Famitsu Sales: 10/30/23 – 11/5/23 [Update]
Star Ocean: The Second Story R debuts at 50,577 retail copies sold.Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of October 30, 2023 to November 5, 2023.
Fashion Dreamer for Switch was the highest selling single-SKU new release of the week, opening at 30,884 retail copies sold.
Star Ocean: The Second Story R was the highest selling multiplatform new release. opening at 28,850 units on Switch, 14,367 units on PlayStation 5, and 7,360 units on PlayStation 4 for an opening week total of 50,577 retail copies sold.
Also new this week, WarioWare: Move It! for Switch opened at 29,584 retail copies sold.
On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 93,252 units, the Xbox Series family sold 4,737 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,306 units, and the PlayStation 5 family sold 1,217 units. The new, slimmer PlayStation 5 model will launch on November 10 in Japan.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 108,449 (910,259)
- [NSW] Fashion Dreamer (Marvelous, 11/02/23) – 30,884 (New)
- [NSW] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 11/03/23) – 29,584 (New)
- [NSW] Star Ocean: The Second Story R (Square Enix, 11/02/23) – 28,850 (New)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 15,933 (7,565,970)
- [PS5] Star Ocean: The Second Story R (Square Enix, 11/02/23) – 14,367 (New)
- [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 10,158 (940,696)
- [NSW] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 7,974 (71,388)
- [PS4] Star Ocean: The Second Story R (Square Enix, 11/02/23) – 7,360 (New)
- [PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 10/20/23) – 6,325 (96,182)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 11/03/23) – 5,994 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 5,969 (5,530,992)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,748 (3,301,740)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,434 (1,198,650)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,799 (5,316,592)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,593 (5,172,824)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,573 (1,326,568)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 3,354 (1,883,818)
- [NSW] Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 (Konami, 10/24/23) – 3,269 (22,599)
- [NSW] MODEL DEBUT 3 #nicola (FuRyu, 11/02/23) – 31,65 (New)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 2,760 (4,133,289)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,442 (3,486,081)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,363 (1,177,993)
- [NSW] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 2,163 (34,462)
- [NSW] Pikmin 1+2 (Nintendo, 09/22/23) – 2,148 (45,009)
- [NSW] Detective Pikachu Returns (The Pokemon Company, 10/06/23) – 2,112 (111,748)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe + Booster Course Pass (Nintendo, 10/05/23) – 2,108 (11,421)
- [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,066 (229,639)
- [NSW] My Time at Sandrock (DMM Games, 11/03/23) – 1,954 (New)
- [NSW] Fate/Samurai Remnant (Koei Tecmo, 09/28/23) – 1,730 (46,684)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 58,932 (5,996,897)
- Switch Lite – 23,627 (5,558,037)
- Switch – 10,693 (19,593,360)
- Xbox Series S – 2,405 (292,704)
- Xbox Series X – 2,332 (232,230)
- PlayStation 4 – 1,306 (7,904,699)
- PlayStation 5 – 1,090 (3,932,322)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 127 (590,064)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 24 (1,192,582)
Update 9:05 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.