Famitsu Sales: 9/5/22 – 9/11/22 [Update]
Splatoon 3 and Switch dominate the sales charts.Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of September 5, 2022 to September 11, 2022.
Splatoon 3 for Switch was the highest selling new game release, opening at 1,934,680 retail copies sold.
On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 182,876 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 2,864 units, the Xbox Series family sold 459 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)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 1,934,680 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,605 (4,827,754)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,331 (2,786,049)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 9,071 (724,712)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,900 (3,271,715)
- [PS4] Earth Defense Force 6 (D3 Publisher, 08/26/22) – 7,806 (91,183)
- [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 7,115 (883,907)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,866 (4,971,812)
- [NSW] Alice Gear Aigis CS: Concerto of Simulatrix (MAGES., 09/08/22) – 5,538 (New)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 4,927 (265,714)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 4,256 (7,325,882)
- [PS4] Alice Gear Aigis CS: Concerto of Simulatrix (MAGES., 09/08/22) – 4,034 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,935 (1,035,153)
- [PS4] NBA 2K23 (2K, 09/09/22) – 3,845 (New)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 3,239 (2,714,883)
- [NSW] SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Bandai Namco, 08/25/22) – 3,200 (49,592)
- [NSW] LIVE A LIVE (Square Enix, 07/22/22) – 3,082 (119,750)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 3,034 (2,076,290)
- [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 2,647 (2,292,454)
- [NSW] NBA 2K23 (2K, 09/09/22) – 2,629 (New)
- [PS5] The Last of Us Part I (SIE, 09/02/22) – 2,509 (13,463)
- [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 2,320 (228,624)
- [NSW] JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (Bandai Namco, 09/01/22) – 2,306 (22,113)
- [PS5] Earth Defense Force 6 (D3 Publisher, 08/26/22) – 2,266 (31,128)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,241 (1,017,851)
- [PS5] Steelrising (3goo, 09/08/22) – 2,220 (New)
- [NSW] Adventure Academia: The Fractured Continent (Acquire, 09/08/22) – 2,175 (New)
- [PS4] JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R (Bandai Namco, 09/01/22) – 2,154 (9,186)
- [PS4] Soul Hackers 2 (ATLUS, 08/25/22) – 2,137 (38,111)
- [NSW] Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness (Spike Chunsoft, 09/01/22) – 2,063 (14,605)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 148,377 (2,525,961)
- Switch – 27,859 (18,666,760)
- Switch Lite – 6,640 (4,886,242)
- PlayStation 5 – 2,227 (1,649,691)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 637 (264,810)
- Xbox Series S – 284 (165,246)
- Xbox Series X – 175 (158,925)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 74 (1,188,680)
- PlayStation 4 – 11 (7,819,860)
Update 10:05 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.