Famitsu Sales: 3/6/23 – 3/12/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of March 6, 2023 to March 12, 2023.

Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 10,712 sales on Switch and 9,031 sales on PlayStation 4 for an opening week total of 19,743 retail copies sold.

Also new this week, the Switch version of Ib opened at 9,080 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the PlayStation 5 family sold 64,869 units, the Switch family sold 59,901 units, the Xbox Series family sold 2,887 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,602 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 32,132 (283,744)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 20,889 (4,929,287)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 15,861 (3,934,627)
4. [NSW] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Koei Tecmo, 03/09/23) – 10,712 (New)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,430 (5,194,090)
6. [NSW] Ib (PLAYISM, 03/09/23) – 9,080 (New)
7. [PS4] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Koei Tecmo, 03/09/23) – 9,031 (New)
8. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 9,017 (148,552)
9. [PS5] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Koei Tecmo, 03/03/23) – 8,411 (38,543)
10. [NSW] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 7,739 (75,819)
11. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,376 (3,068,020)
12. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,612 (1,025,159)
13. [PS4] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Koei Tecmo, 03/03/23) – 5,001 (22,700)
14. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,772 (5,141,087)
15. [NSW] Ray’z Arcade Chronology (TAITO, 03/09/23) – 4,749 (New)
16. [NSW] ARK: Survival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 02/24/23) – 4,108 (23,684)
17. [PS5] WILD HEARTS (Electronic Arts, 02/17/23) – 3,930 (42,986)
18. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,763 (1,191,882)
19. [PS4] Ray’z Arcade Chronology (TAITO, 03/09/23) – 3,645 (New)
20. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 3,397 (3,361,103)
21. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 3,219 (2,147,554)
22. [PS4] Like a Dragon: Ishin! (SEGA, 02/22/23) – 3,054 (44,769)
23. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 2,836 (7,441,791)
24. [NSW] Rune Factory 3 Special (Marvelous, 03/02/23) – 2,514 (19,141)
25. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,484 (1,096,894)
26. [PS5] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 2,421 (21,188)
27. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 2,339 (297,053)
28. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,283 (2,854,639)
29. [NSW] Metroid Prime Remastered (Nintendo, 03/03/23) – 2,276 (10,236)
30. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Ishin! (SEGA, 02/22/23) – 2,149 (37,649)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 51,510 (2,689,527)
2. Switch OLED Model – 37,373 (4,035,179)
3. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 13,359 (432,454)
4. Switch – 12,354 (19,221,323)
5. Switch Lite – 10,174 (5,243,115)
6. Xbox Series X – 2,729 (182,438)
7. PlayStation 4 – 1,602 (7,859,428)
8. Xbox Series S – 158 (250,599)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 97 (1,190,855)

Update 03/23/23 at 9:06 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.