLED Model: 22,860 (1,899,156 total number of units sold)
• Nintendo Switch: 19,907 (1,876,296 total number of units sold)
• Nintendo Switch Lite: 7,638 (4,754,257 total number of units sold)
• Xbox Series S: 3,423 (130,076 total number of units sold)
• Xbox Series X: 3,272 (108,983 total number of units sold)
• Sony PlayStation 5: 2,371 (1,451,795 total number of units sold)
• Sony PlayStation 5 Digital Edition: 664 (242,208 total number of units sold)
• Nintendo New 2DS LL (including 2DS): 215 (1,187,058 total number of units sold)
• Sony PlayStation 4: 18 (7,819,701 total number of units sold)

[Source]: Famitsu: 【ソフト＆ハード週間販売数】Switch『鬼滅の刃 ヒノカミ血風譚』が2週連続で首位に！ 『オーバーロード』の2D探索型アクションもトップ10入り【6/13～6/19】 – [Archive].