Famitsu Sales: 5/8/23 – 5/14/23 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of May 8, 2023 to May 14, 2023.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for Switch was the highest selling new release, opening at 1,119,502 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 83,052 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 41,444 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 787 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 275 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) – 1,119,502 (New)
2. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,794 (5,293,478)
3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,335 (2,182,171)
4. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 6,819 (426,789)
5. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 6,420 (5,028,722)
6. [PS4] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 05/05/23) – 6,384 (38,302)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,704 (3,135,953)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,061 (5,190,681)
9. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,856 (4,014,693)
10. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,746 (1,230,382)
11. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,667 (1,078,025)
12. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 2,680 (3,387,477)
13. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 2,488 (1,257,517)
14. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 2,402 (1,148,940)
15. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 2,352 (7,466,886)
16. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 1,970 (1,119,256)
17. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 1,851 (2,875,908)
18. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,846 (1,027,200)
19. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,581 (62,439)
20. [NSW] Dragon Quest Treasures (Square Enix, 12/09/22) – 1,519 (New)
21. [NSW] Minecraft Legends (Bandai Namco, 04/18/23) – 1,516 (23,522)
22. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 1,431 (2,405,807)
23. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise + Sunbreak Set (Capcom, 06/30/22) – 1,364 (325,702)
24. [PS5] Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (Electronic Arts, 04/28/23) – 1,338 (18,080)
25. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 1,312 (176,064)
26. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 (Capcom, 03/24/23) – 1,287 (132,431)
27. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) – 1,283 (1,291,375)
28. [NSW] ARK: Survival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 02/24/23) – 1,232 (47,452)
29. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 1,068 (172,820)
30. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,010 (897,847)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 65,628 (4,504,700)
2. PlayStation 5 – 35,899 (3,020,596)
3. Switch – 11,395 (19,310,530)
4. Switch Lite – 6,029 (5,297,854)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,545 (491,819)
6. PlayStation 4 – 787 (7,869,824)
7. Xbox Series X – 167 (185,776)
8. Xbox Series S – 108 (252,320)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 51 (1,191,604)

Update 05/19/23 at 12:05 a.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.