Overview

• Sony's PlayStation 5 (PS5) sold 2.6 million units in Japan in 2023, marking the highest single-year hardware sales for a PlayStation platform since the PS2 in 2004.
• Despite the PS5's strong hardware sales, Sony struggled with software sales in Japan, with all of the country's top ten best-selling physical games for 2023 released on Nintendo Switch.
• Nintendo's Switch sold almost double the number of units as the PS5 in Japan in 2023, despite being in its twilight years.
• Nintendo has dominated the Japanese sales charts for 19 consecutive years, with all ten of the year's best-selling console games being for Nintendo Switch.
• Microsoft's Xbox Series X/S consoles sold only 141,712 units in Japan in 2023, significantly less than both the PS5 and the Switch.