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Famitsu Week Shows Tomodachi Life Tops Japan Boxed Charts as Switch 2 Hits 5.89 Million

Physical retail numbers point to ongoing software strength for Nintendo's Switch 2, signaling that boxed sales understate the platform’s full reach.

Overview

  • Famitsu’s boxed-sales data for the week of June 1–7 shows Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream sold 50,151 retail copies and remained the top physical game in Japan.
  • New Switch 2 releases opened with solid boxed sales, with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth at 30,657 copies and eFootball Kick-Off! at 20,047 in their first week.
  • Switch 2 hardware sold 23,059 units that week, taking its tracked lifetime to 5,888,272 units and keeping it ahead of the PlayStation 5 family and legacy Switch models in Japan.
  • The Famitsu snapshot covers only Japan’s physical retail channel, so these figures exclude digital downloads and overseas sales and do not show full consumer demand.
  • Deeper rankings for positions 11–30 are due from Famitsu on June 12 and analysts will watch digital and international sales next to judge whether boxed momentum translates to broader market success.