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 Nov. 11 – 17, as Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake had its already hotly-anticipated launch completely explode in Japan. Selling over 640,000 copies on Switch and over 180,000 on PS5 gives the game a total of more than 820,000 units sold in just its first few days on sale.
The success of Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake has been enormous, with reports that the game has even been selling out in Tokyo stores. We don’t even have digital numbers released yet, but the gigantic launch positions Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake to be the most successful game release of the year in its native Japan. We’re looking forward to seeing how long the legs of the game proves to be, especially with stock shortage issues impacting its already explosive launch performance.
Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for Nov. 11 – 17. Missed our last report where the PS5 Pro had its big launch? Check out the previous Famitsu chart right here!
- Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Switch): 641,195 [new]
- Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (PS5): 180,575 [new]
- Super Mario Party: Jamboree (Switch): 32,762 [442,593 total]
- Mario & Luigi: Brothership (Switch): 15,168 [78,609 total]
- Beyblade X: XOne (Switch): 9,507 [new]
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch): 5,784 [7,954,332 total]
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): 5,647 [5,055,931 total]
- Minecraft (Switch): 4,771 [3,676,339 total]
- Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven (Switch): 4,551 [96,293 total]
- Luigi’s Mansion 3 (Switch): 4,445 [1,051,401 total]
Here’s the Famitsu hardware chart too. Console families are grouped together for simplicity.
- Switch: 62,158 [2,587,758 yearly total]
- PS5: 23,672 [1,266,697 yearly total]
- Xbox Series: 3,070 [101,132 yearly total]
Did you pick up any of the games on the Famitsu chart this week? How long do you expect Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake to last within the top ten? Let us know in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameLuster for more breaking gaming news.
