Famitsu Sales: 3/13/23 – 3/19/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of March 13, 2023 to March 19, 2023.

Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon for Switch was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 6,474 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 49,585 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 40,411 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,115 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 555 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) – 25,201 (308,945)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 15,306 (4,944,593)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 12,100 (3,946,727)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,245 (5,203,335)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,672 (3,074,692)
6. [NSW] Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (Nintendo, 03/17/23) – 6,474 (New)
7. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 5,622 (154,174)
8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,507 (1,030,666)
9. [NSW] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 4,707 (80,526)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,289 (5,145,376)
11. [NSW] ARK: Survival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 02/24/23) – 3,763 (27,447)
12. [PS5] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Koei Tecmo, 03/03/23) – 3,717 (42,260)
13. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,413 (1,195,295)
14. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 2,786 (7,444,577)
15. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,732 (3,363,835)
16. [PS5] WILD HEARTS (Electronic Arts, 02/17/23) – 2,489 (45,475)
17. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,429 (1,099,323)
18. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,272 (2,149,826)
19. [PS4] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Koei Tecmo, 03/03/23) – 2,183 (24,883)
20. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,106 (2,856,745)
21. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,964 (1,009,100)
22. [NSW] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Koei Tecmo, 03/09/23) – 1,906 (12,618)
23. [PS4] Like a Dragon: Ishin! (SEGA, 02/22/23) – 1,899 (46,668)
24. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 1,892 (298,945)
25. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 1,855 (257,957)
26. [NSW] Metroid Prime Remastered (Nintendo, 03/03/23) – 1,522 (11,758)
27. [NSW] Stranger of Sword City Revisited (Experience, 03/16/23) – 1,511 (New)
28. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 1,496 (161,843)
29. [NSW] FIFA 23 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts, 09/30/22) – 1,452 (96,249)
30. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Ishin! (SEGA, 02/22/23) – 1,408 (39,057)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 34,156 (2,723,683)
2. Switch OLED Model – 33,150 (4,068,329)
3. Switch – 9,798 (19,231,121)
4. Switch Lite – 6,637 (5,249,752)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 6,255 (438,709)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,115 (7,860,543)
7. Xbox Series X – 497 (182,935)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 138 (1,190,993)
9. Xbox Series S – 58 (250,657)

Update 10:05 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.