Famitsu has released its videogame sales chart for the week from 18 December to 24 December 2023.
As usual for Japan’s New Year Holidays time, the chart is published after 3 weeks and the hardware sales are the cumulative of this week and the following one.
The chart didn’t change too much with Super Mario Bros. Wonder (SWI) with 156,304 units at the top spot, followed by Momotaro Dentetsu World (SWI) with 102,624 units and the podium is completed by Pikmin 4 (SWI) with 60,982 units sold.
All titles had a surge in sales and the only new entries of the week has similar sales : SPYxANYA (SWI) with 20,652 units at #13 and Baldur’s Gate 3 (PS5) with 20,497 units at #14, while another big jump was made by Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PS5) with 32,255 units sold which re-entered the chart after 2 weeks but it is above all the effect of the limited time bundle with PS5.
Another title returning on the chart is The Battle Cats Unite (SWI) with 7,360 units sold at #26, a game released in 2020 and based on the homonymous mobile game.
Total sales for the top 10 is 526,241 units, a great result considering it’s the second best week in the last 2 months but a little lower compared to the same week of last year (734,524 units) but Pokemon Scarlet / Violet had been published the previous month and covered almost half the sales of the top 10.
Hardware sales, as mentioned above will be published in the next chart and will include both weeks.
Software sales from from 18 December to 24 December 2023
(Physical units only, new entries in bold, games returned into the chart in italic) :
01.[SWI] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 20/10/2023) – 156,304 (1,483,967)
02.[SWI] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 16/11/2023) – 102,624 (705,685)
03.[SWI] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 21/07/2023) – 60,982 (1,101,420)
04.[SWI] Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 01/12/2023) – 38,460 (471,902)
05.[PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 20/10/2023) – 32,255 (145,748)
06.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/2017) – 29,468 (5,614,614)
07.[SWI] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/2018) – 27,752 (3,383,502)
08.[SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 07/12/2018) – 27,290 (5,389,560)
09.[SWI] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 03/11/2023) – 26,673 (131,080)
10.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 18/11/2022) – 24,433 (5,235,117)
11.[SWI] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 17/11/2023) – 23,889 (438,080)
12.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 03/11/2023) – 23,330 (64,552)
13.[SWI] SPYxANYA: Operation Memories (Bandai Namco, 21/12/2023) – 20,652 (NEW)
14.[PS5] Baldur’s Gate III (Spike Chunsoft, 21/12/2023) – 20,497 (NEW)
15.[SWI] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 20/03/2020) – 20,395 (7,634,030)
16.[SWI] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/2022) – 20,173 (4,183,201)
17.[SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 22/09/2022) – 17,615 (271,178)
18.[SWI] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 06/10/2023) – 17,503 (129,411)
19.[SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 12/05/2023) – 13,998 (1,922,513)
20.[SWI] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 29/10/2021) – 13,425 (1,362,591)
21.[SWI] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 05/10/2018) – 13,303 (2,224,725)
22.[SWI] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 29/04/2022) – 12,691 (1,237,870)
23.[SWI] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 22/06/22/2020) – 10,583 (1,205,940)
24.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe + Booster Course Pass (Nintendo, 05/10/2023) – 8,511 (39,487)
25.[SWI] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 19/11/2020) – 8,002 (2,952,452)
26.[SWI] The Battle Cats Unite! (Ponos, 03/12/2020) – 7,360 (240,563)
27.[SWI] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 28/09/2023) – 7,327 (55,722)
28.[SWI] Fashion Dreamer (Marvelous, 02/11/2023) – 6,583 (65,825)
29.[SWI] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 24/02/2023) – 6,524 (512,607)
30.[SWI] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco, 27/10/2022) – 6,229 (153,936)