Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of March 13, 2023 to March 19, 2023.
Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon for Switch was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 6,474 retail copies sold.
On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 49,585 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 40,411 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,115 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 555 units.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
[NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 25,201 (308,945)[NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 15,306 (4,944,593)[NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 12,100 (3,946,727)[NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,245 (5,203,335)[NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) -6,672 (3,074,692)[NSW] Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (Nintendo, 03/17/23) – 6,474 (New)[PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 5,622 (154,174)[NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,507 (1,030,666)[NSW] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 4,707 (80,526)[NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,289 (5,145,376)Rankings 11 to 30 will be announced on March 24.
[NSW] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Koei Tecmo, 03/09/23) –[NSW] Ib (PLAYISM, 03/09/23) –[PS4] Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse (Koei Tecmo, 03/09/23) –[PS5] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Koei Tecmo, 03/03/23) –[PS4] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty (Koei Tecmo, 03/03/23) –[NSW] Rune Factory 3 Special (Marvelous, 03/02/23) –[NSW] Metroid Prime Remastered (Nintendo, 03/03/23) –[NSW] ARK: SUrvival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, Read more on gematsu.com