Famitsu has released its videogame sales chart for the week from 11 to 17 March 2024.
The top seller game is still Unicorn Overlord (SWI) with 16,012 units sold despite being heavily supply constrained, the second place was still held by Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5) with 11,497 units sold and the podium is closed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (SWI) with 9,031 units sold.
The only new entry of the week is Macross Shooting Insight which sold more than 10,000 units combined, a great result considering is a niche genre as shoot’em up (but obviously being game based on such a popular saga as Macross helped a lot): the game from Bushiroad sold 6,961 units on Switch at #7 (and it’s hard to remember the last time a shmup game debuted in the top 10), on PlayStation 5 sold 3,798 units while on PlayStation 4 sold 1,875 units.
The weak sales helped two titles to re-entered the chart: The Game of Life (SWI) with 1,762 units and Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (SWI) with 1,539 units.
It was a very slow week, the top 10 titles sold only 83,894 units and saled dropped by 50% compared to the previous week (169,022 units) when Unicorn Overlord was released, becoming not only the week with the lowest sales since the beginning of 2024 but also the lowest since the beginning of October 2023.
This trend also affected the hardware sales, Switch OLED is still the top seller system with 30,753 units but it’s a huge decrease from the previous week (50,240) and the same was for PlayStation 5 which sold 22,665 units (34,799 last week).
The third place is held by Switch Lite with 7,337 units sold, followed by Switch with 4,793 which overpassed PlayStation 5 Digital (3,851 units); both Xbox Series systems dropped to 3 digit units, Xbox Series X sold 817 units while Xbox Series S sold 679 units and the chart is closed by PlayStation 4 with 588 units.
Software sales from from 11 to 17 March 2024
(Physical units only, new entries in bold, games returned into the chart in italic):
01.[SWI] Unicorn Overlord (Atlus, 08/03/2024) – 16,012 (56,003)
02.[PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix, 29/02/2024) – 11,497 (298,635)
03.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/2017) – 9,031 (5,748,900)
04.[SWI] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 20/10/2023) – 8,257 (1,787,466)
05.[SWI] Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo, 16/02/2024) – 7,680 (124,441)
06.[SWI] Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku: Isshoni Exercise (Imagineer, 07/03/2024) – 7,011 (21,139)
07.[NSW] Macross Shooting Insight (Bushiroad Games, 14/03/2024) – 6,961 (NEW)
08.[SWI] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 16/11/2023) – 5,947 (1,011,957)
09.[SWI] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/2018) – 5,872 (3,470,376)
10.[SWI] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/2022) – 5,626 (4,251,794)
11.[PS5] Unicorn Overlord (Atlus, 08/03/2024) – 5,594 (29,992)
12.[SWI] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 20/03/2020) – 5,193 (7,716,620)
13.[SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 07/12/2018) – 4,415 (5,466,898)
14.[PS5] Macross Shooting Insight (Bushiroad Games, 14/03/2024) – 3,798 (NEW)
15.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 18/11/2022) – 3,653 (5,312,552)
16.[PS4] Unicorn Overlord (Atlus, 08/03/2024) – 3,105 (11,902)
17.[SWI] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 29/04/2022) – 3,076 (1,290,695)
18.[SWI] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 21/07/2023) – 3,000 (1,189,531)
19.[SWI] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 29/10/2021) – 2,840 (1,413,562)
20.[SWI] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 22/06/22/2020) – 2,709 (1,259,595)
21.[SWI] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (Spike Chunsoft, 25/01/2024) – 2,348 (138,824)
22.[SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 12/05/2023) – 2,283 (1,966,129)
23.[SWI] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 17/11/2022) – 2,260 (144,031)
24.[SWI] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 05/10/2018) – 2,086 (2,265,843)
25.[SWI] Shin-chan: Shiro of Coal Town (Neos, 22/02/2024) – 2,059 (34,329)
26.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 03/11/2023) – 1,988 (120,655)
27.[PS4] Macross Shooting Insight (Bushiroad Games, 14/03/2024) – 1,875 (NEW)
28.[SWI] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 06/10/2023) – 1,762 (194,029)
29.[SWI] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 18/10/2019) – 1,660 (3,534,405)
30.[SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 22/09/2022) – 1,539 (306,390)
Hardware sales from 11 to 17 March 2024
01. Switch OLED – 30,753 (6,868,972)
02. PlayStation 5 – 22,665 (4,570,547)
03. Switch Lite – 7,337 (5,777,577)
04. Switch – 4,793 (19,743,487)
05. PlayStation 5 Digital – 3,851 (740,382)
06. Xbox Series X – 817 (250,778)
07. Xbox Series S – 679 (305,606)
08. PlayStation 4 – 588 (7,924,410)