Switch Price Hike Reboots Japan's Hardware Ladder as Tomodachi Life Tops Software
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Famitsu’s weekly Japan charts show the Switch price increase dampening hardware demand: Switch 2 sells 31,751 (down from 247,880 the prior week) while Switch 1 drops to 229, with PS5 edging ahead in weekly totals; Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream tops the software chart and Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered debuts in the top ten, as overall hardware sales decline after the price hike though Switch continues to lead lifetime sales.
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