Famitsu Sales: 3/29/21 – 4/4/21 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of March 29, 2021 to April 4, 2021.

Monster Hunter Rise for Switch was the top seller following its debut last week, selling an additional 277,604 retail copies in its second week, reaching 1,579,736 total sales. This is slightly more than Monster Hunter: World for PlayStation 4, which sold 223,274 retail copies in its second week in 2018 to reach 1,573,686 total sales.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 135,076 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 20,755 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,591 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 159 units. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles continue to face stock issues. Tracking for PlayStation 4 Pro sales also appear to have ended last week as the hardware is no longer in production in Japan, ending its run at a total of 1,575,723 sales.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 03/26/21) – 277,604 (1,579,736)
2. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 27,833 (620,516)
3. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 16,289 (2,088,585)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,079 (3,763,673)
5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 11,722 (2,491,295)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 10,253 (1,882,992)
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 9,653 (6,720,514)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,270 (4,228,209)
9. [PS4] Outriders (Square Enix, 04/01/21) – 6,596 (New)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 6,027 (3,831,996)
11. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 4,902 (4,019,278)
12. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous, 02/25/21) – 4,426 (266,9270
13. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 4,182 (672,907)
14. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 4,098 (1,854,867)
15. [NSW] Super Mario 3D All-Stars (Nintendo, 09/18/20) – 3,579 (582,429)
16. [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco, 02/10/21) – 3,329 (59,602)
17. [NSW] Apex Legends Champion Edition (Electronic Arts, 03/18/21) – 3,080 (18,728)
18. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,858 (1,802,788)
19. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 2,464 (1,082,119)
20. [PS5] Outriders (Square Enix, 04/01/21) – 2,431 (New)
21. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 2,415 (135,129)
22. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 12/03/20) – 2,050 (86,410)
23. [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix, 02/26/21) – 2,034 (133,351)
24. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 2,029 (1,049,512)
25. [NSW] Family Trainer (Bandai Namco, 12/17/20) – 1,948 (53,874)
26. [NSW] Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity (Koei Tecmo, 11/20/20) – 1,911 (358,327)
27. [NSW] Densha de GO!! Hashirou Yamanote Sen (Square Enix, 03/18/21) – 1,859 (29,624)
28. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo, 10/30/21) – 1,706 (554,616)
29. [NSW] SD Gundam G Generation Cross Rays Platinum Edition (Bandai Namco, 03/25/21) – 1,705 (7,934)
30. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 1,623 (583,824)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 72,184 (15,630,549)
2. Switch Lite – 62,892 (3,589,875)
3. PlayStation 5 – 16,459 (501,935)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,296 (99,031)
5. PlayStation 4 – 1,591 (7,776,647)
6. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 752 (1,160,876)
7. Xbox Series X – 122 (30,758)
8. Xbox Series S – 37 (9,410)

Update 11:03 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.