The top 10 is dominated by three new releases, each of which has multiple versions that also placed in the top 10, according to the most recent weekly data from Famitsu for hardware and physical software sales in Japan (via Install Base). Intriguingly, Splatoon 3 is still at the top of the charts, just as it was last week, extending its streak to 10 consecutive weeks with more than 43,000 units sold. This is despite the fact that several significant new releases were released last week.
Japanese Retail Charts
Despite this, three versions of Sonic Frontiers made it into the top 10. The Switch version, which has sold over 26,000 units, came in at No. 4, the PS5 version, which came in at No. 7, and the PS4 version, which came in at No. 8, both with over 9,000 units sold. With a combined total of over 46,000 sales at launch, all three versions outsold Splatoon 3 in terms of sales. That makes it, incidentally, the greatest Japanese launch for a Sonic game since 2001’s Sonic Adventure 2, which, upon release, sold over 84,000 units.
God of War Ragnarok, which holds two spots in the top 10, is undoubtedly the biggest new release of the previous week. The PS5 version, which is ranked third, sold over 29,000 units, while the PS4 version, which is ranked sixth, sold over 11,000 units. Its combined launch sales of over 40,000 units are the third-highest for the series in Japan to date, after only God of War 3 and God of War from 2018. (over 50,000 units).
Finally, there’s also Tactics Ogre: Reborn, another new release that takes up multiple slots, with the Nintendo Switch version (No. 2) selling over 36,000 units, the PS4 version (No. 5) selling over 12,000 units, and the PS5 version (No. 10) selling over 7,800 units, for a total of over 57,000 units sold. That’s the series’ lowest ever Japanese launch to date, with 1999’s Ogre Battle 64 being the second-lowest (over 103,000 units sold at launch). That said, the remaster has outmatched the launch sales of several other recent Square Enix releases, including the likes of Valkyrie Elysium, Star Ocean: The Divine Force, Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin, Harvestella, and more.
On the hardware side of things, the Nintendo Switch leads the way once again, seeing a slight bump in sales over last week’s figures, with over 97,000 units sold. The PS5 follows behind by a healthy margin, having sold over 28,000 units over the course of the week.
You can check out the full hardware and physical software sales charts for the week ending November 13 below.
Software sales (followed by lifetime sales):
- [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 43,781 (3,331,197)
- [NSW] Tactics Ogre: Reborn – 36,783 (New)
- [PS5] God of War Ragnarok – 29,377 (New)
- [NSW] Sonic Frontiers – 26,067 (New)
- [PS4] Tactics Ogre: Reborn – 12,668 (New)
- [PS4] God of War Ragnarok – 11,260 (New)
- [PS5] Sonic Frontiers – 11,111 (New)
- [PS4] Sonic Frontiers – 9,098 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 8,025 (4,899,259)
- [PS5] Tactics Ogre: Reborn – 7,805 (New)
Hardware sales (followed by last week’s sales):
- Nintendo Switch – 97,542 (90,478)
- PS5 – 28,716 (13,274)
- Xbox Series X/S – 748 (3,113)
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