Famitsu has released its videogame sales chart for the week from 13 November to 19 November 2023.
After 5 weeks the top spot is hold by a new release, Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (SWI) with 314,699 units sold followed by another new entry, Super Mario RPG (SWI) with 301,334 units sold and Super Mario Bros. Wonder (SWI) with 50,545 units sold and new million seller (1,025,821 in total).
This week had a lot of new releases, aside from the podium there are Hogwarts Legacy (SWI) at #4 with 47,717 units sold, Persona 5 Tactica with almost 50k units sold split between Switch (26,794), PlayStation 5 (15,713) and PlayStation 4 (7,421) then Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm CONNECTIONS with more than 13k units sold between Switch (9,004) and PlayStation 5 (4,279); Inti Creates’ 2D side scrolling action game Yohane the Parhelion: Blaze in the Deepblue (SWI) sold 6,998 units at #13 and the latest new entry for the week is the new episode of Eiga Sumikko Gurashi (SWI) which sold 3,189 units, a classic release before winter holidays.
The release of 2 hits had a strong impact in the top 10 cumulative sales, this week 796,640 units were sold, almost 3 times than the last week (261,680 units) and higher even than the week of Super Mario Bros. Wonder release (764,693); the only “bit title” left for 2023 is the new Dragon Quest Monsters at the beginning of December so let’s expect to see a lot of games from this week appearing in the following charts.
Hardware side, PlayStation 5 sales have been strong and for the second week in a row is the top seller system in Japan (51,282 units) followed by Switch OLED (47,620 units), while the “light” versions still had a Sony victory with PlayStation 5 Digital (11,630) selling more than Switch Lite (10,893 units); except for Xbox Series X almost reaching 3k (2,937 units) nothing important happened.
Software sales from 13 November to 19 November 2023
(Physical units only, new entries in bold, games returned into the chart in italic) :
01.[SWI] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 16/11/2023) – 314,699 (NEW)
02.[SWI] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 17/11/2023) – 301,334 (NEW)
03.[SWI] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 20/10/2023) – 50,545 (1,025,821)
04.[SWI] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 14/11/2023) – 47,717 (NEW)
05.[SWI] Persona 5 Tactica (Atlus, 17/11/2023) – 26,794 (NEW)
06.[PS5] Persona 5 Tactica (Atlus, 17/11/2023) – 15,713 (NEW)
07.[PS4] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (SEGA, 09/11/2023) – 11,535 (71,669)
08.[SWI] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 03/11/2023) – 10,487 (53,411)
09.[SWI] Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm CONNECTIONS (Bandai Namco, 16/11/2023) – 9,004 (NEW)
10.[PS5] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (SEGA, 09/11/2023) – 8,812 (72,131)
11.[SWI] Detective Pikachu Returns (The Pokemon Company, 06/10/2023) – 7,932 (122,358)
12.[PS4] Persona 5 Tactica (Atlus, 17/11/2023) – 7,421 (NEW)
13.[SWI] Yohane the Parhelion: Blaze in the Deepblue (Inti Creates, 16/11/2023) – 6,998 (NEW)
14.[SWI] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 21/07/2023) – 6,600 (954,807)
15.[PS5] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Activision, 10/11/2023) – 5,986 (28,118)
16.[SWI] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 06/10/2023) – 5,132 (82,433)
17.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/2017) – 5,058 (5,541,030)
18.[SWI] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 20/03/2020) – 4,700 (7,577,856)
19.[SWI] Fashion Dreamer (Marvelous, 02/11/2023) – 4,584 (43,634)
20.[SWI] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/2018) – 4,574 (3,311,123)
21.[PS5] Naruto x Boruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm CONNECTIONS (Bandai Namco, 16/11/2023) – 4,279 (NEW)
22.[SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 07/12/2018) – 3,701 (5,324,166)
23.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 18/11/2022) – 3,316 (5,179,716)
24.[PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Activision, 10/11/2023) – 3,239 (12,201)
25.[SWI] Eiga Sumikko Gurashi Tsugihagi Koujou no Fushigi-na Ko Game de Asobou! Eiga no Sekai (Nippon Columbia, 16/11/2023) – 3,189 (NEW)
26.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 03/11/2023) – 2,836 (12,555)
27.[SWI] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 29/04/2022) – 2,674 (1,204,358)
28.[SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 12/05/2023) – 2,656 (1,889,149)
29.[PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 20/10/2023) – 2,656 (102,494)
30.[SWI] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/2022) – 2,509 (4,138,101)
Hardware sales from 13 November to 19 November 2023
01. PlayStation 5 – 51,282 (4,070,473)
02. Switch OLED – 47,620 (6,088,734)
03. PlayStation 5 Digital – 11,630 (622,778)
04. Switch Lite – 10,893 (5,582,776)
05. Switch – 7,042 (19,508,122)
06. Xbox Series X – 2,937 (237,163)
07. PlayStation 4 – 646 (7,906,675)
08. Xbox Series S – 189 (293,475)