Famitsu Sales: 4/17/23 – 4/23/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of April 17, 2023 to April 23, 2023.

Minecraft Legends for Switch was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 13,490 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 51,805 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 41,755 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 789 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 488 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Minecraft Legends (Bandai Namco, 04/18/23) – 13,490 (New)
2. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 7,658 (392,645)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 7,527 (4,998,901)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,416 (5,250,971)
5. [NSW] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 04/14/23) – 6,342 (58,717)
6. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 6,039 (3,991,533)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,838 (3,112,005)
8. [NSW] Cuphead (Superdeluxe Games, 04/20/23) – 4,085 (New)
9. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 3,860 (124,496)
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,789 (1,060,179)
11. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,745 (5,169,086)
12. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 2,875 (55,536)
13. [NSW] AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed Director’s Cut (Acquire, 04/20/23) – 2,862 (New)
14. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 2,741 (1,214,095)
15. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,582 (2,163,849)
16. [PS5] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 2,460 (123,680)
17. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,153 (3,377,826)
18. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 2,050 (7,457,842)
19. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 1,875 (2,867,701)
20. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 1,752 (1,111,595)
21. [NSW] Arcana of Paradise: The Tower (Shueisha Games, 04/20/23) – 1,698 (New)
22. [NSW] ARK: Survival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 02/24/23) – 1,660 (41,504)
23. [PS4] AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed Director’s Cut (Acquire, 04/20/23) – 1,593 (New)
24. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 1,546 (168,126)
25. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 1,430 (170,128)
26. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,398 (1,018,030)
27. [PS5] Minecraft Legends (Bandai Namco, 04/20/23) – 1,391 (New)
28. [PS4] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 04/14/23) – 1,378 (9,249)
29. [NSW] Coffee Talk Episode 2: Hibiscus & Butterfly (Chorus Worldwide, 04/20/23) – 1,369 (New)
30. [NSW] Dokapon Kingdom: Connect (Compile Heart, 04/13/23) – 1,364 (6,775)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 39,763 (4,254,463)
2. PlayStation 5 – 33,572 (2,899,698)
3. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 8,183 (471,335)
4. Switch – 7,674 (19,277,706)
5. Switch Lite – 4,368 (5,281,338)
6. PlayStation 4 – 789 (7,866,970)
7. Xbox Series X – 376 (184,959)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 137 (1,191,421)
9. Xbox Series S – 112 (251,538)

Update 10:30 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.