Konami’s “Highly effective Professional Baseball 2024-2025” dominated Japan’s recreation charts for the second consecutive month in August, securing the highest spot with one other 76,000 models offered throughout the Nintendo Change and PlayStation 4. Since its launch, the sport has amassed a complete of 336,000 copies offered, surpassing the efficiency of its predecessor, “eBaseball Highly effective Professional Baseball 2022,” which offered 259,000 models in the identical timeframe.
In the meantime, Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe jumped to second place, promoting 50,000 models in August and bettering from its fourth place in July. Nintendo Change Sports activities noticed a major leap as nicely, climbing to 3rd place as a result of addition of a basketball mode to the sport in July.
Bandai Namco’s new title, “That Time I Received Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles,” made its debut at quantity eight on the charts, with the Change model promoting 23,000 copies. The PlayStation 5 model offered 6,000 models, touchdown it at thirty sixth place within the total rankings.
By way of publishers, Nintendo led with a commanding 40.9% market share, producing ¥2.3 billion in gross sales. Konami maintained the second spot with a 14% share, bolstered by the sturdy efficiency of Highly effective Professional Baseball.
The Change remained Japan’s top-selling console in August, with 883,789 boxed video games offered, capturing a formidable 88.1% of the software program market. On the {hardware} entrance, the Change offered 228,000 models throughout its three fashions, whereas the PlayStation 5 adopted with 104,000 models offered.
Right here is the checklist of Japan’s high 10 best-selling bodily video games for August 2024:
1. Highly effective Professional Baseball 2024-2025
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
3. Nintendo Change Sports activities
4. Animal Crossing: New Horizons
5. Minecraft
6. Momotaro Dentetsu World: The Earth Spins with Hope
7. Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD
8. That Time I Received Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles
9. Tremendous Mario Bros Marvel
10. Tremendous Smash Bros Final