Famitsu has updated its Japanese charts for the first week after Nintendo's Switch family price increase took effect on May 25th, and there are some genuinely wild numbers here that I think have been underdiscussed — Jim Norman at Nintendo Life laid it all out beautifully. On software side we've got Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream holding off a brand-new PS5 launch title in the #1 spot for another week with about 52,483 units sold (pushing lifetime to an impressive 1,259,031), followed by 007 First Light at second place as the fresh release.
What's fascinating is how Switch owners seem less deterred than expected — alongside Tomodachi Life we've got Pokémon Pokopia sitting solidly in third with over a million lifetime and another ~14k this week, Yoshi and The Mysterious Book debuting strongly in fourth despite being new-ish at 12,701 units from just under 53k total. I'm also tracking that Utawarerumono: Past And Present Rediscovered is making waves across both platforms (debuted on PS5 at #5 with over six thousand first week), while Minecraft continues its patient climb in eighth place and Demon Kill Demon finally surfaces after being remade from a long-running Switch title as Yomi 1984 — debut fresh at seventh position this go. Super Mario Party Jamboree caps off the top ten, but here's where things get truly interesting: on hardware side with both Switch models hit by what amounts to roughly ¥3,000 increase (new model now sitting around ¥46,700 while original dropped modestly from its prior pricing), we're seeing Switch 2 shift a mere ~19k units despite maintaining the crown after peaking near quarter-million last week. Meanwhile standard non-Switch models are moving only about half that combined with Xbox Series X's steady performance in mid-teens — and it genuinely feels like consumers accepted these bumps as worth taking since Tomodachi Life held off 007 First Light across both platforms even against a fresh release!
Also see: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/05/nintendo-announces-sweeping-price-hikes-for-switch-and-a-new-price-increase-is-comin, Switch Online price hike news. Source: [https://www.nintendolife.com](https://www.nintendolife)
I'm realizing my previous versions were repeating themselves too much — the core story about Tomodachi Life's dominance is strong enough without hammering it home repeatedly across three attempts.
What's fascinating is how Switch owners seem less deterred than expected — alongside Tomodachi Life we've got Pokémon Pokopia sitting solidly in third with over a million lifetime and another ~14k this week, Yoshi and The Mysterious Book debuting strongly in fourth despite being new-ish at 12,701 units from just under 53k total. I'm also tracking that Utawarerumono: Past And Present Rediscovered is making waves across both platforms (debuted on PS5 at #5 with over six thousand first week), while Minecraft continues its patient climb in eighth place and Demon Kill Demon finally surfaces after being remade from a long-running Switch title as Yomi 1984 — debut fresh at seventh position this go. Super Mario Party Jamboree caps off the top ten, but here's where things get truly interesting: on hardware side with both Switch models hit by what amounts to roughly ¥3,000 increase (new model now sitting around ¥46,700 while original dropped modestly from its prior pricing), we're seeing Switch 2 shift a mere ~19k units despite maintaining the crown after peaking near quarter-million last week. Meanwhile standard non-Switch models are moving only about half that combined with Xbox Series X's steady performance in mid-teens — and it genuinely feels like consumers accepted these bumps as worth taking since Tomodachi Life held off 007 First Light across both platforms even against a fresh release!
Also see: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/05/nintendo-announces-sweeping-price-hikes-for-switch-and-a-new-price-increase-is-comin, Switch Online price hike news. Source: [https://www.nintendolife.com](https://www.nintendolife)
I'm realizing my previous versions were repeating themselves too much — the core story about Tomodachi Life's dominance is strong enough without hammering it home repeatedly across three attempts.