Famitsu Sales: 10/2/23 – 10/8/23

Famitsu has released its estimated physical sales data for gaming software and hardware for Japan for the week of October 2, 2023 to October 8, 2023.

Detective Pikachu returns for Switch was the best-selling new game release last week, with 85,639 copies sold at retail. It was followed by Takara Tomy’s. The game of life for Nintendo Switchwhich sold 30,267 units.

Also new last week, Assassin’s Creed Mirage sold 20,407 units on PlayStation 5 and 8,029 units on PlayStation 4 for an opening week total of 28,436 copies sold. AND Sword Art Online: Last Memory sold 11,740 units on PlayStation 5 and 8,554 units on PlayStation 4 for an opening week total of 20,294 copies sold.

In terms of hardware, the Switch family sold 110,241 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 33,754 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 1,020 units, and the Xbox Series family sold 995 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Detective Pikachu returns (The Pokémon Company, 10/06/23) – 85,639 (New)
2. [NSW] The game of life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 10/06/23) – 30,267 (New)
3. [PS5] Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Ubisoft, 10/05/23) – 20,407 (New)
4. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 15,748 (898,284)
5. [PS5] Sword Art Online: Last Memory (Bandai Namco, 10/05/23) – 11,740 (New)
6. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Last Memory (Bandai Namco, 10/05/23) – 8,554 (New)
7. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Mirage (Ubisoft, 10/05/23) – 8,029 (New)
8. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,491 (5,508,702)
9. [NSW] Pokémon Scarlet / Pokémon Violet (The Pokémon Company, 11/18/22) – 6,571 (5,151,441)
10. [NSW] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 6,004 (22,489)

Rankings 11 to 30 will be published on October 13.

1. [NSW] Fate/Samurai Remnant (Koei Tecmo, 09/28/23) –
2. [NSW] Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest Dai’s Adventure (Square Enix, 09/28/23) –
3. [PS5] Fate/Samurai Remnant (Koei Tecmo, 09/28/23) –
4. [PS5] Ys X: Nordic (Nihon Falcom, 09/28/23) –
5. [PS5] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) –
6. [NSW] Ys X: Nordic (Nihon Falcom, 09/28/23) –
7. [PS4] Fate/Samurai Remnant (Koei Tecmo, 09/28/23) –
8. [PS4] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) –
9. [NSW] silent hope (Wonderful, 09/28/23) –
10. [PS4] Ys X: Nordic (Nihon Falcom, 09/28/23) –
11. [PS5] Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest Dai’s Adventure (Square Enix, 09/28/23) –
12. [NSW] Pikmin 1+2 (Nintendo, 09/22/23) –
13. [NSW] Resurrection DoDonPachi (Superluxury Games, 09/28/23) –
14. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) –
15. [PS4] Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest Dai’s Adventure (Square Enix, 09/28/23) –
16. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) –
17. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) –
18. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) –
19. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) –
20. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) –
21. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) –
22. [NSW] Ring-shaped adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) –
23. [NSW] Luigi’s mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) –
24. [NSW] Super Bomberman R 2 (Konami, 09/14/23) –
25. [PS5] Remnant II (THQ Nordic, 09/28/23) –
26. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 World Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) –

hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Change OLED model: 100,019 (5,798,181)
2. Playstation 5: 31,995 (3,901,786)
3. Change – 5,137 (19,566,247)
4. Switch Lite: 5,085 (5,517,733)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition: 1,759 (586,897)
6. Playstation 4: 1,020 (7,898,896)
7. Xbox Series X – 571 (223,801)
8. Xbox Series S – 424 (289,261)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS): 21 (1,192,423)