Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of July 13, 2020 to July 19, 2020.
Ghost of Tsushima for PlayStation 4 was the highest selling new release of the week, moving a total of 212,915 retail units in its first three days, beating Death Stranding‘s 185,909 initial sales and marking the highest first week sales for a first-party PlayStation 4 title in Japan.
Paper Mario: The Origami King for Switch followed at 109,092 retail sales. To compare, Paper Mario: Color Splash for Wii U opened at 20,894 sales in October 2016, and Paper Mario: Sticker Star for 3DS opened at 129,054 sales in December 2012.
On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 113,197 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 4,523 units, and the 3DS family sold 903 units.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima (SIE, 07/17/20) – 212,915 (New)
- [NSW] Paper Mario: The Origami King (Nintendo, 07/17/20) – 109,092 (New)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 71,897 (5,186,283)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 36,183 (1,173,243)
- [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 (Konami, 07/09/20) – 29,719 (124,595)
- [PS4] eBaseball Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2020 (Konami, 07/09/20) – 26,951 (118,498)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 20,586 (235,891)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,031 (3,035,989)
- [NSW] Together! The Battle Cats Game & Pouch Set (Ponos, 07/16/20) – 9,725 (New)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 7,834 (3,662,804)
- [PS4] Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris (Bandai Namco, 07/09/20) – 7,831 (81,162)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 7,104 (3,493,303)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 6,253 (3,758,033)
- [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,659 (1,444,331)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 5,190 (1,491,649)
- [NSW] Dr. Kawashima’s Brain Training for Nintendo Switch (Nintendo, 12/27/19) – 3,114 (262,224)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 3,053 (1,612,840)
- [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (01/11/19) – 2,794 (865,217)
- [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 2,578 (938,858)
- [PS4] Remnant: From the Ashes (DMM Games, 06/25/20) – 2,520 (26,670)
- [NSW] Indivisible (Spike Chunsoft, 07/16/20) – 2,479 (New)
- [PS4] The Last of Us Part II (SIE, 06/19/20) – 2,427 (220,618)
- [PS4] Indivisible (Spike Chunsoft, 07/16/20) – 2,132 (New)
- [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 2,072 (664,768)
- [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) – 2,071 (454,480)
- [PS4] The Last of Us Remastered (PlayStation Hits) (SIE, 07/26/18) – 1,955 (109,023)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition (Square Enix, 09/27/19) – 1,708 (535,885)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,675 (2,110,990)
- [NSW] Code: Realize ~Wintertide Miracles~ (Idea Factory, 07/16/20) – 1,620 (New)
- [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 1,619 (11,375)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch – 95,764 (11,904,115)
- Switch Lite – 17,433 (2,408,524)
- PlayStation 4 – 3,053 (7,628,803)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 1,470 (1,567,758)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 827 (1,723,704)
- New 3DS LL – 76 (5,888,143)
- Xbox One X – 19 (20,628)
- Xbox One S – 12 (21,411)
Update 11:50 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.