Famitsu Sales: 10/11/21 – 10/17/21 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of October 11, 2021 to October 17, 2021.

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles was the highest selling new game last week, debuting at 94,849 copies sold on PlayStation 4 and 20,187 copies on PlayStation 5 for an opening week total of 115,036 retail sales.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 72,944 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 18,709 units, the Xbox Series family sold 4,187 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 613 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. [PS4] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (Aniplex, 10/14/21) – 94,849 (New)
2. [NSW] Metroid Dread (Nintendo, 10/08/21) – 22,221 (109,019)
3. [PS5] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles (Aniplex, 10/14/21) – 20,187 (New)
4. [PS4] The Idolmaster: Starlit Season (Bandai Namco, 10/14/21) – 15,597 (New)
5. [PS4] Back 4 Blood (Warner Bros. Games, 10/12/21) – 13,112 (New)
6. [NSW] Monark (FuRyu, 10/14/21) – 10,521 (New)
7. [PS4] Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft, 10/07/21) – 9,917 (44,136)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,648 (2,234,813)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,615 (4,095,124)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,402 (4,460,356)
11. [NSW] Earth Defense Force 2017 for Nintendo Switch (D3 Publisher, 10/14/21) – 7,713 (New)
12. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,928 (2,869,579)
13. [PS5] Back 4 Blood (Warner Bros. Games, 10/12/21) – 6,010 (New)
14. [NSW] WarioWare: Get It Together! (Nintendo, 09/10/21) – 5,718 (150,684)
15. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,579 (6,903,298)
16. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 5,307 (4,163,595)
17. [PS4] Monark (FuRyu, 10/14/21) – 5,242 (New)
18. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 5,234 (2,399,794)
19. [PS4] Lost Judgment (Sega, 09/24/21) – 4,954 (145,788)
20. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 4,366 (904,796)
21. [PS4] FIFA 2022 (Electronic Arts, 10/01/21) – 4,338 (35,348)
22. [NSW] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot + A New Power Awakens Set (Bandai Namco, 09/24/21) – 3,844 (61,173)
23. [NSW] FIFA 2022 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts, 10/01/21) – 3,580 (22,381)
24. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 3,420 (814,997)
25. [PS5] Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft, 10/07/21) – 3,399 (20,085)
26. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 2,894 (2,005,030)
27. [NSW] Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (Playism, 10/17/21) – 2,753 (12,266)
28. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki (Falcom, 09/30/21) – 2,544 (58,391)
29. [PS4] Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco, 09/09/21) – 2,427 (213,474)
30. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 2,417 (3,957,454)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 32,494 (170,903)
2. Switch – 30,869 (17,229,015)
3. PlayStation 5 – 16,580 (939,509)
4. Switch Lite – 9,581 (4,098,365)
5. Xbox Series S – 3,553 (41,860)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,129 (180,103)
7. Xbox Series X – 634 (64,918)
8. PlayStation 4 – 613 (7,814,080)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 373 (1,175,323)

Update 10:20 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.