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 October 23 – 29, as Super Mario Bros. Wonder had a stellar second week. After last week’s Super Mario series best opening on Switch, the latest entry in the franchise sold a whopping 163,000 additional units this week, easily securing the top spot.
At second and third place comes Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 on Switch and PS5 respectively. Combined, the new Metal Gear Solid collections managed to sell over 33,000 copies. Last week’s second place holder, Marvel’s Spider-Man 2, still managed to hold a spot in the top four thanks to an extra 12,000 copies sold.
Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for October 23 – 29. Missed our last report when Super Mario Bros. Wonder had a franchise best opening on Switch? Check out the last Famitsu chart right here!
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Switch): 163,176 [801,810 total]
- Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 (Switch): 19,330 [new]
- Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 (PS5): 13,717 [new]
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 (PS5): 12,509 [89,857 total]
- Game of Life (Switch): 9,150 [63,414 total]
- Pikmin 4 (Switch): 7,932 [930,538 total]
- Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (Switch): 5,149 [5,168,231 total]
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch): 4,763 [5,252,023 total]
- Minecraft (Switch): 4,371 [3,295,992 total]
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch): 3,264 [5,311,793 total]
Here’s the Famitsu hardware chart too. Notably, the Xbox Series X sold more consoles than the PS5 this week, ahead of the PS5 Slim’s launch later this month. Console families are grouped together for simplicity.
- Switch: 66,161 [3,330,995 yearly total]
- Xbox Series: 3,301 [121,802 yearly total]
- PS5: 2,933 [2,143,780 yearly total]
Did you pick up any of the games on the Famitsu chart this week? What do you think of Super Mario Bros. Wonder second week sales? Let us know in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameLuster for more breaking gaming news.
