Famitsu Sales: 12/19/22 – 12/25/22 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of December 19, 2022 to December 25, 2022.

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet for Switch remained the highest selling games of the week, moving an additional 375,665 retail copies.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 163,556 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 68,819 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 3,161 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 1,109 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 375,665 (4,338,931)
2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 121,173 (3,687,814)
3. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 44,465 (887,722)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 41,887 (5,014,375)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 37,935 (2,960,006)
6. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 25,727 (71,900)
7. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures (Square Enix, 12/09/22) – 23,097 (198,403)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 22,148 (5,065,191)
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 22,001 (1,114,132)
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 20,426 (2,782,933)
11. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 20,165 (115,251)
12. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 19,415 (969,047)
13. [NSW] Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star (Imagineer, 12/22/22) – 17,832 (New)
14. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 16,815 (7,394,204)
15. [NSW] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco, 10/27/22) – 15,874 (80,024)
16. [NSW] FIFA 23 Legacy Edition (EA, 09/30/22) – 13,723 (64,465)
17. [NSW] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (Square Enix, 12/13/22) – 12,606 (61,133)
18. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 11,780 (218,013)
19. [NSW] Ishu Saikyou Ou Zukan: Battle Colosseum (Nippon Columbia, 12/15/22) – 9,655 (20,856)
20. [PS4] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (Square Enix, 12/13/22) – 8,865 (62,346)
21. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 8,840 (1,054,887)
22. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 8,379 (1,107,633)
23. [NSW] Earth Defense Force 4.1 for Nintendo Switch (D3 Publisher, 12/22/22) – 7,998 (New)
24. [PS5] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (Square Enix, 12/13/22) – 6,868 (61,400)
25. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,845 (3,318,883)
26. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 6,473 (1,264,959)
27. [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco, 03/26/20) – 6,369 (187,585)
28. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,269 (2,114,201)
29. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 6,255 (309,567)
30. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (Square Enix, 09/15/22) – 6,246 (252,028)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 83,975 (3,572,012)
2. PlayStation 5 – 59,352 (2,059,945)
3. Switch – 42,430 (19,048,341)
4. Switch Lite – 37,151 (5,103,694)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 9,467 (317,444)
6. PlayStation 4 – 3,161 (7,842,044)
7. Xbox Series S – 778 (225,984)
8. Xbox Series X – 331 (172,411)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 238 (1,189,711)

Update 9:06 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.