[Japan] Famitsu and Media Create sales for March 2023

Here’s the latest sales reports from Famitsu and Media Create, with Hardware and Software sales for March 2023 (Famitsu: February 27th to March 26th, so 4 weeks in total / Media Create: March 6th to ???, so ??? weeks in total) in Japan!

Media Create

Top 30 Software (Nintendo Switch)

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Hardware

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Famitsu

Top 10 Software

In March, Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe was the best-selling game for the second month in a row. It sold 147 112 additional units, which is a great result and points towards big long-term sales potential (though part of the reason sales were so high in March is that the game was released during the last week of February).

Sales did drop for Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (75 831 units sold), but they remain solid enough. As for Splatoon 3, its sales were fairly stable with 54 873 units sold.

01./01. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.02.24} (¥5.980) – 147.112 / 336.143 (-22%) <80-100%>
02./00. [PS5] Resident Evil 4 # <ADV> (Capcom) {2023.03.24} (¥7.990) – 89.662 / NEW <80-100%>
03./00. [PS4] Resident Evil 4 # <ADV> (Capcom) {2023.03.24} (¥7.990) – 85.371 / NEW <80-100%>
04./03. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Violet # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2022.11.18} (¥5.980) – 75.831 / 4.959.637 (-29%) <80-100%>
05./04. [NSW] Splatoon 3 <ACT> (Nintendo) {2022.09.09} (¥5.980) – 54.873 / 3.958.873 (-1%) <80-100%>
06./00. [PS5] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty # <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2023.03.03} (¥7.800) – 44.467 / NEW <80-100%>
12./00. [PS4] Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty # <RPG> (Koei Tecmo) {2023.03.03} (¥7.800) – at least 24.883 / NEW <60-80%>

Market share

NSW – 3
PS5 – 1
PS4 – 1

Publishers

Once again, Nintendo was the most successful publisher in Japan with about 438 000 units sold in March. As Bayonetta Origins: Cereza and the Lost Demon was the only release during that month, the vast majority of sales come from Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe and the usual evergreen titles.

Capcom is #2 with 190 000 units sold. Those sales come almost exclusively from Resident Evil 4. Finally, Koei-Tecmo is #3 with 166 000 units sold thanks to Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse, Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key, Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, and Wild Hearts.

1. Nintendo: 438.000 units sold
2. Capcom: 190.000 units sold
3. Koei-Tecmo: 166.000 units sold

Hardware

March was a fairly solid month for the Nintendo Switch. It reclaimed its title of best-selling console in Japan with 230 664 units sold (roughly 10 000 units more than in February).

• Nintendo Switch: 230.664 units sold (221.041 units sold in February 2023)
• PlayStation 5: 222.656 units sold (366.982 units sold in February 2023)

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Month | Last Month |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |    230.664 |    221.041 |    364.495 |    879.808 |  1.357.610 |  28.603.855 |
| PS5 # |    222.656 |    366.982 |     94.407 |    823.967 |    274.182 |   3.201.356 |
| PS4 # |      5.903 |      5.295 |         50 |     20.030 |        171 |   9.437.797 |
| XBS # |      4.873 |     25.906 |      7.227 |     35.780 |     35.632 |     434.175 |
| 3DS # |        385 |        312 |      1.539 |      1.366 |      5.082 |  24.599.263 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    464.481 |    619.536 |    467.718 |  1.760.951 |  1.672.677 |  67.467.523 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |    180.223 |    311.047 |     83.649 |    697.892 |    242.624 |   2.757.837 |
| PS5DE |     42.433 |     55.935 |     10.758 |    126.075 |     31.558 |     443.519 |
| XBS X |      4.384 |      5.483 |      4.304 |     10.974 |     15.940 |     183.385 |
| XBS S |        489 |     20.423 |      2.923 |     24.806 |     19.692 |     250.790 |
|NSWOLED|    152.879 |    135.693 |    212.030 |    532.921 |    718.224 |   4.104.933 |
| NSW L |     33.290 |     38.465 |     55.009 |    153.227 |    237.602 |   5.256.921 |
|  NSW  |     44.495 |     46.883 |     97.456 |    193.660 |    401.784 |  19.242.001 |
|  PS4  |      5.903 |      5.295 |         50 |     20.030 |        171 |   7.862.074 |
|n-2DSLL|        385 |        312 |      1.539 |      1.366 |      5.082 |   1.204.318 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

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Source: Media Create (Via: Nintendo Dream) / Famitsu
Some data compiled by: Chris1964 (Install Base)