Top 10 best-selling video games in Japan in August 2024

Konami’s “Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025” dominated Japan’s game charts for the second consecutive month in August, securing the top spot with another 76,000 units sold across the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Since its release, the game has accumulated a total of 336,000 copies sold, surpassing the performance of its predecessor, “eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2022,” which sold 259,000 units in the same timeframe.

Meanwhile, Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8 Deluxe jumped to second place, selling 50,000 units in August and improving from its fourth position in July. Nintendo Switch Sports saw a significant leap as well, climbing to third place due to the addition of a basketball mode to the game in July.

Bandai Namco’s new title, “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime ISEKAI Chronicles,” made its debut at number eight on the charts, with the Switch version selling 23,000 copies. The PlayStation 5 version sold 6,000 units, landing it at 36th place in the overall rankings.

In terms of publishers, Nintendo led with a commanding 40.9% market share, generating ¥2.3 billion in sales. Konami maintained the second spot with a 14% share, bolstered by the strong performance of Powerful Pro Baseball.

The Switch remained Japan’s top-selling console in August, with 883,789 boxed games sold, capturing an impressive 88.1% of the software market. On the hardware front, the Switch sold 228,000 units across its three models, while the PlayStation 5 followed with 104,000 units sold.