The latest Famitsu video game software and hardware charts are now in from Japan and there have been a couple of big new releases this week. Those games are Hideo Kojima’s new game Death Stranding and EA’s arcade racer, Need for Speed: Heat. Death Stranding performed particularly well in Japan, selling 185,909 units on Sony’s PlayStation 4. Here’s the best-sellers this week:
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS4] Death Stranding (Limited Editions Included) (SIE, 11/08/19) – 185,909 (New)
- [NSW] Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Nintendo, 10/31/19) – 54,680 (205,329)
- [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 52,240 (235,925)
- [PS4] Persona 5 Royal (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 10/31/19) – 20,113 (221,561)
- [PS4] Need for Speed: Heat (Electronic Arts, 11/08/19) – 16,306 (New)
- [PS4] Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (SIE, 10/25/19) – 16,179 (171,754)
- [NSW] Mario & Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games (Sega, 11/01/19) – 14,276 (33,714)
- [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,321 (995,523)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,866 (2,519,528)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,693 (3,324,998)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- Switch – 54,249 (9,432,695)
- Switch Lite – 34,523 (452,966)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,546 (1,316,224)
- PlayStation 4 – 7,264 (7,166,947)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 1,720 (1,672,834)
- New 3DS LL – 54 (5,884,992)
- Xbox One S – 34 (91,421)
- Xbox One X – 30 (17,299)
- PS Vita – 22 (5,862,766)
These amazing numbers will only go higher when pkmn comes out followed by the Christmas season. Just before it starts decreasing BAM animal crossing gets released in march to regain momentum.