[Japan] Famitsu and Media Create sales for February 2023
Here’s the latest sales reports from Famitsu and Media Create, with Hardware and Software sales for February 2023 (Famitsu: January 30th to February 26th, so 4 weeks in total / Media Create: February 6th to March 5th, so 4 weeks in total) in Japan!
Media Create
Top 30 Software (Nintendo Switch)
| Rank | Game | Release date | This month | Total |
| 1 | Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe | 23/2/24 | 239,397 | 239,397 |
| 2 | Octopath Traveler II | 23/2/24 | 68,316 | 68,316 |
| 3 | Splatoon 3 | 22/9/9 | 58,912 (-54%) | 4,035,460 |
| 4 | Pokémon Violet | 22/11/18 | 55,302 (-65%) | 2,254,537 |
| 5 | Pokémon Scarlet | 22/11/18 | 42,148 (-62%) | 1,414,288 |
| 6 | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 17/4/28 | 41,419 (-51%) | 5,411,817 |
| 7 | Tales of Symphonia Remastered | 23/2/16 | 30,867 | 30,867 |
| 8 | Minecraft | 18/6/21 | 30,539 (-50%) | 2,988,026 |
| 9 | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 18/12/7 | 25,322 (-35%) | 5,472,930 |
| 10 | Nintendo Switch Sports | 22/4/29 | 23,733 (-65%) | 1,110,937 |
| 11 | Mario Party Superstars | 21/10/29 | 22,311 (-39%) | 1,285,419 |
| 12 | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 17/3/3 | 20,843 (+66%) | 2,373,865 |
| 13 | ARK：Survival Evolved | 23/2/24 | 20,101 | 20,101 |
| 14 | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | 20/3/20 | 18,757 (-39%) | 7,617,120 |
| 15 | Fire Emblem Engage | 23/1/20 | 17,981 (-89%) | 180,768 |
| 16 | Rune Factory 3 Special | 23/3/2 | 16,890 | 16,890 |
| 17 | Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics | 20/6/5 | 15,749 (-36%) | 1,129,109 |
| 18 | Theatrhythm Final Bar Line | 23/2/16 | 15,221 | 15,221 |
| 19 | Ring Fit Adventure | 19/10/18 | 14,428 (-44%) | 3,777,639 |
| 20 | Kirby and the Forgotten Land | 22/3/25 | 12,609 (-40%) | 1,162,769 |
| 21 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival | 22/9/22 | 11,951 (-60%) | 171,487 |
| 22 | Story of Seasons: A Wonderful Life | 23/1/26 | 11,762 (-80%) | 71,524 |
| 23 | Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! | 20/11/19 | 11,299 (-68%) | 2,908,986 |
| 24 | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | 19/1/11 | 10,590 (-34%) | 1,352,627 |
| 25 | Digmon World -next 0rder- INTERNATIONAL EDITION | 23/2/22 | 10,096 | 10,096 |
| 26 | EA Sports FIFA 23 Nintendo Switch Legacy Edition | 22/9/30 | 10,067 (-27%) | 99,559 |
| 27 | Metroid Prime Remastered | 23/3/3 | 9,624 | 9,624 |
| 28 | Dragon Quest Treasures | 22/12/9 | 9,276 (-71%) | 268,982 |
| 29 | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury | 21/2/12 | 8,260 (-47%) | 1,281,382 |
| 30 | NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition | 22/10/6 | 7,464 (-33%) | 83,696 |
Hardware
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Month | Last Month | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| PS5 # | 321.396 | 278.432 | | 599.828 | | 3.107.445 |
| NSW # | 220.457 | 374.310 | | 594.767 | | 27.972.717 |
| XBS # | 7.377 | 9.819 | | 17.196 | | 225.461 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| ALL | 549.230 | 662.561 | | 1.211.791 | | 31.305.623 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| PS5 | 269.183 | 239.624 | | 508.807 | | 2.678.896 |
| PS5DE | 52.213 | 38.808 | | 91.021 | | 428.549 |
| XBS X | 4.702 | 550 | | 5.252 | | 93.960 |
| XBS S | 2.675 | 9.269 | | 11.944 | | 131.501 |
|NSWOLED| 146.999 | 238.098 | | 385.097 | | 4.003.176 |
| NSW L | 37.135 | 76.263 | | 113.398 | | 5.264.416 |
| NSW | 36.323 | 59.949 | | 96.272 | | 18.705.125 |
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Top 10 Software
In February, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe was the best-selling game in Japan with just one week of sales (technically, 3 days!). It sold 189 931 units, which is a noticeable improvement over the sales of the original (144 000 units sold at launch on Wii). This is a great start for this new version of the game, as remakes/remasters often do not come anywhere close sales of the original, let alone outsell them (especially straight from launch).
Both Kirby and the Forgotten Land and Kirby Star Arise ended up selling over 1 million units in total, and it’s definitely possible Kirby’s Return to Dream Land will do the same (with digital included, of course).
01./00. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.02.24} (¥5.980) – 189.031 / NEW <60-80%>
02./00. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy # <RPG> (WB Games) {2023.02.10} (¥8.980) – 126.086 / NEW <80-100%>
03./01. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) – 107.506 / 4.883.806 <80-100%>
04./03. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) – 55.457 / 3.904.000 <80-100%> (+15%)
05./00. [NSW] Octopath Traveler II <RPG> (Square Enix) {2023.02.24} (¥7.091) – 53.995 / NEW <40-60%>
Market share
NSW – 4
PS5 – 1
Publishers
Once again, Nintendo was the most successful publisher with over half-a-million games sold in February. A good chunk of those sales come from Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, but also Fire Emblem Engage’s second month, and the usual evergreen titles.
- Nintendo: 510 000 units sold
- Square-Enix: 162 000 units sold
- WB Games: 127 000 units sold
Hardware
In February, the Nintendo Switch sold “only” 221 000 units, a sharp drop compared to January (which can’t be only explained by the shorter tracking period). For the first time since the launch of the PlayStation 5, the Nintendo Switch was not the best-selling console in Japan.
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Month | Last Month | Last Year | YTD | Last YTD | LTD |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| PS5 # | 366.982 | 234.329 | 65.772 | 601.311 | 179.775 | 2.978.700 |
| NSW # | 221.041 | 428.103 | 377.678 | 649.144 | 993.115 | 28.373.191 |
| XBS # | 25.906 | 5.001 | 21.029 | 30.907 | 28.405 | 429.302 |
| PS4 # | 5.295 | 8.832 | 40 | 14.127 | 121 | 9.431.894 |
| 3DS # | 312 | 669 | 1.499 | 981 | 3.543 | 24.598.878 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| ALL | 619.536 | 676.934 | 466.018 | 1.296.470 | 1.204.959 | 67.002.657 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| PS5 | 311.047 | 206.622 | 59.511 | 517.669 | 158.975 | 2.577.614 |
| PS5DE | 55.935 | 27.707 | 6.261 | 83.642 | 20.800 | 401.086 |
| XBS X | 5.483 | 1.107 | 7.944 | 6.590 | 11.636 | 179.001 |
| XBS S | 20.423 | 3.894 | 13.085 | 24.317 | 16.769 | 250.301 |
|NSWOLED| 135.693 | 244.349 | 201.034 | 380.042 | 506.194 | 3.952.054 |
| NSW L | 38.465 | 81.472 | 63.023 | 119.937 | 182.593 | 5.223.631 |
| NSW | 46.883 | 102.282 | 113.621 | 149.165 | 304.328 | 19.197.506 |
| PS4 | 5.295 | 8.832 | 40 | 14.127 | 121 | 7.856.171 |
|n-2DSLL| 312 | 669 | 1.499 | 981 | 3.543 | 1.203.933 |
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Source: Media Create (Via: Nintendo Dream) / Famitsu
Some of the data compiled by: Chris1964 (Install Base) / Chris1964 (Install Base)
