Nearly 6 million Nintendo Switch consoles were sold in Japan last year, a rise of 30% over 2019.
Nintendo dominated the market, with Switch devices accounting for 87% of all consoles sold last year (6.85 million machines were sold overall). The normal Switch version sold 3.9 million units, while the Switch Lite sold just over 2 million units.
The console sold well ahead of PS4, which did just over 543,000 units last year. PS5, meanwhile, is currently on just over 255,000 units.
According to the Famitsu data, Japan s games market generated over $3.5bn, which is up 12.5% over 2019. The biggest growth area was console hardware, which is up 16.4% to $1.8bn, while boxed game sales grew 9% to £1.75bn. Famitsu states that it s the first time since 2017 where both areas of the market grew.