Famitsu Sales: 5/8/23 – 5/14/23 [Update]
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom opens at 1,119,502 retail copies sold.Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of May 8, 2023 to May 14, 2023.
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Switch was the highest selling new release, opening at 1,119,502 retail copies sold.
On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 83,052 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 41,444 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 787 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 275 units.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 1,119,502 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,794 (5,293,478)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,335 (2,182,171)
- [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 6,819 (426,789)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 6,420 (5,028,722)
- [PS4] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 05/05/23) – 6,384 (38,302)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,704 (3,135,953)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,061 (5,190,681)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,856 (4,014,693)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,746 (1,230,382)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,667 (1,078,025)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,680 (3,387,477)
- [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 2,488 (1,257,517)
- [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 2,402 (1,148,940)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 2,352 (7,466,886)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 1,970 (1,119,256)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 1,851 (2,875,908)
- [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,846 (1,027,200)
- [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,581 (62,439)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures (Square Enix, 12/09/22) – 1,519 (New)
- [NSW] Minecraft Legends (Bandai Namco, 04/18/23) – 1,516 (23,522)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,431 (2,405,807)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 1,364 (325,702)
- [PS5] Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Electronic Arts, 04/28/23) – 1,338 (18,080)
- [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 1,312 (176,064)
- [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 1,287 (132,431)
- [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 1,283 (1,291,375)
- [NSW] ARK: Survival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 02/24/23) – 1,232 (47,452)
- [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 1,068 (172,820)
- [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,010 (897,847)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 65,628 (4,504,700)
- PlayStation 5 – 35,899 (3,020,596)
- Switch – 11,395 (19,310,530)
- Switch Lite – 6,029 (5,297,854)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,545 (491,819)
- PlayStation 4 – 787 (7,869,824)
- Xbox Series X – 167 (185,776)
- Xbox Series S – 108 (252,320)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 51 (1,191,604)
Update 05/19/23 at 12:05 a.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.