Japan's gaming king is Nintendo
All 30 best-selling games in Japan are made for the Switch console.
When we think of gaming consoles, PlayStation and Xbox are usually the first things that come to mind, and only then do we start thinking about, say, Nintendo. But practice, at least in Japan, shows that the order should be different. The sales results for the first week of August indicate a repeat of a record last set by Nintendo in 1988 and which no other manufacturer has been able to repeat since then - all 30 of the best-selling games in Japan were made for their Switch console - from Super Mario Maker 2 in 30th place to Minecraft in first place.
The record is special in something else - in 1988, all 30 titles were also intended for Nintendo, but then for different consoles (Game Boy, Super NES...), but this time only for one.
All Top 30 best selling retail games in Japan last week were Nintendo Switch titles, the first time a Top 30 is from a single console since at least November 1988, when the Top 30 was Famicom only. https://t.co/NgQx0p1EoO
— Game Data Library (@GameDataLibrary) August 13, 2021
Source: Game Data Library
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