Famitsu has released its videogame sales chart for the week from 15 to 21 January 2024.
The podium didn’t change but at the same time changed: Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PS5) is the top seller with 30,220 units sold after being third last week, the runner-up is Momotaro Dentetsu World (SWI) with 16,733 units sold rising one position then in the third place Super Mario Bros. Wonder (SWI) with 16,654 units sold which held the top spot last week.
This week also the chart welcomed three new titles: Another Code: Recollection (SWI) with 15,741 units sold at #4, The Last of Us Part II Remastered (PS5) with 4,364 units sold at #13 and Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (SWI) with 1,921 units sold at #27.
Generally sales went down for almost all titles except two games: Spider-Man 2 which is still counted as bundled with PlayStation 5 and Dragon Quest Monsters 3 (SWI) which is suffering stock problems since its release in early December.
Sales for the top 10 titles still went down from the previous week, with 115,882 units sold this is the worst result since the beginning of October (the week prior to Super Mario Bros. Wonder) but it’s nothing exceptional because the second and third week in January see always a contraction after the great sales of the end of the year.
Hardware side, the top seller of the week is surprisingly PlayStation 5 with 45,971 units sold while Switch OLED sold 30,942 units and in the third place there is PlayStation 5 Digital with 11,932 units sold. The other Switch versions see a little decrease with Lite at 8,505 and Switch at 4,245 and for the rest of the chart there is Xbox Series X which returned to seel more than a thousand units (1,428 in total).
While most of the comments on the Internet are focused about Spider-Man 2 bundle and some discounts for the reason of PlayStation 5 increase in sales, there is another point about this increase: from next week a bunch of long waited titles are coming out, starting from Yakuza 8 and Tekken 8 and going through Granblue Fantasy Relink and Persona 3 Remake and ending (at the moment) with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, while Switch weak moment could be mainly due to the absence of attractive titles for the first quarter of 2024 with the only games with good chances to sell well should be Super Princess Peach and Jujutsu Kaisen.
Software sales from from from 15 to 21 January 2024
(Physical units only, new entries in bold, games returned into the chart in italic) :
01.[PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 20/10/2023) – 30,220 (243,612)
02.[SWI] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 16/11/2023) – 16,733 (936,936)
03.[SWI] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 20/10/2023) – 16,654 (1,687,342)
04.[SWI] Another Code: Recollection (Nintendo, 19/01/2024) – 15,741 (NEW)
05.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/2017) – 8,267 (5,680,781)
06.[SWI] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 20/03/2020) – 5,790 (7,673,551)
07.[SWI] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/2018) – 5,788 (3,424,744)
08.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 18/11/2022) – 5,670 (5,278,988)
09.[SWI] Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 01/12/2023) – 5,581 (534,841)
10.[SWI] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 21/07/2023) – 5,438 (1,161,358)
11.[SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 07/12/2018) – 5,135 (5,429,917)
12.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 03/11/2023) – 5,412 (94,840)
13.[PS5] The Last of Us Part II Remastered (SIE, 19/01/2024) – 4,364 (NEW)
14.[SWI] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/2022) – 3,981 (4,213,961)
15.[SWI] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 06/10/2023) – 3,847 (177,498)
16.[SWI] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 22/06/22/2020) – 3,732 (1,234,901)
17.[SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 12/05/2023) – 3,060 (1,944,981)
18.[SWI] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 29/04/2022) – 2,816 (1,262,600)
19.[SWI] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 18/10/2019) – 2,761 (3,517,292)
20.[SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 22/09/2022) – 2,670 (293,114)
21.[SWI] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 29/10/2021) – 2,634 (1,389,791)
22.[SWI] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 05/10/2018) – 2,533 (2,247,144)
23.[SWI] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 03/11/2023) – 2,272 (158,247)
24.[SWI] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 19/11/2020) – 2,245 (2,972,147)
25.[SWI] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 17/11/2022) – 2,085 (128,908)
26.[SWI] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 14/11/2023) – 1,929 (90,510)
27.[SWI] Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown (Ubisoft, 18/01/2024) – 1,921 (NEW)
28.[SWI] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 17/11/2023) – 1,907 (463,194)
29.[SWI] Pokemon Brilliant Diamond / Pokemon Shining Pearl (The Pokemon Company, 19/11/2021) – 1,786 (2,693,727)
30.[SWI] Football Manager 2024 Touch (SEGA, 12/01/2024) – 1,710 (5,273)
Hardware sales from from from 15 to 21 January 2024
01. PlayStation 5 – 45,971 (4,406,378)
02. Switch OLED – 30,942 (6,562,165)
03. PlayStation 5 Digital – 11,932 (694,014)
04. Switch Lite – 8,505 (5,712,770)
05. Switch – 4,245 (19,706,568)
06. Xbox Series X – 1,428 (247,323)
07. PlayStation 4 – 620 (7,917,255)
08. Xbox Series S – 460 (296,533)