Famitsu Sales: 5/15/23 – 5/21/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of May 15, 2023 to May 21, 2023.

Following its debut last week, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Switch remained the highest selling title this week, moving an additional 247,689 retail copies.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 86,645 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 37,155 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 880 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 262 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 247,689 (1,367,191)
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,264 (5,301,742)
3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,520 (2,189,691)
4. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 5,573 (5,034,295)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,507 (3,141,460)
6. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 5,360 (432,149)
7. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,709 (5,195,387)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,658 (4,019,351)
9. [NSW] Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Capcom, 04/14/23) – 4,515 (69,327)
10. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,422 (1,081,447)
11. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,378 (1,233,760)
12. [PS4] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 05/05/23) – 2,929 (41,231)
13. [NSW] Wand of Fortune R for Nintendo Switch (Idea Factory, 05/18/23) – 2,518 (New)
14. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 2,438 (7,469,324)
15. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,234 (3,389,711)
16. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 2,211 (1,151,151)
17. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 2,130 (1,259,647)
18. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 1,935 (1,121,191)
19. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,664 (1,028,864)
20. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 1,628 (2,877,536)
21. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 1,313 (177,377)
22. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,291 (2,407,098)
23. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 1,276 (1,292,651)
24. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,241 (63,680)
25. [NSW] Minecraft Legends (Bandai Namco, 04/18/23) – 1,181 (24,703)
26. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 1,143 (326,845)
27. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,096 (898,943)
28. [NSW] ARK: Survival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 02/24/23) – 1,041 (48,493)
29. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 1,037 (2,151,077)
30. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 1,027 (133,458)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 69,341 (4,574,041)
2. PlayStation 5 – 32,553 (3,053,149)
3. Switch – 11,446 (19,321,976)
4. Switch Lite – 5,858 (5,303,712)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 4,602 (496,421)
6. PlayStation 4 – 880 (7,870,704)
7. Xbox Series X – 146 (185,922)
8. Xbox Series S – 116 (252,436)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 25 (1,191,629)

Update 10:05 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.