Famitsu Sales: 2/20/23 – 2/26/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of February 20, 2023 to February 26, 2023.

Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe for Switch was the highest selling new release last week, opening at 189,031 retail copies sold.

It was followed by Like a Dragon: Ishin!, which opened at 35,897 copies sold on PlayStation 4 and 31,439 copies on PlayStation 5, for an opening week total of 67,336 copies sold.

Also in the top 10 is Octopath Traveler II, which opened at 53,995 sales on Switch and 14,422 sales on PlayStation 5 for a total of of 68,417 copies sold.

On the hardware side, the PlayStation 5 family sold 91,729 units, the Switch family sold 61,384 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,646 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 727 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 189,031 (New)
2. [NSW] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 53,995 (New)
3. [PS4] Like a Dragon: Ishin! (SEGA, 02/22/23) – 35,897 (New)
4. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Ishin! (SEGA, 02/22/23) – 31,439 (New)
5. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 23,703 (4,883,806)
6. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 21,932 (126,086)
7. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 14,858 (3,904,000)
8. [PS5] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 14,422 (New)
9. [NSW] ARK: SUrvival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 02/24/23) – 13,200 (New)
10. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,159 (5,173,365)
11. [PS4] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 7,269 (New)
12. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,197 (3,054,078)
13. [NSW] Digimon World: Next Order (Bandai Namco, 02/22/23) – 7,140 (New)
14. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 7,126 (1,014,229)
15. [PS5] WILD HEARTS (Electronic Arts, 02/17/23) – 6,691 (33,596)
16. [PSVR2] Horizon Call of the Mountain (SIE, 02/22/23) – 6,027 (New)
17. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 4,882 (291,649)
18. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,699 (5,131,183)
19. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,106 (1,183,440)
20. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 3,905 (3,354,148)
21. [NSW] Tales of Symphonia Remastered (Bandai Namco, 02/16/23) – 3,773 (25,633)
22. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,451 (7,436,128)
23. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 3,404 (1,091,821)
24. [NSW] Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo, 01/20/23) – 3,321 (201,002)
25. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 3,030 (2,850,063)
26. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 2,922 (1,003,123)
27. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,763 (2,140,959)
28. [NSW] Theatrhythm: Final Bar Line (Square Enix, 02/16/23) – 2,730 (14,295)
29. [NSW] Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life (Marvelous, 01/26/23) – 2,534 (60,443)
30. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,170 (156,825)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 77,281 (2,577,614)
2. Switch OLED Model – 40,992 (3,952,054)
3. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 14,448 (401,086)
4. Switch – 11,226 (19,197,506)
5. Switch Lite – 9,166 (5,223,631)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,646 (7,856,171)
7. Xbox Series X – 595 (179,001)
8. Xbox Series S – 132 (250,301)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 72 (1,190,692)

Update 9:09 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.