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 March 17 – 23, as a hot week of four new releases sees Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition take first place, thanks to almost 75,000 copies sold. It continues the trend of Xenoblade being a well-performing franchise for Nintendo, and increasing digital sales numbers guarantees an even higher Japanese audience when taken into account.
This is a big debut for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition, especially considering it’s competing with Atelier Yumia, Bleach: Rebirth of Souls and Assassin’s Creed Shadows. The latter was a controversial release, especially in Japan, which seems to be reflected in its sales figures. Assassin’s Creed Shadows only managed to sell a little under 18,000 units in its first week, what appears to be a new franchise low for the series in Japan. Digital performance is strong and it’s still breaking records for Ubisoft, so we don’t actually know how well Assassin’s Creed Shadows performed overall in Japan; only that the physical sales are low.
Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for March 17 – 23. Missed our last report where Monster Hunter Wilds had its third week on top? Check out the previous Famitsu chart right here!
- Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (Switch): 74,689 [new]
- Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of… (PS5): 27,810 [new]
- Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of… (Switch): 26,315 [new]
- Monster Hunter Wilds (PS5): 20,621 [753,490 total]
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows (PS5): 17,701 [new]
- Super Mario Party Jamboree (Switch): 9,214 [1,237,762 total]
- Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of… (PS4): 6,949 [new]
- Bleach: Rebirth of Souls (Switch): 6,079 [new]
- Minecraft (Switch): 5,876 [3,838,839 total]
- Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Switch): 5,803 [237,853 total]
Here’s the Famitsu hardware chart too. Console families are grouped together for simplicity.
- Switch: 30,504 [569,067 yearly total]
- PS5: 15,212 [343,046 yearly total]
- Xbox Series: 252 [15,477 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.
