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 May 15 – 21 where Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom continues to maintain its top spot.
Tears of the Kingdom holds top spot for the second consecutive week with a whopping 247,689 copies sold taking the total to 1,367,191. Similarly, its predecessor Breath of the Wild sits at 3rd place despite releasing back in 2017. This week saw it sell another 7,520 copies and is no doubt thanks to the sequel’s successful release.
In other news, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe rose to 2nd place with an extra 8,264 copies sold this week for Nintendo Switch. Fourth place belongs to Pokemon Scarlet / Violet which gained an extra 5,573 sales this week perhaps courtesy of recent Amazon sales. Minecraft comes in at 5th which is no surprise considering it is a regular feature of the charts.
6th, 7th and 8th place go to Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 3 respectively. The list finishes off with Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection and Nintendo Switch Sports. It’s safe to say it was a successful week for Nintendo Switch titles.
As for hardware sales this week, the Nintendo Switch OLED took top spot for a second consecutive week. Additionally, the PlayStation 5 kept its second spot with 32,553 units sold and the Nintendo Switch followed suit with 11,446 extra sales. With Switch units beating competition at almost double, it’s going to take a lot for it to be beat throughout the year. However if anything can do it, it will be the PS5 who sits comfortably in second place.
Here’s the full Famitsu gaming sales chart for March 15 – 21.
1. Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Switch) – 247,689 weekly / (1,367,191 total)
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) – 8,264 weekly / (5,301,742 total)
3. Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) – 7,520 weekly / (2,189,691 total)
4. Pokemon Scarlet / Violet (Switch) – 5,573 weekly / (5,034,295 total)
5. Minecraft (Switch) – 5,507 weekly / (3,141,460 total)
6. Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Switch) – 5,360 weekly / (432,149 total)
7. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Switch) – 4,706 weekly / (5,195,387 total)
8. Splatoon 3 (Switch) – 4,658 weekly / (4,019,351 total)
9. Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection (Switch) – 4,515 weekly / (69,327 total)
10. Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch) – 3,422 weekly / (1,081,447 total)
Here’s the Famitsu hardware chart too. Console families are grouped together for simplicity. Our yearly data comes from our friends over on InstallBase!
- Switch: 86,645 weekly
- PS5: 37,155 weekly
- PS4: 880 weekly
- Xbox Series: 262 weekly
What games or systems did you pick up this week? Let us know in the comments below, and keep your eyes on GameLuster for more gaming news.
