Famitsu Sales: 11/27/23 – 12/3/23 [Update]
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince opens at 346,583 retail sales.Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of November 27, 2023 to December 3, 2023.
Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince for Switch was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 346,583 retail copies sold.
On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 79,055 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 42,946 units, the Xbox Series family sold 2,190 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 853 units.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 12/01/23) – 346,583 (New)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 64,946 (477,956)
- [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 61,794 (1,150,511)
- [NSW] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 11/17/23) – 24,099 (379,754)
- [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 13,366 (978,783)
- [NSW] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 11/03/23) – 9,597 (74,279)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,464 (5,556,552)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,925 (3,325,906)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,224 (7,591,150)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,106 (5,336,148)
- [NSW] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 11/14/23) – 5,737 (62,799)
- [NSW] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 5,207 (93,562)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 5,120 (5,189,238)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,329 (4,145,554)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 11/03/23) – 3,990 (20,166)
- [NSW] Cupid Parasite: Sweet & Spicy Darling (Idea Factory, 11/30/23) – 3,955 (New)
- [PS4] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (SEGA, 11/09/23) – 3,765 (81,687)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,618 (1,211,463)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 3,603 (1,896,310)
- [NSW] Otogi Katsugeki Mameda no Bakeru: Oracle Saitarou no Sainan!! (Good-Feel, 11/30/23) – 3,484 (New)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 3,284 (2,197,056)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,107 (1,337,108)
- [NSW] Espgaluda II (Superdeluxe Games, 11/30/23) – 3,068 (New)
- [NSW] Fashion Dreamer (Marvelous, 11/02/23) – 3,037 (50,412)
- [PS5] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (SEGA, 11/09/23) – 3,031 (79,734)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 2,997 (20,884)
- [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,910 (238,870)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintend0, 06/05/20) – 2,693 (1,186,656)
- [PS5] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Activision, 11/10/23) – 2,387 (33,705)
- [PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 10/20/23) – 2,221 (107,617)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 57,012 (6,195,126)
- PlayStation 5 – 35,552 (4,156,858)
- Switch Lite – 13,048 (5,609,188)
- Switch – 8,995 (19,626,057)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 7,394 (639,574)
- Xbox Series X – 1,925 (240,922)
- PlayStation 4 – 853 (7,909,608)
- Xbox Series S – 265 (294,039)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 15 (1,192,675)
Update 12/08/23 at 3:25 a.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.