Famitsu Sales: 8/22/22 – 8/28/22 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of August 22, 2022 to August 28, 2022.

Earth Defense Force 6 was the highest selling new release, moving 68,341 copies on PlayStation 4 and 24,363 copies on PlayStation 5 for an opening week total of 92,704 copies sold.

SD Gundam Battle Alliance followed at 38,634 copies sold on Switch, 17,950 copies on PlayStation 4, and 9,625 copies on PlayStation 5 for an opening week total of 66,209 retail sales.

Soul Hackers 2 opened at 31,604 copies sold on PlayStation 4 and 20,257 copies on PlayStation 5 for a total of 51,861 retail sales.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 113,530 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 25,109 units, the Xbox Series family sold 16,726 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 15 units. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles continue to face stock issues.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 6 (D3 Publisher, 08/26/22) – 68,341 (New)
2. [NSW] SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Bandai Namco, 08/25/22) – 38,634 (New)
3. [PS4] Soul Hackers 2 (ATLUS, 08/25/22) – 31,604 (New)
4. [PS5] Earth Defense Force 6 (D3 Publisher, 08/26/22) – 24,363 (New)
5. [PS5] Soul Hackers 2 (ATLUS, 08/25/22) – 20,257 (New)
6. [PS4] SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Bandai Namco, 08/25/22) – 17,950 (New)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,644 (4,802,581)
8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 10,576 (706,637)
9. [PS4] Saints Row (PLAION, 08/23/22) – 10,013 (New)
10. [PS5] SD Gundam Battle Alliance (Bandai Namco, 08/25/22) – 9,625 (New)
11. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,417 (2,768,153)
12. [PS5] Saints Row (PLAION, 08/23/22) – 7,622 (New)
13. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 6,803 (869,546)
14. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 5,383 (255,660)
15. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,772 (4,960,853)
16. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 4,414 (3,258,181)
17. [NSW] Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge (Happinet, 08/25/22) – 4,365 (New)
18. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,179 (1,027,240)
19. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 3,950 (2,707,911)
20. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,888 (7,317,633)
21. [NSW] Kirby’s Dream Buffet Download Card (Nintendo, 08/17/22) – 3,874 (11,092)
22. [NSW] LIVE A LIVE (Square Enix, 07/22/22) – 3,081 (114,467)
23. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nintendo, 07/29/22) – 3,019 (161,990)
24. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 2,700 (223,407)
25. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,552 (1,013,066)
26. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 2,359 (4,114,681)
27. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,299 (2,070,702)
28. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 1,904 (4,367,814)
29. [NSW] Idol Manager (PLAYISM, 08/25/22) – 1,872 (New)
30. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokemon Company, 01/28/22) – 1,844 (2,287,806)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 87,321 (2,311,142)
2. Switch – 17,558 (18,616,044)
3. PlayStation 5 – 21,628 (1,629,033)
4. Xbox Series X – 10,044 (154,575)
5. Switch Lite – 8,651 (4,870,733)
6. Xbox Series S – 6,682 (163,699)
7. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,481 (262,312)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 130 (1,188,550)
9. PlayStation 4 – 15 (7,819,839)

Update 10:06 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.