Famitsu Sales: 7/17/23 – 7/23/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of July 17, 2023 to July 23, 2023.

Pikmin 4 for Switch was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 401,853 retail copies sold. It was followed by Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening, which opened at 10,633 sales on Switch and 10,434 sales on PlayStation 4 for an opening week total of 21,067 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 71,180 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 46,561 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 4,309 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 1,158 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 401,853 (New)
2. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 15,616 (1,775,035)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,749 (5,385,022)
4. [NSW] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening (Koei Tecmo, 07/20/23) – 10,633 (New)
5. [PS4] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening (Koei Tecmo, 07/20/23) – 10,434 (New)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,512 (3,200,000)
7. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 6,337 (4,066,350)
8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,784 (1,131,645)
9. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix, 06/22/23) – 4,904 (401,376)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,844 (5,239,500)
11. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,666 (5,076,630)
12. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 4,289 (3,423,385)
13. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 4,230 (7,497,922)
14. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,488 (1,264,980)
15. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 3,134 (2,895,825)
16. [NSW] Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE (Spike Chunsoft, 06/30/23) – 2,836 (72,716)
17. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 2,717 (462,517)
18. [NSW] Atelier Marie Remake: The Alchemist of Salburg (Koei Tecmo, 07/13/23) – 2,577 (18,678)
19. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,407 (1,139,770)
20. [NSW] Touhou: New World (Marvelous, 07/13/23) – 2,319 (8,755)
21. [NSW] Everybody 1-2-Switch! (Nintendo, 06/30/23) – 2,205 (13,036)
22. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,204 (2,228,349)
23. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,059 (192,178)
24. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 1,876 (1,168,610)
25. [PS5] Street Fighter 6 (Capcom, 06/02/23) – 1,759
26. [NSW] Wand of Fortune R2 FD ~Kimi ni Sasageru Epilogue~ for Nintendo Switch (Idea Factory, 07/20/23) – 1,754 (New)
27. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,699 (1,043,400)
28. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 1,625 (1,276,922)
29. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,613 (76,417)
30. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 1,603 (279,903)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 47,940 (5,111,551)
2. PlayStation 5 – 42,967 (3,448,553)
3. Switch – 14,815 (19,457,768)
4. Switch Lite – 8,425 (5,425,864)
5. PlayStation 4 – 4,309 (7,890,166)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,594 (544,802)
7. Xbox Series X – 1,078 (204,901)
8. Xbox Series S – 80 (268,669)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 22 (1,191,950)

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