Famitsu Sales: 12/4/23 – 12/10/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of December 4, 2023 to December 10, 2023.

Super Mario Bros. Wonder for Switch was the highest selling game last week, moving an additional 82,470 retail copes. It was followed by Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! at 62,488 units, and Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince at 51,698 units.

New games like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and DoDonPachi Blissful Death Re:Incarnation launched last week, but did not chart in the top 10.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 92,776 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 44,166 units, the Xbox Series family sold 2,508 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 2,109 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 82,470 (1,232,981)
2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 62,488 (540,444)
3. [NSW] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 12/01/23) – 51,698 (398,281)
4. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 26,879 (1,005,562)
5. [NSW] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 11/17/23) – 17,082 (396,836)
6. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/07/23) – 14,085 (New)
7. [NSW] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 11/03/23) – 13,544 (87,823)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 12,861 (3,338,767)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,189 (5,568,741)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 11,398 (5,347,546)
11. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 9,977 (7,601,127)
12. [PS5] Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Ubisoft, 12/07/23) – 8,363 (New)
13. [NSW] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 8,323 (101,885)
14. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 8,183 (5,197,421)
15. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 11/03/23) – 7,540 (27,706)
16. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 7,276 (4,152,830)
17. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 5,904 (2,202,960)
18. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,852 (1,217,315)
19. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 5,276 (244,146)
20. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,846 (1,341,954)
21. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 4,806 (1,901,116)
22. [NSW] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 11/14/23) – 4,675 (67,474)
23. [NSW] DoDonPachi Blissful Death Re:Incarnation (M2, 12/07/23) – 4,480 (New)
24. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe + Booster Course Pass (Nintendo, 10/05/23) – 4,296 (25,180)
25. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 3,869 (502,190)
26. [NSW] Fashion Dreamer (Marvelous, 11/02/23) – 3,845 (54,257)
27. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 3,665 (1,190,321)
28. [PS4] DoDonPachi Blissful Death Re:Incarnation (M2, 12/07/23) – 3,648 (New)
29. [NSW] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco, 10/27/22) – 3,373 (142,920)
30. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 3,280 (1,072,298)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 62,236 (6,257,362)
2. PlayStation 5 – 34,637 (4,191,495)
3. Switch Lite – 17,391 (5,626,579)
4. Switch – 13,149 (19,639,206)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 9,529 (649,103)
6. Xbox Series X – 2,269 (243,191)
7. PlayStation 4 – 2,179 (7,911,787)
8. Xbox Series S – 239 (294,278)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 16 (1,192,691)

Update 9:07 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.