Famitsu Sales: 9/11/23 – 9/17/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of September 11, 2023 to September 17, 2023.

Pikmin 4 for Switch remained the highest selling game of the week, moving an additional 23,489 retail copies.

Super Bomberman R 2 for Switch was the highest selling new release last week, opening at 11,588 retail copies sold. The PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions did not chart in the top 10.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 71,578 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 38,611 units, the Xbox Series family sold 1,670 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 383 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 23,489 (841,335)
2. [NSW] Super Bomberman R 2 (Konami, 09/14/23) – 11,588 (New)
3. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 9,319 (5,128,233)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,844 (5,484,620)
5. [NSW] Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster (Bandai Namco, 09/14/23) – 7,975 (New)
6. [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Deluxe Edition (Bandai Namco, 09/14/23) – 6,041 (New)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,981 (3,263,470)
8. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 4,899 (1,859,685)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,581 (5,285,999)
10. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 4,277 (3,462,838)
11. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 3,878 (4,110,477)
12. [PS5] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08/25/23) – 3,719 (145,224)
13. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,509 (1,174,693)
14. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,500 (1,301,385)
15. [PS4] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08/25/23) – 3,318 (67,520)
16. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,067 (7,532,021)
17. [PS5] The Crew: Motorfest (Ubisoft, 09/14/23) – 2,506 (New)
18. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,303 (1,162,896)
19. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,271 (216,537)
20. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 1,759 (2,921,001)
21. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,736 (920,683)
22. [PS4] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Deluxe Edition (Bandai Namco, 09/14/23) – 1,515 (New)
23. [NSW] Wand of Fortune R2 FD ~Kimi ni Sasageru Epilogue~ for Nintendo Switch (Idea Factory, 09/14/23) – 1,491 (New)
24. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,490 (90,626)
25. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 1,410 (298,389)
26. [NSW] NBA 2K24 (2K, 09/08/23) – 1,379 (4,056)
27. [NSW] The Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Promises Made with Her (MAGES., 09/07/23) – 1,303 (12,023)
28. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 1,299 (482,814)
29. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 1,273 (2,174,933)
30. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 1,261 (1,185,121)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 52,998 (5,601,803)
2. PlayStation 5 – 35,865 (3,785,913)
3. Switch Lite – 9,077 (5,497,333)
4. Switch – 9,503 (19,543,666)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,746 (576,341)
6. Xbox Series S – 1,010 (277,697)
7. Xbox Series X – 660 (220,784)
8. PlayStation 4 – 383 (7,896,751)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 21 (1,192,302)

Update 10:07 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.