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After last week’s charts came in a little later than usual, it has only been a matter of days since we last caught up with the Japanese game sales numbers, but Famitsu waits for no one, so we’re back with the latest update.
Our previous champion, Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave (which shifted over 120,000 copies in its debut week, let’s not forget), has seen a rather substantial decrease, selling only an additional 26,728. Fortunately, it has been a pretty quiet week overall, so it was still enough for Nintendo’s latest to hold onto third place.
Despite the lower sales, quite a few newbies joined the top ten this time. Derby Stallion 2 galloped its way into the top spot with ~29,000 sales, Silent Hill: Townfall got spooky in fourth, the new Switch 2 release of Dragon Quest XI took fifth, and EA Sports FC 27 took sixth and ninth on PS5 and Switch 2 respectively.
Here’s a look at the top ten in full:
Position
Game
Platform
Unit Sales (21st – 27th Sep)
Total Unit Sales
1
Derby Stallion 2
Switch 2
29,336
NEW
2
Rhythm Heaven Groove
Switch
27,309
1,049,922
3
Fire Emblem: Fortune’s Weave
Switch 2
26,728
153,859
4
Silent Hill: Townfall
PS5
13,596
NEW
5
Dragon Quest XI S: Shadows of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
Switch 2
10,844
NEW
6
EA Sports FC 27
PS5
9,873
NEW
7
Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream
Switch
8,052
1,618,104
8
Splatoon Raiders
Switch 2
7,405
671,202
9
EA Sports FC 27
Switch 2
5,952
NEW
10
Onimusha: Way of the Sword
PS5
5,141
110,087
The hardware charts are much as they have been for weeks (bar a slight surge for the Xbox Series X Digital Edition, which shifted over 200 units this week — good job, buddy). Switch 2 remains way out front, followed by Sony’s region-locked PS5 Digital Edition and all three Switch 1 models.
The PS5 Digital Edition has once again put up enough numbers that it outsells all Switch 1 SKUs alone. Combining the Switch 1 sales this week comes in at 6,306, while the three PS5 models combine for 9,730.
Here’s a breakdown of the figures for the week:
Position
Console
Unit Sales (21st – 27th Sep)
Lifetime Unit Sales
1
Switch 2
32,198
6,360,353
2
PlayStation 5 Digital Edition
9,470
1,446,312
3
Switch OLED Model
3,108
9,638,465
4
Switch Lite
2,355
7,036,371
5
Switch
843
20,312,006
6
Xbox Series X Digital Edition
244
33,809
7
PlayStation 5 Pro
148
370,198
8
PlayStation 5
112
5,920,333
9
Xbox Series X
104
328,986
10
Xbox Series S
14
343,040
What do you make of this week’s charts? Let us know in the comments.
[source famitsu.com]
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Jim came to Nintendo Life in 2022 and, despite his insistence that The Minish Cap is the best Zelda game and his unwavering love for the Star Wars prequels (yes, really), he has continued to write news and features on the site ever since.