The latest Japanese boxed-software and hardware charts have come through from the official sales tracker Famitsu for the week of 13th March, 2023 to 19th March, 2023. The big new entry this week was Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon which made its debut at No.6 in the physical game chart, shifting 6,474 copies. The Nintendo Switch family of systems stopped Sony’s run this week selling an additional 49,585 units. The PlayStation 5 sold an additional 40,411 units. Here’s the best-sellers in the land of the rising sun.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 25,201 (308,945)
- [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet & Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 15,306 (4,944,593)
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 12,100 (3,946,727)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,245 (5,203,335)
- [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) -6,672 (3,074,692)
- [NSW] Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon (Nintendo, 03/17/23) – 6,474 (New)
- [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 5,622 (154,174)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 5,507 (1,030,666)
- [NSW] Octopath Traveler II (Square Enix, 02/24/23) – 4,707 (80,526)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 4,289 (5,145,376)
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- PlayStation 5 – 34,156 (2,723,683)
- Switch OLED Model – 33,150 (4,068,329)
- Switch – 9,798 (19,231,121)
- Switch Lite – 6,637 (5,249,752)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 6,255 (438,709)
- PlayStation 4 – 1,115 (7,860,543)
- Xbox Series X – 497 (182,935)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 138 (1,190,993)
- Xbox Series S – 58 (250,657)
Bayo Origins stinks. First Switch game I have ever gotten that I didn’t like. Played it until the end, then just gave up caring.
I never was interested in this game. Was it at related to Bayonetta 2 or 3? It certainly doesn’t loom like it.
It’s the origin story of the Cereza as a young girl from Bayonetta 3. The game is very different and plays very different from the mainline Bayonetta games. Enjoyed it at first, but once I got around 70% of the way through… it became so monotonous that I just stopped caring. The story was getting really predictable and very lame by the end. Seems to also set up more prequels, as she leaves to go off on her own and I guess become Bayonetta.
I’m so glad Octopath Traveler 2 is still in there. Thus is probably my favorite RPG game.
No Metroid Prime Re… Japan really does seem to hate Metroid. And DK… for whatever reason.
I think Minecraft will always be in there, probably one of if not the most addictive game I’ve ever played. I’ve only ever played one game that was more addictive then Minecraft and that’s Red Dead Redemption.
Dang! If you add up all the iterations of Switch, they still outselling PS5!