Famitsu Sales: 3/14/22 – 3/20/22 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of March 14, 2022 to March 20, 2022.

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 28,944 sales on PlayStation 4 and 17,905 on PlayStation 5 for an opening week total of 46,849 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 85,497 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 16,968 units, the Xbox Series family sold 3,554 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 10 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] Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (Square Enix, 03/18/22) – 28,944 (New)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 23,067 (2,177,459)
3. [PS4] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 19,487 (293,628)
4. [PS5] Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin (Square Enix, 03/18/22) – 17,905 (New)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 16,078 (4,499,542)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,755 (2,561,419)
7. [PS4] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 9,447 (94,818)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,111 (4,813,641)
9. [NSW] Triangle Strategy (Square Enix, 03/04/22) – 8,429 (112,107)
10. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 8,182 (912,325)
11. [NSW] Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (ATLUS, 03/17/22) – 6,490 (New)
12. [PS4] Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (ATLUS, 03/17/22) – 6,194 (New)
13. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 5,798 (2,623,946)
14. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,731 (1,981,570)
15. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,495 (7,214,531)
16. [PS5] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 4,733 (116,563)
17. [NSW] Neptunia x Senran Kagura: Ninja Wars (Compile Heart, 03/17/22) – 4,614 (New)
18. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 4,553 (3,102,465)
19. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 4,072 (87,577)
20. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 3,821 (948,691)
21. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 3,788 (4,050,343)
22. [NSW] Gal Gun: Double Peace (Inti Creates, 03/17/22) – 3,482 (New)
23. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price (Capcom, 12/16/21) – 3,334 (35,588)
24. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 3,160 (2,527,247)
25. [NSW] Power Pro Kun Pocket R (Konami, 11/25/21) – 2,799 (59,813)
26. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 2,635 (1,032,643)
27. [PS4] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 2,583 (71,492)
28. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 2,472 (4,325,007)
29. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 2,231 (264,396)
30. [NSW] .hack//G.U. Last Recode (Bandai Namco, 03/10/22) – 2,162 (14,069)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 55,675 (1,441,315)
2. Switch – 19,165 (18,116,589)
3. Switch Lite – 10,657 (4,635,407)
4. PlayStation 5 – 13,971 (1,239,386)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,997 (222,657)
6. Xbox Series X – 2,936 (88,985)
7. Xbox Series S – 618 (74,915)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 287 (1,184,064)
9. PlayStation 4 – 10 (7,819,379)

Update 10:04 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.