Famitsu Sales: 3/6/23 – 3/12/23

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of March 6, 2023 to March 12, 2023.

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 10,712 sales on Switch and 9,031 sales on PlayStation 4 for an opening week total of 19,743 retail copies sold.

Also new this week, the Switch version of Ib opened at 9,080 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the PlayStation 5 family sold 64,869 units, the Switch family sold 59,901 units, the Xbox Series family sold 2,887 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,602 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) – 32,132 (283,744)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 20,889 (4,929,287)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 15,861 (3,934,627)
4. [NSW] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Koei Tecmo, 03/09/23) – 10,712 (New)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,430 (5,194,090)
6. [NSW] Ib (PLAYISM, 03/09/23) – 9,080 (New)
7. [PS4] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Koei Tecmo, 03/09/23) – 9,031 (New)
8. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 9,017 (148,552)
9. [PS5] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Koei Tecmo, 03/03/23) – 8,411 (38,543)
10. [NSW] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 7,739 (75,819)

Rankings 11 to 30 will be announced on March 17.

1. [PS4] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Koei Tecmo, 03/03/23) –
2. [NSW] Rune Factory 3 Special (Marvelous, 03/02/23) –
3. [NSW] Metroid Prime Remastered (Nintendo, 03/03/23) –
4. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) –
5. [NSW] ARK: SUrvival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 02/24/23) –
6. [PS4] Like a Dragon: Ishin! (SEGA, 02/22/23) –
7. [PS5] WILD HEARTS (Electronic Arts, 02/17/23) –
8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) –
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) –
10. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) –
11. [PS5] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) –
12. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Ishin! (SEGA, 02/22/23) –
13. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) –
14. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) –
15. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) –
16. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) –
17. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) –
18. [PS4] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) –
19. [NSW] Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo, 01/20/23) –
20. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) –
21. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) –
22. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) –
23. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Pokemon Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) –

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 51,510 (2,689,527)
2. Switch OLED Model – 37,373 (4,035,179)
3. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 13,359 (432,454)
4. Switch – 12,354 (19,221,323)
5. Switch Lite – 10,174 (5,243,115)
6. Xbox Series X – 2,729 (182,438)
7. PlayStation 4 – 1,602 (7,859,428)
8. Xbox Series S – 158 (250,599)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 97 (1,190,855)