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Famitsu Sales: Week 36, 2023 (Aug 28 - Sep 03)​

Software​

1st Switch Pikmin 4
34,240 (total 786,833) +9% / Nintendo / July 21, 2023

2nd PS5 ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON
18,801 (total 134,194) -84% / From Software / August 25, 2023

3rd Switch Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
11,488 (total 5,465,329) +13% / Nintendo / April 28, 2017

4th PS4 ARMORED CORE VI FIRES OF RUBICON
10,903 (total 58852) -77% / FROM SOFTWARE / August 25, 2023

5th Switch The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
7,206 (total of 1,847,948) -6% / Nintendo / May 12, 2023

6th Switch Minecraft
7,202 (total 3,250,643) -4% / Microsoft Japan / June 21, 2018

7th Switch Pokemon Scarlet and Violet
5,563 (total 5,111,980) +2% / Pokemon / November 18, 2022

8th Switch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
5,471 (total 5,276,341) +9% / Nintendo / December 7, 2018

9th Switch Mario Party Superstars
4,393 (total 1,293,703) +19% / Nintendo / October 29, 2021

10th Switch Splatoon 3
4,387 (total 4,102,326) -8% / Nintendo / September 9, 2022

Hardware​

• Switch: 9,740 (total 19,524,091)
• Switch Lite: 10,177 (total 5,477,960)
• Switch OLED: 63,305 (total 5,489,116)
• PS5: 48,588 (total 3,709,944)
• PS5 Digital Edition: 3,505 (total 570,076)
• Xbox Series X: 2,895 (total 218,186)
• Xbox Series S: 3,790 (total 274,250)
• PS4: 975 (total 7,895,540)
• New Nintendo 2DS LL: 37 (total 1,192,246)

 

[Luminoth-4545]

 

[Walter Matthau]

Impressive legs for Pikmin

 

[Woopah]

Hardware sales in Japan continue to be crazy. I think we're in for a much stronger Q4 than many of us predicted at the beginning of the year.

 

[Hardensoul]

Switch still 80k damn!

Armored Core, that’s huge drop! Is that normal?

 

[Woopah]

Switch still 80k damn!

Armored Core, that’s huge drop! Is that normal?

Yeah an 80% drop is pretty typical for that genre.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

NSW and PS5 HW is trending up! Love to see that! Also Pikmin 4 is leggy af.

Looking forward to next week sales number since I want to see how anonymous;code will fare on Switch and PS4 (snagged a copy myself earlier today).

 

[Fake]

Good job from Pikmin team. Armored Core VI keep the good legs here my friend.

 

[LakeOf9]

So basically if you're not Nintendo you shouldn't even bother with the Japanese market?

No wonder all other companies started to chase western audiences

 

[Woopah]

So basically if you're not Nintendo you shouldn't even bother with the Japanese market?

No wonder all other companies started to chase western audiences

It depends on what you're making and what your expectations are.

In 90% of cases, there's no point making a game for a single country (even a large one like Japan). But if you pick the right platforms, Japan can give a big boost to your sales (particularly if you are a Final Fantasy, Monster Hunter or Dragon Quest).

 

[Fake]

So basically if you're not Nintendo you shouldn't even bother with the Japanese market?

If you don't respect Japan traditions, don't even bother trying to capture their attention.

 

[Sojiro]

Pikmin! I am so damn glad it is doing well. Even with the big drop this week AC still is doing pretty well right? That game deserves every sale it gets as well, and I hope it stick around on the top 10 for a little bit at least.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Armored Core, that’s huge drop! Is that normal?

That's what happens when you don't include waifus in your game.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

Top 30 Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 34,240 (786,833)
2. [PS5] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08/25/23) – 18,801 (134,194)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,488 (5,465,329)
4. [PS4] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08/25/23) – 10,903 (58,852)
5. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 7,206 (1,847,948)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,202 (3,250,643)
7. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 5,563 (5,111,980)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,471 (5,276,341)
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 4,393 (1,293,703)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,387 (4,102,326)
11. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,997 (1,167,088)
12. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 3,867 (7,525,568)
13. [NSW] Radiant Tale: Fanfare! (Idea Factory, 08/31/23) – 3,804 (New)
14. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 3,305 (211,419)
15. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 3,114 (3,450,903)
16. [NSW] The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero (Nippon Ichi Software, 08/31/23) – 3,014 (New)
17. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,648 (1,158,040)
18. [NSW] The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Azure (Nippon Ichi Software, 08/31/23) – 2,588 (New)
19. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 2,428 (2,916,592)
20. [NSW] Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation (Spike Chunsoft, 07/28/23) – 2,190 (44,682)
21. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 2,169 (479,529)
22. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 1,991 (295,505)
23. [NSW] TAITO Milestones 2 (TAITO, 08/31/23) – 1,958 (New)
24. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 1,683 (2,172,331)
25. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 1,598 (1,182,396)
26. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Pokemon Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 11/19/21) – 1,592 (2,661,184)
27. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 1,438 (1,288,258)
28. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,419 (87,803)
29. [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 1,417 (917,482)
30. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 1,365 (2,240,313)

 

[RoboFu]

Wow i really didn’t expect pikmin4 to go back to #1.

Switch keeps selling .. like a lot.

 

[Kerotan]

CELEBRATION TIME COME ON!

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A PLAYSTATION TONIGHT!

Xbox putting up crazy number's but there's no competing with the king of traditional dedicated home consoles. 52k... WOW!

 

[Hardensoul]

Wow i really didn’t expect pikmin4 to go back to #1.

Switch keeps selling .. like a lot.

Edit: didn’t meant to quite you!

No other PS game in top 30. Armored core like many new release may only be in that list about only 2-3 weeks. No legs.

 

[Woopah]

Edit: didn’t meant to quite you!

No other PS game in top 30. Armored core like many new release may only be in that list about only 2-3 weeks. No legs.

There's a fair number of multiplats coming in September that should keep PS represented, and then Spiderman in October. Could see a Switch top 30 in Nov-Jan though.