Famitsu Sales: 10/9/23 – 10/15/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of October 9, 2023 to October 15, 2023.

Detective Pikachu Returns for Switch remained the highest game release last week, moving another 16,248 retail copies.

The highest selling new release was Rear Sekai for Switch, which opened at 6,464 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 44,469 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 19,709 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 2,054 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 1,086 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Detective Pikachu Returns (The Pokemon Company, 10/06/23) – 16,248 (101,887)
2. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 14,114 (912,398)
3. [NSW] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 13,443 (43,710)
4. [NSW] Rear Sekai (Bushiroad Games, 10/12/23) – 6,464 (New)
5. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 6,381 (5,157,822)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 6,253 (5,514,955)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,898 (3,286,698)
8. [NSW] River City: Rival Showdown (Arc System Works, 10/12/23) – 5,722 (New)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,566 (5,304,914)
10. [NSW] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 4,557 (27,046)
11. [PS5] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 4,159 (24,474)
12. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,793 (1,317,642)
13. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 3,420 (4,124,675)
14. [PS5] Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Ubisoft, 10/05/23) – 3,402 (23,809)
15. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 3,349 (1,874,942)
16. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,288 (1,188,486)
17. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,271 (7,545,208)
18. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe + Booster Course Pass (Nintendo, 10/05/23) – 3,209 (5,813)
19. [NSW] Pikmin 1+2 (Nintendo, 09/22/23) – 3,197 (38,439)
20. [NSW] Fate/Samurai Remnant (Koei Tecmo, 09/28/23) – 2,688 (42,032)
21. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,261 (3,478,485)
22. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,130 (1,171,810)
23. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 2,106 (929,499)
24. [NSW] Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai (Square Enix, 09/28/23) – 2,070 (31,010)
25. [PS4] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 1,957 (17,345)
26. [PS5] Sword Art Online: Last Recollection (Bandai Namco, 10/05/23) – 1,935 (13,675)
27. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Ubisoft, 10/05/23) – 1,890 (9,919)
28. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 1,878 (224,352)
29. [PS4] River City: Rival Showdown (Arc System Works, 10/12/23) – 1,831 (New)
30. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Last Recollection (Bandai Namco, 10/05/23) – 1,566 (10,120)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 34,471 (5,832,653)
2. PlayStation 5 – 18,565 (3,920,351)
3. Switch – 5,170 (19,571,417)
4. Switch Lite – 4,828 (5,522,561)
5. PlayStation 4 – 2,054 (7,900,950)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,144 (588,041)
7. Xbox Series X – 609 (224,410)
8. Xbox Series S – 477 (289,738)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 85 (1,192,508)

Update 10:07 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.