Every Thursday we share the weekly Famitsu sales charts, which tracks physical boxed game sales and hardware sales in Japan. This week’s chart covers Dec. 16 – 22, as Animal Crossing: New Horizons physical sales cross 8 million units in its native Japan – officially becoming the best-selling physical game of all time in the country.
The previous record holder was Pokémon Red and Green, which sold 7.93 million copies between the two versions. Animal Crossing: New Horizons surpasses those games with only a single version, and pushes the new number to beat beyond 8 million.
The Switch sales explosion in the run-up to the holiday period also hit Super Mario Party Jamboree, which spends another week on top, and securing its biggest post-launch week sales with 133,000 units sold during its tenth week on sale! It’s been a happy holiday overall for Nintendo, as the Switch sold over 100,000 more consoles and dominates the entire top ten games chart.
Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for Dec. 16 – 22. Missed our last report where Super Mario Party Jamboree crossed 700,000 units? Check out the previous Famitsu chart right here!
- Super Mario Party Jamboree (Switch): 133,542 [835,085 total]
- Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Switch): 38,088 [894,671 total]
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): 24,019 [6,146,178 total]
- Minecraft (Switch): 23,131 [3,744,671 total]
- Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Switch): 22,237 [148,380 total]
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch): 18,178 [5,668,493 total]
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom (Switch): 18,145 [356,613 total]
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch): 15,536 [8,008,343 total]
- Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (Switch): 15,244 [5,477,820 total]
- Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch): 13,309 [1,503,403 total]
Here’s the Famitsu hardware chart too. Console families are grouped together for simplicity.
- Switch: 104,151 [3,032,555 yearly total]
- PS5: 24,650 [1,427,019 yearly total]
- Xbox Series: 3,389 [116,433 yearly total]
Did you pick up any of the games on the Famitsu chart this week? Let us know in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameLuster for more breaking gaming news.
