Famitsu has released its videogame sales chart for the week from 27 November to 3 December 2023.
The top seller and highest new entry of the week is Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Dark Prince (SWI) with 346,583 units sold followed by Momotaro Dentetsu World (SWI) with 64,946 units sold and Super Mario Bros. Wonder (SWI) with 61,794 units sold at the third place.
It was not a week full of releases but some minor titles reached the chart like Cupid Parasite : Sweet and Spicy Darling (SWI) with 3,955 units sold at #16, Otogi no Katsugeki – Mameda no Bakeru (SWI) with 3,484 units sold at #20 and Espgaluda II (SWI) with 3,068 units sold at #23.
This week sales have been strong, the top 10 titles sold 551,104 units in total, but most of these sales are due to Dragon Quest Monsters 3 (more than 50%) so actually it should be better to say that sales were stable but still solid and they are going to increase in the last four week of the year, no big hits are expected so the title of the top seller game of winter holidays 2023 should be a match between Momotarou Dentetsu World, Super Mario Bros. Wonder and Dragon Quest Monsters 3.
Hardware side, the “new model effect” seems vanished for PlayStation 5 that had a drop below 50,000 units and the consequence is that Switch OLED has back on top with 57,012 units sold followed by PlayStation 5 with 35,552 units sold; Switch and Switch Lite kept the previous week sales while PlayStation 5 Digital also had a drop and went below 10,000 units (7,394) while in the bottom Xbox Series X with 1,925 units sold passed again PlayStation 4 which dropped below 4 digits with 853 units sold, not a good week for Sony indeed…
Software sales from 27 November to 3 December 2023
(Physical units only, new entries in bold, games returned into the chart in italic) :
01.[SWI] Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 01/12/2023) – 346,583 (NEW)
02.[SWI] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 16/11/2023) – 64,946 (477,956)
03.[SWI] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 20/10/2023) – 61,794 (1,150,511)
04.[SWI] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 17/11/2023) – 24,099 (379,754)
05.[SWI] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 21/07/2023) – 13,366 (978,783)
06.[SWI] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 03/11/2023) – 9,597 (74,279)
07.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/2017) – 8,464 (5,556,552)
08.[SWI] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/2018) – 7,925 (3,325,906)
09.[SWI] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 20/03/2020) – 7,224 (7,591,150)
10.[SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 07/12/2018) – 7,106 (5,336,148)
11.[SWI] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 14/11/2023) – 5,737 (62,799)
12.[SWI] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 06/10/2023) – 5,207 (93,562)
13.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 18/11/2022) – 5,120 (5,189,238)
14.[SWI] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/2022) – 4,329 (4,145,554)
15.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 03/11/2023) – 3,990 (20,166)
16.[SWI] Cupid Parasite: Sweet and Spicy Darling (Idea Factory, 30/11/2023) – 3,955 (NEW)
17.[PS4] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (SEGA, 09/11/2023) – 3,765 (81,687)
18.[SWI] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 29/04/2022) – 3,618 (1,211,463)
19.[SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 12/05/2023) – 3,603 (1,896,310)
20.[SWI] Otogi no Katsugeki – Mameda no Bakeru (Good-Feel, 30/11/2023) – 3,484 (NEW)
21.[SWI] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 05/10/2018) – 3,284 (2,197,056)
22.[SWI] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 29/10/2021) – 3,107 (1,337,108)
23.[SWI] Espgaluda II (Superdeluxe Games, 30/11/2023) – 3,068 (NEW)
24.[SWI] Fashion Dreamer (Marvelous, 02/11/2023) – 3,037 (50,412)
25.[PS5] Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (SEGA, 09/11/2023) – 3,031 (79,734)
26.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe + Booster Course Pass (Nintendo, 05/10/2023) – 2,997 (20,884)
27.[SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 22/09/2022) – 2,910 (238,870)
28.[SWI] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 22/06/22/2020) – 2,693 (1,186,656)
29.[PS5] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (Activision, 10/11/2023) – 2,387 (33,705)
30.[PS5] Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (SIE, 20/10/2023) – 2,221 (107,617)
Hardware sales from 27 November to 3 December 2023
01. Switch OLED – 57,012 (6,195,126)
02. PlayStation 5 – 35,552 (4,156,858)
03. Switch Lite – 13,048 (5,609,188)
04. Switch – 8,995 (19,626,057)
05. PlayStation 5 Digital – 7,394 (639,574)
06. Xbox Series X – 1,925 (240,922)
07. PlayStation 4 – 853 (7,909,608)
08. Xbox Series S – 265 (294,039)