Famitsu has released its videogame sales chart for the week from 4 December to 10 December 2023.
All main titles for the last part of the year have been released so the podium see the same titles from the previous week but the top spot is hold by Super Mario Bros. Wonder (SWI) with 82,470 units sold who passed the previous runner-up, Momotarou Dentetsu World (SWI) with 62,488 units sold while the top seller of the previous week, Dragon Quest Monster 3 (SWI) with 51,698 units slipped to third place.
The highest new entry of the week is the budget release of Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (PS5) with 14,085 units sold at #6, followed by Avatar : Frontiers of Pandora (PS5) with 8,363 units sold at #12 and DoDonPachi Blissfull Death: Reincarnation with a total of 8,128 units sold between Switch version (4,480 units at #23) and PlayStation 4 (3,648 units at #28).
The first full week of December saw an increase for all Switch evergreen titles and even some titles re-appeared into the chart like Kirby games (Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe with 3,869 units and Kirby and the Forgotten Land with 3,280 units) and Bandai Namco’s Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (3,373 units sold) which was released on October 2022.
But without new titles being released in the week the total sales of the top 10 games were 304,694 units, less than the previous week (551,104 units, but more than half of them were due to Dragon Quest Monsters 3 release) but there are still strong and probably will increase in the following weeks, it will be interesting to see if Momotaro Dentetsu World can keep the momentum and challenger Super Mario Bros. Wonder at top seller game of December.
Hardware side, Switch OLED sales still increase reaching 62,236 units followed by PlayStation 5 with 34,637 units sold, around a thousand units less than the previous week.
Regarding other models, both Switch Lite (17,391 units) and Switch (13,149) are also increasing and Playstation 5 Digital (9,529) and Playstation 4 (2,179) saw a little increase while Xbox Series X is hanging with 2,269 units sold.
Software sales from from 4 December to 10 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) – 82,470 (1,232,981)
02.[SWI] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 16/11/2023) – 62,488 (540,444)
03.[SWI] Dragon Quest Monsters 3: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 01/12/2023) – 51,698 (398,281)
04.[SWI] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 21/07/2023) – 26,879 (1,005,562)
05.[SWI] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 17/11/2023) – 17,082 (396,836)
06.[PS5] Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 07/12/2023) – 14,085 (NEW)
07.[SWI] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 03/11/2023) – 13,544 (87,823)
08.[SWI] Minecraft (Microsoft, 21/06/2018) – 12,861 (3,338,767)
09.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 28/04/2017) – 12,189 (5,568,741)
10.[SWI] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 07/12/2018) – 11,398 (5,347,546)
11.[SWI] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 20/03/2020) – 9,977 (7,601,127)
12.[PS5] Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora (Ubisoft, 07/12/2023) – 8,363 (NEW)
13.[SWI] The Game of Life for Nintendo Switch (Takara Tomy, 06/10/2023) – 8,323 (101,885)
14.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 18/11/2022) – 8,183 (5,197,421)
15.[SWI] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet + The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Pokemon Company, 03/11/2023) – 7,540 (27,706)
16.[SWI] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/2022) – 7,276 (4,152,830)
17.[SWI] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 05/10/2018) – 5,904 (2,202,960)
18.[SWI] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 29/04/2022) – 5,852 (1,217,315)
19.[SWI] Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Bandai Namco, 22/09/2022) – 5,276 (244,146)
20.[SWI] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 29/10/2021) – 4,846 (1,341,954)
21.[SWI] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 12/05/2023) – 4,806 (1,901,116)
22.[SWI] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games, 14/11/2023) – 4,675 (67,474)
23.[SWI] DoDonPachi Blissful Death Re:Incarnation (M2, 07/12/2023) – 4,480 (NEW)
24.[SWI] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe + Booster Course Pass (Nintendo, 05/10/2023) – 4,296 (25,180)
25.[SWI] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 24/02/2023) – 3,869 (502,190)
26.[SWI] Fashion Dreamer (Marvelous, 02/11/2023) – 3,845 (54,257)
27.[SWI] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 22/06/22/2020) – 3,665 (1,190,321)
28.[PS4] DoDonPachi Blissful Death Re:Incarnation (M2, 07/12/2023) – 3,648 (NEW)
29.[SWI] Ace Angler: Fishing Spirits (Bandai Namco, 27/10/2022) – 3,373 (142,920)
30.[SWI] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 25/03/2022) – 3,280 (1,072,298)
Hardware sales from from 4 December to 10 December 2023
01. Switch OLED – 62,236 (6,257,362)
02. PlayStation 5 – 34,637 (4,191,495)
03. Switch Lite – 17,391 (5,626,579)
04. Switch – 13,149 (19,639,206)
05. PlayStation 5 Digital – 9,529 (649,103)
06. Xbox Series X – 2,269 (243,191)
07. PlayStation 4 – 2,179 (7,911,787)
08. Xbox Series S – 239 (294,278)