Famitsu Sales: 8/16/21 – 8/22/21 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of August 16, 2021 to August 22, 2021.

Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut was the only new release to chart in the top 10, opening at 13,745 sales on PlayStation 5 and 10,224 sales on PlayStation 4 for an first week total of 23,969 retail sales.

The original game opened at 212,915 retail sales back in July 2020.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 72,527 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 12,638 units, the Xbox Series family sold 5,782 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 943 units. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles continue to face stock issues.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 17,656 (2,772,950)
2. [NSW] Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyo Battle Royale!! (Konami, 08/12/21) – 16,742 (113,039)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 15,756 (3,995,095)
4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 15,385 (2,139,193)
5. [PS5] Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut (SIE, 08/20/21) – 13,745 (New)
6. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 13,581 (2,336,531)
7. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut (SIE, 08/20/21) – 10,224 (New)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 8,870 (4,389,399)
9. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 8,212 (857,492)
10. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 6,810 (1,970,823)
11. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 6,770 (6,860,913)
12. [NSW] Game Builder Garage (Nintendo, 06/11/21) – 6,573 (219,530)
13. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 6,462 (4,112,937)
14. [NSW] Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi (Neos, 07/15/21) – 6,354 (176,062)
15. [NSW] eBaseball Pro Baseball Spirits 2021: Grand Slam (Konami, 07/08/21) – 6,145 (177,143)
16. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Nintendo, 07/16/21) – 5,995 (253,691)
17. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 5,787 (777,275)
18. [NSW] Miitopia (Nintendo, 05/21/21) – 5,291 (232,060)
19. [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Capcom, 07/09/21) – 5,236 (220,893)
20. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,623 (3,926,881)
21. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 3,810 (1,860,970)
22. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 03/26/21) – 3,762 (2,312,364)
23. [NSW] Mario Golf: Super Rush (Nintendo, 06/25/21) – 3,624 (174,974)
24. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 12/03/20) – 3,457 (135,247)
25. [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 2,930 (612,647)
26. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,715 (620,916)
27. [NSW] Minecraft Dungeons Hero Edition (Microsoft, 05/26/20) – 2,593 (136,040)
28. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/04/20) – 2,592 (128,588)
29. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (The Pokemon Company, 04/30/21) – 2,526 (272,229)
30. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 2,450 (1,122,076)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 62,022 (16,907,165)
2. Switch Lite – 10,505 (4,020,185)
3. PlayStation 5 – 10,083 (813,989)
4. Xbox Series X – 2,932 (54,093)
5. Xbox Series S – 2,850 (23,534)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,555 (161,438)
7. PlayStation 4 – 943 (7,803,924)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 522 (1,170,796)

Update 10:05 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.