Famitsu has released its videogame sales chart for the week from 26 February to 3 March 2024.
The top seller is the highest new entry of the week, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (PS5) with 262,656 units sold, the second place is hold by the previous leader, Mario vs. Donkey Kong (SWI) with 14,480 units sold and the podium is closed by Super Mario Bros. Wonder (SWI) with 11,643 units sold.
Other new entries of the week are Goblin Slayer Another Adventurer: Nightmare Feast (SWI) with 6,822 units sold at #7, Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmeiin Iden (SWI) with 5,537 units sold at #9 and Bar Stella Abyss (SWI) with 2,077 units sold at #28.
There are also two titles re-entering the chart, the budget release of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PS5) with 2,719 units sold at #22, a return obviously influenced by Rebirth’s release and It Takes Two (SWI) with 1,762 units sold at #30.
Combined sales for the top 10 titles are rising from the previous week (112,187 units) with a total of 338,530 units but it’s clear that this result is highly influenced by the release of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, which didn’t perform as good as expected, being the lowest new entry in the Final Fantasy series (Final Fantasy XVI debuted with 336,027 units). Also Mario vs. Donkey Kong after a great start is slowing down and the total after 3 weeks is lower than DS version (142,602 units) which is the best seller in the series (but it was released in December) while the advantage it had on Gameboy Advance (99,518 units) is almost completely cancelled.
Hardware side, surprisingly PS5 is not the top seller system of the week despite FF7R release, Switch OLED is still the top seller console in Japan with 51,250 units sold, followed by PlayStation 5 with 41,786 units and then in the third place again Switch Lite with 6,979 units, PlayStation 5 Digital raised from the previous week up to 6,281 units but were not enough to reach the podium.
Switch is the only version of the console that didn’t score a better result from the previous week (4,302 units) while in the bottom all 3 systems this week reached the 4 digit numbers: PlayStation 4 (1,722 units) is followed by Xbox Series X (1,211 units) and Xbox Series S (1,130 units) closes the chart.
Software sales from 26 February to 3 March 2024
(Physical units only, new entries in bold, games returned into the chart in italic):
01.[PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix, 29/02/2024) – 262,656 (NEW)
02.[SWI] Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo, 16/02/2024) – 14,480 (103,523)
03.[SWI] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 20/10/2023) – 11,643 (1,767,792)
04.[SWI] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 16/11/2023) – 9,708 (998,957)
05.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/2017) – 9,251 (5,728,200)
06.[SWI] Shin-chan: Shiro of Coal Town (Neos, 22/02/2024) – 7,352 (28,945)
07.[SWI] Goblin Slayer Another Adventurer: Nightmare Feast (Bushiroad Games, 29/02/2024) – 6,822 (NEW)
08.[SWI] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/2022) – 5,613 (4,239,708)
09.[SWI] Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmeiin Iden (Idea Factory, 29/02/2024) – 5,537 (NEW)
10.[SWI] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/2018) – 5,468 (3,458,115)
11.[SWI] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island (Spike Chunsoft, 25/01/2024) – 5,428 (132,883)
12.[SWI] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 20/03/2020) – 5,012 (7,705,912)
13.[SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 07/12/2018) – 4,554 (5,457,661)
14.[PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 20/10/2023) – 4,005 (295,171)
15.[PS5] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (SEGA, 26/01/2024) – 3,652 (136,452)
16.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 18/11/2022) – 3,550 (5,304,772)
17.[SWI] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 29/04/2022) – 3,271 (1,282,212)
18.[SWI] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 21/07/2023) – 2,965 (1,183,208)
19.[SWI] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 22/06/22/2020) – 2,961 (1,253,994)
20.[PS5] Persona 3 Reload (ATLUS, 02/02/2024) – 2,955 (98,018)
21.[SWI] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 29/10/2021) – 2,830 (1,407,854)
22.[PS5] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 07/12/2023) – 2,719 (38,250)
23.[PS4] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (SEGA, 26/01/2024) – 2,714 (112,553)
24.[SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 12/05/2023) – 2,514 (1,961,336)
25.[SWI] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 05/10/2018) – 2,295 (2,261,355)
26.[PS4] Persona 3 Reload (ATLUS, 02/02/2024) – 2,281 (54,724)
27.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 03/11/2023) – 2,194 (116,510)
28.[SWI] Bar Stella Abyss (Nippon Ichi Software, 29/02/2024) – 2,077 (NEW)
29.[SWI] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 17/11/2022) – 1,765 (139,856)
30.[SWI] It Takes Two (Electronic Arts, 08/12/2022) – 1,762 (27,726)
Hardware sales from 26 February to 3 March 2024
01. Switch OLED – 51,250 (6,787,979)
02. PlayStation 5 – 41,786 (4,613,083)
03. Switch Lite – 6,979 (5,759,478)
04. PlayStation 5 Digital – 6,281 (732,266)
05. Switch – 4,302 (19,733,798)
06. PlayStation 4 – 1,722 (7,922,006)
07. Xbox Series X – 1,221 (303,471)
08. Xbox Series S – 1,130 (257,671)