Famitsu Sales: 1/16/23 – 1/22/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of January 16, 2023 to January 22, 2022.

Fire Emblem Engage for Switch was the highest selling title of the week, opening at 144,558 retail copies sold. For comparison, Fire Emblem: Three House opened at 143,130 copies sold when it launched back in July 2019.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 51,587 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 42,152 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 2,544 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 945 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo, 01/20/23) – 144,558 (New)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 43,983 (4,739,035)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 16,091 (3,833,699)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,857 (5,115,176)
5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 9,220 (978,511)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,146 (3,016,620)
7. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 6,009 (1,157,864)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 5,942 (2,830,215)
9. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 5,468 (267,222)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,327 (5,105,655)
11. [PS4] One Piece Odyssey (Bandai Namco, 01/12/23) – 5,237 (40,360)
12. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures (Square Enix, 12/09/22) – 4,729 (259,293)
13. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,615 (7,419,753)
14. [PS5] One Piece Odyssey (Bandai Namco, 01/12/23) – 3,565 (30,444)
15. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 3,167 (1,076,207)
16. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 3,134 (144,646)
17. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 3,020 (3,338,502)
18. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 2,380 (990,075)
19. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,234 (2,126,814)
20. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,999 (32,250)
21. [NSW] Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion (Square Enix, 12/13/22) – 1,855 (81,107)
22. [NSW] Fitness Boxing Fist of the North Star (Imagineer, 12/22/22) – 1,750 (32,480)
23. [PS5] Horizon Forbidden West (SIE, 02/18/22) – 1,652 (142,328)
24. [NSW] NieR: Automata The End of YoRHa Edition (Square Enix, 10/06/22) – 1,644 (64,820)
25. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 1,622 (300,877)
26. [NSW] Human Fall Flat (Teyon Japan, 06/25/20) – 1,610 (322,670)
27. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 1,575 (1,120,859)
28. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 1,551 (1,231,433)
29. [NSW] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco, 10/27/22) – 1,509 (98,384)
30. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 1,460 (88,015)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 38,602 (2,213,311)
2. Switch OLED Model – 28,626 (3,787,574)
3. Switch – 12,820 (19,138,059)
4. Switch Lite – 10,141 (5,175,409)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,550 (335,499)
6. PlayStation 4 – 2,544 (7,849,815)
7. Xbox Series S – 740 (229,048)
8. Xbox Series X – 205 (173,083)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 83 (1,190,306)

Update 9:05 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.