Entertainment | Oct 12

69% of all physical games sold in Japan last month were Splatoon 3

Oct 12 (videogameschronicle.com) - The latest monthly sales data from Famitsu shows that 2.7 million boxed copies of Splatoon 3 – which was released on September 9 – were sold in Japan across the entire month.

Given that 3.9 million physical games were reportedly sold in Japan last month, this means Splatoon 3 accounted for 69% of all boxed games sold during that period.

The rest of the Japanese top 10 last month mainly consisted of Switch games, with the exceptions being the PS4 and PS5 versions of Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline, and Earth Defence Force 6 on PS4. ...continue reading

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