Famitsu Sales: 2/21/22 – 2/27/22 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of February 21, 2022 to February 27, 2022.

Elden Ring was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 188,490 copies on PlayStation 4 and 90,017 copies on PlayStation 5 for an opening week total of 278,507 retail copies sold.

Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream followed at 22,104 units on PlayStation 4 and 18,912 unit on Switch, totaling at 41,016 opening retail sales.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 70,232 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 17,032 units, the Xbox Series family sold 4,285 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 17 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. [PS4] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 188,490 (New)
2. [PS5] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 90,017 (New)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 60,754 (2,069,549)
4. [PS4] Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (Koei Tecmo Games, 02/24/22) – 22,104 (New)
5. [NSW] Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream (Koei Tecmo Games, 02/24/22) – 18,912 (New)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,055 (4,456,087)
7. [PS4] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 11,468 (59,944)
8. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 9,851 (886,009)
9. [NSW] Touken Ranbu Warriors (DMM Games, 02/17/22) – 9,731 (122,890)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 9,669 (4,783,316)
11. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,271 (2,532,726)
12. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 6,427 (7,196,312)
13. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,037 (3,087,070)
14. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 5,607 (2,515,409)
15. [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 5,350 (48,362)
16. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 5,243 (2,607,374)
17. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 4,791 (936,368)
18. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,363 (1,964,531)
19. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 4,028 (4,038,833)
20. [NSW] Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain (Nintendo, 12/03/21) – 3,973 (256,592)
21. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 3,398 (4,316,521)
22. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 2,930 (1,024,440)
23. [NSW] TAITO Milestones (Taito, 02/24/22) – 2,883 (New)
24. [NSW] CRYSTAR (FuRyu, 02/24/22) – 2,842 (New)
25. [NSW] Killer and Strawberry Plus (Broccoli, 02/24/22) – 2,815 (New)
26. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 2,201 (241,797)
27. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 2,201 (241,797)
28. [PS4] Life is Strange: True Colors (Square Enix, 02/24/22) – 2,176 (New)
29. [PS4] The King of Fighters XV (SIE, 02/17/22) – 2,101 (11,163)
30. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price (Capcom, 12/16/21) – 1,979 (28,114)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 32,670 (1,278,322)
2. Switch – 24,867 (18,040,917)
3. PlayStation 5 – 15,418 (1,188,101)
4. Switch Lite – 12,695 (4,593,377)
5. Xbox Series S – 3,687 (72,136)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 1,614 (215,009)
7. Xbox Series X – 598 (84,927)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 511 (1,182,805)
9. PlayStation 4 – 17 (7,819,342)

Update 9:25 p.m..: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.