Famitsu Sales: 8/22/22 – 8/28/22 [Update]
Earth Defense Force 6 opens at 92,704 retail copies sold.
Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of August 22, 2022 to August 28, 2022.
Earth Defense Force 6 was the highest selling new release, moving 68,341 copies on PlayStation 4 and 24,363 copies on PlayStation 5 for an opening week total of 92,704 copies sold.
SD Gundam Battle Alliance followed at 38,634 copies sold on Switch, 17,950 copies on PlayStation 4, and 9,625 copies on PlayStation 5 for an opening week total of 66,209 retail sales.
Soul Hackers 2 opened at 31,604 copies sold on PlayStation 4 and 20,257 copies on PlayStation 5 for a total of 51,861 retail sales.
On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 113,530 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 25,109 units, the Xbox Series family sold 16,726 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 15 units. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles continue to face stock issues.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS4] Earth Defense Force 6 (D3 Publisher, 08/26/22) – 68,341 (New)
- [NSW] SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Bandai Namco, 08/25/22) – 38,634 (New)
- [PS4] Soul Hackers 2 (ATLUS, 08/25/22) – 31,604 (New)
- [PS5] Earth Defense Force 6 (D3 Publisher, 08/26/22) – 24,363 (New)
- [PS5] Soul Hackers 2 (ATLUS, 08/25/22) – 20,257 (New)
- [PS4] SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Bandai Namco, 08/25/22) – 17,950 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,644 (4,802,581)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 10,576 (706,637)
- [PS4] Saints Row (PLAION, 08/23/22) – 10,013 (New)
- [PS5] SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Bandai Namco, 08/25/22) – 9,625 (New)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,417 (2,768,153)
- [PS5] Saints Row (PLAION, 08/23/22) – 7,622 (New)
- [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 6,803 (869,546)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 5,383 (255,660)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,772 (4,960,853)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 4,414 (3,258,181)
- [NSW] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Happinet, 08/25/22) – 4,365 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,179 (1,027,240)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 3,950 (2,707,911)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,888 (7,317,633)
- [NSW] Kirby’s Dream Buffet Download Card (Nintendo, 08/17/22) – 3,874 (11,092)
- [NSW] LIVE A LIVE (Square Enix, 07/22/22) – 3,081 (114,467)
- [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nintendo, 07/29/22) – 3,019 (161,990)
- [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 2,700 (223,407)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,552 (1,013,066)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 2,359 (4,114,681)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,299 (2,070,702)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 1,904 (4,367,814)
- [NSW] Idol Manager (PLAYISM, 08/25/22) – 1,872 (New)
- [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 1,844 (2,287,806)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 87,321 (2,311,142)
- Switch – 17,558 (18,616,044)
- PlayStation 5 – 21,628 (1,629,033)
- Xbox Series X – 10,044 (154,575)
- Switch Lite – 8,651 (4,870,733)
- Xbox Series S – 6,682 (163,699)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,481 (262,312)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 130 (1,188,550)
- PlayStation 4 – 15 (7,819,839)
Update 10:06 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.