Famitsu Sales: 2/26/24 – 3/3/24

gematsu.com:

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of February 26, 2024 to March 3, 2024.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for PlayStation 5 was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 262,656 retail copies sold.

In comparison, Final Fantasy XVI for PlayStation 5 opened at 336,027 copies sold back in June 2023. And the original Final Fantasy VII Remake opened at 702,853 copies sold in April 2020—although that was to an install base of 9.1 million PlayStation 4s, versus today’s 5.3 million PlayStation 5s.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 62,531 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 48,067 units, the Xbox Series family sold 2,351 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,722 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix, 02/29/24) – 262,656 (New)
2. [NSW] Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo, 02/16/24) – 14,480 (103,523)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 11,643 (1,767,792)
4. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 9,708 (998,957)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,251 (5,728,200)
6. [NSW] Shin chan: Shiro of Coal Town (Neos, 02/22/24) – 7,352 (28,945)
7. [NSW] Goblin Slayer Another Adventurer: Nightmare Feast (Bushiroad Games, 02/29/24) – 6,822 (New)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 5,613 (4,239,708)
9. [NSW] Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmeiin Iden (Idea Factory, 02/29/24) – 5,537 (New)
10. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,468 (3,458,115)

Rankings 11 to 30 will be announced on March 8.

1. [PS5] Bar Stella Abyss (Nippon Ichi Software, 02/29/24) – (New)
2. [NSW] Ufouria: The Saga 2 (SUNSOFT, 02/29/24) – (New)
3. [NSW] Of the Red, the Light, and the Ayakashi Tsuzuri (dramatic create, 02/29/24) – (New)
4. [NSW] Retro Game Challenge 1 + 2 Replay (Bandai Namco, 02/22/24) –
5. [NSW] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (Spike Chunsoft, 01/25/24) –
6. [NSW] Animal Crossing: