Introduction

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of July 24, 2023 to July 30, 2023.

Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation for Switch was the highest selling new release of the week, opening at 18,267 retail sales.

CRYMACHINA was the second highest selling new release, opening at 7,417 sales on Switch and 5,228 sales on PlayStation 5 for an opening week total of 12,645 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 78,326 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 53,211 units, the Xbox Series family sold 1,846 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 784 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 115,697 (517,550)
2. [NSW] Natsu-Mon! 20th Century Summer Vacation (Spike Chunsoft, 07/28/23) – 18,267 (New)
3. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 14,749 (1,789,784)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,440 (5,396,462)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,597 (3,207,597)
6. [NSW] CRYMACHINA (FuRyu, 07/27/23) – 7,417 (New)
7. [NSW] Disney Illusion Island (Disney Games, 07/28/23) – 7,172 (New)
8. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,782 (1,137,427)
9. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 5,609 (4,071,959)
10. [PS5] CRYMACHINA (FuRyu, 07/27/23) – 5,228 (New)
11. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,157 (5,244,657)
12. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 4,631 (3,428,016)
13. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 4,414 (5,081,044)
14. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 4,127 (7,502,049)
15. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 3,822 (1,268,802)
16. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI (Square Enix, 06/22/23) – 3,513 (404,889)
17. [NSW] Hayarigami 1-2-3 Pack (Nippon Ichi Software, 07/27/23) – 3,182 (New)
18. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 3,071 (2,898,896)
19. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 2,659 (465,176)
20. [PS4] CRYMACHINA (FuRyu, 07/27/23) – 2,611 (New)
21. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 2,463 (1,142,233)
22. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 2,418 (1,171,028)
23. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 09/22/22) – 2,294 (194,472)
24. [NSW] eBASEBALL Powerful Pro Baseball 2022 (Konami, 04/21/22) – 2,264 (282,167)
25. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,169 (2,230,518)
26. [NSW] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening (Koei Tecmo, 07/20/23) – 2,133 (12,766)
27. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,915 (1,045,315)
28. [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 1,840 (1,278,762)
29. [PS4] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening (Koei Tecmo, 07/20/23) – 1,759 (12,192)
30. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 1,731 (78,148)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 56,212 (5,167,763)
2. PlayStation 5 – 46,774 (3,495,327)
3. Switch – 14,543 (19,472,311)
4. Switch Lite – 7,571 (5,433,435)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 6,437 (551,239)
6. Xbox Series X – 1,653 (206,554)
7. PlayStation 4 – 784 (7,890,950)
8. Xbox Series S – 193 (268,862)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 18 (1,191,968)

Update 10:05 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to