Famitsu Sales: 8/21/23 – 8/27/23

gematsu.com:

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of August 21, 2023 to August 27, 2023.

Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon was the highest selling new release and overall game of the week, moving 115,393 units on PlayStation 5 and 47,949 on PlayStation 4 for an opening week total of 163,342 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 71,702 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 42,730 units, the Xbox Series family sold 3,440 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 672 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS5] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08/25/23) – 115,393 (New)
2. [PS4] Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (FromSoftware, 08/25/23) – 47,949 (New)
3. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 31,312 (752,593)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,200 (5,453,841)
5. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 7,656 (1,840,742)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,486 (3,243,441)
7. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 5,797 (3,447,789)
8. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 5,450 (5,106,417)
9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,037 (5,270,870)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 4,768 (4,097,939)

Rankings 11 to 30 will be announced on September 1.

1. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) –
2. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) –
3. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) –
4. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) –
5. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) –
6. [NSW] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Shining Pearl (Pokemon,