Nintendo Switch is the first system to completely dominate Japan’s weekly games chart
nme.comFamitsu, the entire Top 30 of their weekly Japanese games chart was claimed by Nintendo Switch titles over the week of August 2 – 8.
The last time this happened was November 1988, when the chart only covered Famicom games.Topping this historic chart was the Switch version of Minecraft, which shifted just shy of 15,000 units while The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild still managed to sell 4,210 copies, despite being released over four years ago.The largest collection of Japanese sales data on the Internet, Game Date Library, explained that this was an “unprecedented” event.All Top 30 best selling retail games in Japan last week were Nintendo Switch titles, first time a Top 30 is from a single console since at least November 1988, when the.
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