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Pokemon Pokopia Debuts at 541,371, Switch 2 Tops Japan’s Weekly Charts for Mar. 2–8

The figures are Famitsu’s estimates of boxed retail sales in Japan, excluding digital downloads.

Overview

  • Famitsu’s report for March 2–8 places Pokemon Pokopia at number one with 541,371 physical copies sold on Switch 2.
  • Switch 2 led hardware for the week with 127,508 units sold in Japan, outpacing all other platforms.
  • Resident Evil Requiem ranked second on the software chart with 23,459 copies on PS5, bringing its physical lifetime total there to 178,832.
  • Famitsu later published ranks 11 through 30 for the week, and outlets updated their posts to reflect the expanded software chart.
  • Long-running Nintendo titles showed hefty lifetime totals, including Mario Kart World at 2,856,782 and Animal Crossing: New Horizons at 8,397,297, while weekly hardware totals included 23,770 for the Switch family, 16,819 for PS5, 486 for Xbox Series, and 29 for PS4, with Switch 2 lifetime units at 4,707,323.