Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of March 30, 2020 to April 5, 2020.
The Resident Evil 3 remake was the top selling new release of the week, opening at 189,490 total retail sales across its standard and Z-rated versions.
To compare, the Resident Evil 2 remake opened at 252,848 sales on PlayStation 4 back in January 2019.
Despite the release of Resident Evil 3 remake, Animal Crossing: New Horizons remained the top selling title of the week, moving another massive 423,367 retail copies.
On the hardware side, the Switch family sold another impressive 154,640 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 19,535 units, and the 3DS family sold 1,230 units.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 423,367 (3,031,784)
- [PS4] Resident Evil 3 (Z Version Included) (Capcom, 04/03/20) – 189,490 (New)
- [PS4] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco, 03/26/20) – 18,333 (94,331)
- [NSW] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 (Bandai Namco, 03/26/20) – 17,340 (79,911)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 14,171 (2,855,101)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 12,257 (3,635,531)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 11,017 (3,553,541)
- [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 9,045 (1,340,884)
- [NSW] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX (Nintendo, 03/06/20) – 8,556 (226,950)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 8,496 (753,623)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 8,356 (1,390,143)
- [NSW] Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan Encore (Bandai Namco, 04/02/20) – 7,585 (New)
- [PS4] Nioh 2 (Koei Tecmo, 03/12/20) – 7,365 (136,667)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 6,552 (3,362,961)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,056 (1,555,783)
- [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (01/11/19) – 5,027 (811,515)
- [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 4,272 (887,691)
- [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 4,249 (190,296)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 3,688 (488,576)
- [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 3,583 (417,499)
- [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 3,317 (626,797)
- [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Sega, 11/01/19) – 2,864 (295,764)
- [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,528 (462,914)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 09/27/19) – 2,302 (505,182)
- [PS4] Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Master Edition (Capcom, 09/06/19) – 2,277 (447,587)
- [NSW] My Hero One’s Justice 2 (Bandai Namco, 03/12/20) – 2,086 (26,915)
- [NSW] Fitness Boxing (Imagineer, 12/20/18) – 2,037 (87,444)
- [PS4] Sniper: Ghost Warrior Contracts (H2 Interactive, 03/26/20) – 1,949 (6,557)
- [NSW] Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town (Marvelous, 10/17/19) – 1,890 (146,363)
- [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Pokemon: Let’s Go, Eevee! (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 1,831 (1,716,116)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch Lite – 100,084 (2,109,557)
- Switch – 54,556 (11,128,866)
- PlayStation 4 – 13,419 (7,468,308)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,116 (1,489,556)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 1,172 (1,705,377)
- New 3DS LL – 58 (5,886,893)
- Xbox One S – 28 (93,100)
- Xbox One X – 23 (19,599)
Update 10:05 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.