Famitsu Sales: 10/4/21 – 10/10/21 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of October 4, 2021 to October 10, 2021.

Metroid Dread for Switch was the highest selling new game last week, debuting at 86,798 retail sales. Far Cry 6 followed at 34,219 sales on PlayStation 4 and 16,686 on PlayStation 5 for an opening week total of 50,905 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 179,851 units, led by the release of the OLED model at 138,409 sales. The PlayStation 5 family sold 15,885 units, the Xbox Series family sold 3,447 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 961 units. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series consoles continue to face stock issues.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Metroid Dread (Nintendo, 10/08/21) – 86,798 (New)
2. [PS4] Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft, 10/07/21) – 34,219 (New)
3. [PS5] Far Cry 6 (Ubisoft, 10/07/21) – 16,686 (New)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 12,257 (4,085,509)
5. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 11,936 (4,450,954)
6. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 11,257 (2,862,651)
7. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 10,699 (2,225,165)
8. [NSW] Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! (Playism, 10/17/21) – 9,513 (New)
9. [PS4] Lost Judgment (Sega, 09/24/21) – 8,589 (140,834)
10. [NSW] WarioWare: Get It Together! (Nintendo, 09/10/21) – 7,787 (144,966)
11. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 6,988 (2,394,560)
12. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 5,795 (6,897,719)
13. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki (Falcom, 09/30/21) – 5,733 (55,847)
14. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 5,689 (4,158,288)
15. [NSW] Shuuen no Virche -ErroR: salvation- (Idea Factory, 10/07/21) – 5,665 (New)
16. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) – 5,427 (900,430)
17. [NSW] FIFA 2022 Legacy Edition (Electronic Arts, 10/01/21) – 5,416 (18,801)
18. [NSW] Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot + A New Power Awakens Set (Bandai Namco, 09/24/21) – 5,358 (57,329)
19. [PS4] FIFA 2022 (Electronic Arts, 10/01/21) – 5,074 (31,010)
20. [PS4] Tales of Arise (Bandai Namco, 09/09/21) – 4,042 (211,047)
21. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 3,837 (811,577)
22. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 3,625 (2,002,136)
23. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild + Expansion Pass (Nintendo, 10/08/21) – 3,266 (New)
24. [NSW] Astria Ascending (3goo, 10/07/21) – 2,972 (New)
25. [PS4] Judgment (New Price Version) (Sega, 04/22/21) – 2,843 (53,086)
26. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 2,701 (3,955,037)
27. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 2,621 (1,883,584)
28. [NSW] Splatoon 2 + Octo Expansion (Nintendo, 10/08/21) – 2,456 (New)
29. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/04/20) – 2,325 (145,250)
30. [NSW] Game Builder Garage (Nintendo, 06/11/21) – 2,221 (243,566)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 138,409 (New)
2. Switch – 32,792 (17,198,146)
3. PlayStation 5 – 13,786 (922,929)
4. Switch Lite – 8,650 (4,088,784)
5. Xbox Series S – 2,920 (38,307)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,099 (177,974)
7. PlayStation 4 – 961 (7,813,467)
8. Xbox Series X – 527 (64,284)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 405 (1,174,950)

Update 11:00 p.m.: Famitsu has published the top 11 to 30 game software sales, which have been added to the post.