Historical! Splatoon 3 had the best physical launch of all time in Japan

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The end of the year release season is approaching and one of the games that just debuted is Splatoon 3. This shooting franchise is one of Nintendo’s youngest, only 7 years old; however, it has become a complete success and has made it clear with its latest installment, which sold like never before in Japan.

Nintendo confirmed that in just its first 3 days on the market, Splatoon 3 It had already sold 3.45 million copies, making it the game with the best debut in all of Japanese history.

This figure included both physical and digital copies, so it was difficult to know how much it had sold in traditional format.

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However, the weekly sales report for Famitsu (via Gematsu) of week 36 of 2022 and it is revealed that Splatoon 3 it sold almost 2 million units, precisely 1,934,680 copies.

This is noteworthy because it confirms that Splatoon 3 It is the game that has sold the most copies in its launch week. The above is very interesting, because large Nintendo franchises had not managed to sell as much, as Animal Crossing, Super Mario neither Pokemon.

In fact, the game that held the record was Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which debuted in March 2020 and was a phenomenon. In its first 3 days on the market, said title managed to sell 1.88 million copies, so Splatoon 3 he left it behind by selling 600,000 more units.

As for consoles, the Nintendo Switch in all its models continues to be in first place in sales, followed by the PlayStation 5 and until the end the Xbox Series X|S. Then we leave you with the list of sales.

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software sales

• Splatoon 3 — 1,934,680
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe — 12,605
• Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition — 9331
• Nintendo Switch Sports — 9071
• Ring Fit Adventure — 7900
• Earth Defense Force 6 — 7806
• Kirby and the Forgotten Land — 7115
• Super Smash Bros Ultimate — 5866
• Alice Gear Aigis CS: Concerto of Simulatrix — 5538
• Monster Hunter Rise + Sunset Set — 4927

hardware sales

• Nintendo Switch OLED—148,377
• Nintendo Switch—27,859
• Nintendo Switch Lite—6640
• PlayStation 5—2227
• PlayStation 5 Digital Edition—637
• Xbox Series S—284
• Xox Series X—175
• New Nintendo 2DS LL—74
• PlayStation 4—11

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