Famitsu Sales: 11/14/22 – 11/20/22 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of November 14, 2022 to November 20, 2022.

Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet for Switch were the highest selling new game releases of the week, opening at a combined 2,537,292 retail copies sold.

The PlayStation 4 version of Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten was the second highest selling new release of the week, opening at 9,066 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold a massive 170,693 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 32,749 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 5,803 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 1,527 units. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles continue to face stock issues.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 2,537,292 (New)
2. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 36,958 (3,368,155)
3. [PS5] God of War Ragnarok (SIE, 11/09/22) – 9,901 (39,278)
4. [PS4] Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten (Aquaplus, 11/17/22) – 9,066 (New)
5. [NSW] Tactics Ogre: Reborn (Square Enix, 11/11/22) – 7,687 (44,470)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,449 (2,855,406)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,330 (4,906,589)
8. [NSW] Cardfight!! Vanguard Dear Days (Bushiroad, 11/17/22) – 6,649 (New)
9. [NSW] SympathyKiss (Idea Factory, 11/17/22) – 6,072 (New)
10. [NSW] Sonic Frontiers (SEGA, 11/08/22) – 5,837 (31,904)
11. [PS5] Monochrome Mobius: Rights and Wrongs Forgotten (Aquaplus, 11/17/22) – 4,950 (New)
12. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 4,341 (774,171)
13. [NSW] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco, 10/27/22) – 4,282 (39,056)
14. [NSW] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Offline (Square Enix, 09/15/22) – 3,978 (228,400)
15. [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 3,744 (102,226)
16. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,675 (5,010,829)
17. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Pokemon Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 3,507 (2,596,356)
18. [NSW] HARVESTELLA (Square Enix, 11/04/22) – 3,236 (36,597)
19. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 3,091 (New)
20. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 2,949 (1,064,208)
21. [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II (Activision, 10/28/22) – 2,935 (39,264)
22. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,865 (68,351)
23. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 2,830 (919,015)
24. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,813 (2,739,356)
25. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 2,804 (7,352,449)
26. [NSW] Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher (Bandai Namco, 10/20/22) – 2,788 (34,039)
27. [NSW] Return to Shironagasu Island (TABINOMICHI, 11/17/22) – 2,661 (New)
28. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 2,648 (189,483)
29. [PS4] Tactics Ogre: Reborn (Square Enix, 11/11/22) – 2,507 (15,175)
30. [PS4] God of War Ragnarok (SIE, 11/09/22) – 2,454 (13,714)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 102,605 (3,083,839)
2. Switch Lite – 40,432 (4,920,529)
3. Switch – 27,656 (18,866,523)
4. PlayStation 5 – 26,946 (1,848,649)
5. PlayStation 4 – 5,803 (7,826,141)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,912 (291,848)
7. Xbox Series X – 1,373 (168,640)
8. Xbox Series S – 154 (212,419)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 34 (1,189,185)

Update 10:50 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.