Famitsu Sales: 7/18/22 – 7/24/22 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of July 18, 2022 to July 24, 2022.

The HD-2D remake of LIVE A LIVE was the top selling release last week, opening at 71,137 retail sales. It was followed by Nobunaga’s Ambition: Rebirth, which sold 23,425units on PlayStation 4 and 21,753 units on Switch for a combined opening week total of 45,178 copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 69,374 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 11,194 units, the Xbox Series family sold 5,012 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 11 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] LIVE A LIVE (Square Enix, 07/22/22) – 71,137 (New)
2. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 24,869 (598,527)
3. [PS4] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Rebirth (Koei Tecmo, 07/21/22) – 23,425 (New)
4. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 22,871 (200,263)
5. [NSW] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Rebirth (Koei Tecmo, 07/21/22) – 21,753 (New)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,976 (4,734,067)
7. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 9,746 (812,708)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,542 (2,717,993)
9. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 9,380 (3,221,140)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,841 (4,930,600)
11. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,807 (7,291,603)
12. [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes (Koei Tecmo, 06/24/22) – 4,403 (132,220)
13. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,281 (1,000,080)
14. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 4,103 (144,229)
15. [NSW] Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (Aniplex, 06/09/22) – 3,682 (144,229)
16. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 3,558 (204,535)
17. [NSW] River City Saga: Three Kingdoms (Arc System Works, 07/21/22) – 3,146 (New)
18. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,933 (2,055,306)
19. [NSW] Mario Strikers: Battle League (Nintendo, 06/10/22) – 2,920 (69,777)
20. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 2,530 (2,273,875)
21. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,518 (998,583)
22. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 2,041 (4,101,377)
23. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 1,961 (2,570,356)
24. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 1,907 (4,356,525)
25. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 1,623 (1,062,107)
26. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 1,557 (993,927)
27. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 1,466 (272,731)
28. [PS4] River City Saga: Three Kingdoms (Arc System Works, 07/21/22) – 1,449 (New)
29. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 1,437 (728,366)
30. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price (Capcom, 12/16/21) – 1,431 (81,876)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 30,182 (18,526,938)
2. Switch OLED Model – 28,715 (2,055,364)
3. Switch Lite – 10,477 (4,816,631)
4. PlayStation 5 – 9,804 (1,512,433)
5. Xbox Series X – 2,884 (127,800)
6. Xbox Series S – 2,128 (146,237)
7. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,390 (252,212)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 125 (1,187,874)
9. PlayStation 4 – 11 (7,819,769)

Update 10:06 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.