Famitsu Sales: 5/9/22 – 5/15/22 [Update]
Nintendo Switch Sports stays on top.Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of May 9, 2022 to May 15, 2022.
The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 6,409 retail copies sold on Switch. The PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions did not chart in the top 10.
On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 65,322 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 2,693 units, the Xbox Series family sold 6,225 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 22 units. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles continue to face stock issues.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 47,525 (352,113)
- [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 14,903 (710,714)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,127 (4,632,554)
- [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 10,372 (164,305)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 6,839 (3,151,727)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 6,553 (2,641,949)
- [NSW] The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (Square Enix, 06/12/22) – 6,409 (New)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,849 (4,879,799)
- [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,360 (964,133)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,245 (2,025,606)
- [PS4] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 4,161 (85,144)
- [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,529 (7,252,259)
- [PS5] The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (Square Enix, 06/12/22) – 3,503 (New)
- [PS4] The Centennial Case: A Shijima Story (Square Enix, 06/12/22) – 3,476 (New)
- [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 3,383 (2,247,140)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 3,169 (4,078,151)
- [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,567 (2,656,587)
- [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 2,552 (2,546,279)
- [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,453 (976,320)
- [PS4] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 1,751 (341,140)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise Best Price (Capcom, 12/16/21) – 1,712 (55,661)
- [NSW] Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town (Marvelous, 02/25/21) – 1,543 (337,204)
- [NSW] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life 2 Enchanted Edition (Bandai Namco, 12/02/21) – 1,330 (71,338)
- [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 1,266 (4,340,893)
- [NSW] 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (ATLUS, 04/14/22) – 1,250 (40,486)
- [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 1,237 (1,048,232)
- [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (The Pokemon Company, 04/30/21) – 1,204 (343,006)
- [PS4] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 1,182 (114,989)
- [NSW] Touken Ranbu Warriors (DMM Games, 02/17/22) – 1,110 (137,890)
- [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 12/03/20) – 1,101 (200,218)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch OLED Model – 35,868 (1,757,019)
- Switch – 20,443 (18,288,818)
- Switch Lite – 9,011 (4,719,293)
- Xbox Series S – 6,120 (105,408)
- PlayStation 5 – 2,240 (1,385,128)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 453 (235,710)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 235 (1,185,959)
- Xbox Series X – 105 (99,469)
- PlayStation 4 – 22 (7,819,548)
Update 10:05 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.