Japanese Charts: Mario Kart Speeds Back Into Top Three As Switch Stays In Control

Dang. People still finding PS4s to buy?! Good showing for Nintendo; proof those holiday bundles will sell well.

PS5 sales this week didn't look good. 😕
I hope it will ship at least 10K unit on next week.

I’m continually astounded that there’s still thousands of people every week deciding that now is the time to get Mario Kart 8. Mulling that one over since 2014 😂

Didn't know Hokkaido was getting a physical release, let alone it would sell more than double the game at #2.

zoomin our way to third!

Looking forward to Zelda dominating these charts in a few weeks

For those who still aren't realizing why Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still selling in Japan, it's cause Nintendo is now selling physical copies of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with all DLCs on the cartridge. This is why the Japanese audience are re-buying the game in drove again. Also for those who plan on getting Mario Kart 8 Deluxe again especially the ones that had all the DLC Booster Courses, there's two versions of the edition. One had only Booster Wave 1-5 on the cartridge whereas there is the more harder to find one that had all the DLC tracks on it (Booster Wave 1-6), the only way to know which one is the complete one is to look at the back cover and see if it had Wave 1-6 included. Most online stores will not show the back side of the game case so in most cases you had to hope for the best if you're planning to re-buy the game again.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with all DLCs on the cart (which I own):

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe with DLC Wave 1-5 only (this one is more common online, with this one you only get wave 1-5, wave 6 requires download):

@Serpenterror Funny on how the one with Waves 1-6 on it still says 'More courses from the Mario Kart series are coming' considering Wave 6 was supposedly the last part of the Booster Course Pass.
Mario Kart 8: Double Deluxe anyone?

@Serpenterror Is the cartridge art of these any different than base MK8D?

PS5 in disgrace, for the second week. Is it it's end ?
Poor Astro Bot.

Prediction: Astrobot will vanish next week.

@WiltonRoots

Which is a damn shame. Fantastic game deserving better.

Due to its enduring popularity, I can't help the feeling a new Mario Kart will be a switch 2 launch title

I've beaten Hokkaido Serial Murder case and thought it was good. Not many people have talked about it but to summarize if you like Ace Attorney or Famicom Detective Club you'll probably enjoy it.

It can be very frustrating on figuring out where to go since the game gives very vague hints

@Elbarbo To be fair to PS5, every system tends to drop for a couple weeks prior to the release of a revision. We'll see what happens when Pro launches.

I'm shocked that Astro Bot seems like it won't even hit 6 figures in Japan.

@link3710 PS5 Pro was announced after the fall, ans this fall came after the price increased of the standard model of PS5.
Waiting the PS5 Pro doesn't explain everything; and the poor amount of Astro Bot sold follow this weak time for PS5.
We will see half November if it was only that.
I hope for Sony it's nothing much, but the society doesn't take care of Japan's customers. They're leaving Sony more and more at every new generation of Playstation System.

@SBandy1 tell me about it mate. It’s like a breath of fresh air in the PS lineup.

@WiltonRoots It only dropped 30% from it's first week, which is extremely good and probably the best hold any PS5 game had in the charts so far. It'll have very good legs and stay in the top 10 for at least one more week.

Bummer about Astro Bot. Haven't played it yet but the praise is near universal and I plan to pick it up once I finish Black Myth Wukong.

@Serpenterror Huh. That's weird that they bothered releasing versions with 1-5 instead of waiting for 6 to release. But the more you know.

@Serpenterror It's still selling everywhere, what a game!

@Serpenterror Wow there's literally no difference except the 5 and 6 being different. Using all tricks possible to sell multiple copies through error. Stay unclassy, N.

@HammerGalladeBro They are pretty much almost the same except the region codes are different and the updated version had + Booster Course Pass printed below the original title. Here's the comparisons with the original on the left and the updated version on the right.

If these numbers are typical for PS5 digital versus base model, I wonder what Sony is doing with these all digital console reveals. At least they have an external disc drive, but I could see them phasing that out in a generation.