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title: "Nintendo Switch sells 179 thousand units"
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description: "Japanese sales charts from Famitsu are in and it was another big week for the Nintendo Switch.Nintendo Switch was the best-selling system"
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2020-11-29 21:48:51"
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Nintendo Switch sells 179 thousand units | General News | NintendoReporters

 [![Nintendo Switch sells 179 thousand units](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-switch-sells-179-thousand-units.jpg "Nintendo Switch sells 179 thousand units")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/nintendo-switch-sells-179-thousand-units.jpg)Japanese sales charts from **Famitsu** are in and it was another big week for the Nintendo Switch.

Nintendo Switch was the best-selling system shifting more then 179 thousand units. Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity entered the charts at over 173 thousand copies sold.

But to some surprise it couldn’t defeat the long-running board game-style video game, Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban!

## [](#software-lifetime-sales-japan)Software / lifetime sales (Japan)

1. \[NSW\] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 345,697 (New)
2. \[NSW\] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo, 11/20/20) – 173,215 (New)
3. \[NSW\] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 37,290 (6,011,308)
4. \[NSW\] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 36,069 (1,843,792)
5. \[NSW\] Fortnite: The Last Laugh Bundle (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, 11/17/20) – 31,267 (New)
6. \[PS4\] Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War (SIE, 11/13/20) – 25,208 (109,683)
7. \[NSW\] Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo, 10/30/20) – 24,201 (294,548)
8. \[NSW\] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,568 (3,274,793)
9. \[NSW\] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 12,859 (1,608,870)
10. \[NSW\] Pokemon Sword / Shield + Expansion Pass (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 11,464 (43,088)

### [](#hardware-lifetime-sales-japan)Hardware / lifetime sales (Japan)

1. Switch – 151,092 (13,366,757)
2. PlayStation 5 – 32,335 (136,236)
3. Switch Lite – 28,051 (2,852,642)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 10,556 (24,740)
5. Xbox Series X – 3,026 (19,273)
6. PlayStation 4 – 2,691 (7,676,800)
7. Xbox Series S – 658 (4,945)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 565 (1,747,025)
9. PlayStation 4 Pro – 76 (1,575,176)
10. New 3DS LL – 23 (5,888,802)
11. Xbox One X – 12 (93,674)
12. Xbox One S – 17 (20,997)

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