Famitsu Sales: 4/5/21 – 4/11/21 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of April 5, 2021 to April 11, 2021.

Monster Hunter Rise for Switch was the top seller for the third week following its debut in late March, selling an additional 194,327 retail copies, reaching 1,774,063 total sales. In comparison, Monster Hunter: World sold 159,613 retail copies on PlayStation 4 in its third week back in February 2018, reaching 1,750,969 total sales.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 96,259 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 15,560 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,430 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 571 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] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 03/26/21) – 194,327 (1,774,063)
2. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 21,590 (642,106)
3. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 12,920 (2,101,505)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,439 (3,774,112)
5. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 10,154 (2,501,449)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,408 (1,892,400)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,835 (4,236,044)
8. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,406 (6,727,920)
9. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,783 (3,836,779)
10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 4,634 (4,023,912)
11. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 4,161 (677,068)
12. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 3,545 (1,858,412)
13. [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous, 02/25/21) – 2,915 (269,842)
14. [NSW] Little Nightmares II (Bandai Namco, 02/10/21) – 2,695 (62,297)
15. [NSW] Apex Legends Champion Edition (Electronic Arts, 03/18/21) – 2,354 (21,082)
16. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,199 (1,804,987)
17. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 2,087 (1,084,206)
18. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 2,056 (137,185)
19. [NSW] Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin (Marvelous, 11/12/20) – 1,880 (150,434)
20. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 1,729 (1,051,241)
21. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,712 (2,224,385)
22. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 12/03/20) – 1,652 (88,062)
23. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/04/20) – 1,614 (87,682)
24. [NSW] Bravely Default II (Square Enix, 02/26/21) – 1,507 (134,858)
25. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,454 (759,593)
26. [NSW] Pikmin 3 Deluxe (Nintendo, 10/30/21) – 1,406 (556,022)
27. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 1,388 (585,212)
28. [PS4] Outriders (Square Enix, 04/01/21) – 1,370 (7,966)
29. [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 1,352 (578,474)
30. [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 (Konami, 07/09/20) – 1,324 (295,797)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 48,733 (15,679,282)
2. Switch Lite – 47,526 (3,637,401)
3. PlayStation 5 – 13,074 (515,009)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,486 (101,517)
5. PlayStation 4 – 1,430 (7,778,077)
6. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 622 (1,161,498)
7. Xbox Series X – 287 (31,045)
8. Xbox Series S – 284 (9,964)

Update 11:53 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.