Nintendo Games And Hardware Dominate The First Half Of 2017 In Japan

Unless you're just emerging from a cave, you're probably aware Nintendo has been doing pretty darn well for itself recently. The company's stock has hit an all-time high, the Nintendo Switch is selling out as soon as it hits shelves, and fans are pumped for the recently-announced SNES Classic Edition. A lot Nintendo's success comes via their home country of Japan, where they recently surpassed 1 million Switch units sold, and new sales figures provide the clearest picture yet of Nintendo's total Japanese dominance.

Gaming mag Famitsu recently published Japanese sales data for the first half of 2017 and 8 of the top-10 selling games are exclusive to Nintendo platforms. Unsurprisingly, Monster Hunter XX grabs the top spot, with Pokemon Sun and Moon, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Super Mario Maker for 3DS grabbing spots 2 through 5. The PS4 manages to sneak in with Resident Evil 7 and NieR: Automata at spots 6 and 7, but then it's right back to Nintendo stuff. Here's the full list:

Top 10 best-selling games of first six months of 2017:

Monster Hunter XX for 3DS (1,640,005 units sold)

Pokémon Sun and Moon for 3DS (527,862)

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Switch (501, 614)

Zelda Breath Of The Wild for Switch (464,480)

Super Mario Maker for 3DS (397,656)

Biohazard 7 for PS4 (324,066)

NieR: Automata for PS4 (311,906)

Momotaro Dentetsu 2017 Tachiagare Nippon!! for 3DS (263,790)

Yokai Watch Sukiyaki for 3DS (215,297)

1-2 Switch for Switch (200,807)

Nintendo also won the hardware battle, with the Nintendo Switch taking the top spot and Nintendo 3DS taking third (the PS4 just barely beat it out).

Top five best-selling consoles of first six months of 2017:

Nintendo Switch: 1,016,473 units sold

Sony PS4: 877,630 (now at 4,799,246 total)

Nintendo 3DS: 872,620 (22,784,033)

Sony PS Vita: 260,296 (5,507,715)

Microsoft Xbox One: 5,093 (78,041)

The Japanese gaming scene isn't as big or diverse as the North American or European markets, but still, this kind of total domination is impressive. Being embraced by your fellow countrymen like this has to be a big confidence-booster for Nintendo.

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[via Eurogamer]