Famitsu Sales: 9/18/23 – 9/24/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of September 18, 2023 to September 24, 2023.

The retail release of Pikmin 1+2 for Switch was the highest selling new title of the week, opening at 23,941 copies sold. Lies of P for PlayStation 5 followed as the second highest selling new release with opening sales of 9,493 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 72,590 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 46,729 units, the Xbox Series family sold 9,058 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 702 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pikmin 1+2 (Nintendo, 09/22/23) – 23,941 (New)
2. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 22,894 (864,229)
3. [PS5] Lies of P (Neowiz, 09/19/23) – 9,493 (New)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,066 (5,493,686)
5. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 9,035 (5,137,268)
6. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 7,198 (3,470,036)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,996 (3,269,466)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,637 (5,290,636)
9. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 4,449 (1,864,134)
10. [NSW] Super Bomberman R 2 (Konami, 09/14/23) – 4,433 (16,021)
11. [PS5] PAYDAY 3 (PLAION, 09/22/23) – 4,433 (New)
12. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 4,114 (1,178,807)
13. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,025 (4,114,502)
14. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,750 (1,305,135)
15. [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 Deluxe Edition (Bandai Namco, 09/14/23) – 3,357 (9,398)
16. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,157 (7,535,178)
17. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,327 (1,165,223)
18. [PS4] Lies of P (Neowiz, 09/19/23) – 2,223 (New)
19. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 2,049 (922,732)
20. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,002 (218,539)
21. [PS5] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08/25/23) – 1,930 (147,154)
22. [PS4] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08/25/23) – 1,863 (69,383)
23. [NSW] Baten Kaitos I & II HD Remaster (Bandai Namco, 09/14/23) – 1,674 (9,649)
24. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 1,665 (484,479)
25. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 1,621 (2,176,554)
26. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 1,468 (299,857)
27. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 1,357 (1,186,478)
28. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,314 (1,057,600)
29. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,311 (2,429,723)
30. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,305 (91,931)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 54,089 (5,655,892)
2. PlayStation 5 – 43,482 (3,829,395)
3. Switch Lite – 8,432 (5,505,765)
4. Switch – 10,069 (19,553,735)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,247 (579,588)
6. Xbox Series S – 7,655 (285,352)
7. Xbox Series X – 1,403 (222,187)
8. PlayStation 4 – 702 (7,897,453)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 73 (1,192,375)

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