[Japan] Famitsu sales for February 2024 (Top 10 Software, Publishers, Hardware)

Here’s the latest sales report from Famitsu, with Hardware and Software sales for February 2024 in Japan (January 29th to February 25th, so 4 weeks in total).

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Top 10 Software

Mario vs. Donkey Kong is the only new Nintendo Switch game in the Top 5 Software this month. It’s off to a great start with 89.043 unit sold during the first two weeks: it actually managed to outsell the original game (80.000 units sold)!

As for Super Mario Bros. Wonder, it’s s the only other Nintendo Switch game in the Top 5 Software. It sold 55,179 units at retail alone.

01./00. [PS5] Persona 3 Reload # <RPG> (Atlus) {2024.02.02} (¥8.800) – 95.063 / NEW
02./00. [NSW] Mario Vs. Donkey Kong <PZL> (Nintendo) {2024.02.16} (¥4.980) – 89.043 / NEW
03./00. [PS5] Granblue Fantasy Relink # <RPG> (Cygames) {2024.02.01} (¥7.980) – 63.121 / NEW
04./02. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder <ACT> (Nintendo) {2023.10.20} (¥5.980) – 55.179 / 1.756.149 (-64%)
05./00. [PS4] Persona 3 Reload # <RPG> (Atlus) {2024.02.02} (¥8.800) – 52.443 / NEW
06./05. [NSW] Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island <RPG> (Spike Chunsoft) {2024.01.25} (¥6.350) – 42.031 / 127.455 (-51%)
07./01. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: The Earth Spins with Hope! <TBL> (Konami) {2023.11.16} (¥6.300) – 40.431 / 989.249 (-74%)
08./06. [PS4] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth <RPG> (Sega) {2024.01.26} (¥8.800) – 32.705 / 109.839 (-58%)
09./00. [NSW] Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Clash # <FTG> (Bandai Namco Entertainment) {2024.02.01} (¥7.700) – 32.000 / NEW
10./07. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 30.994 / 5.718.949 (-45%)

Market share

NSW – 6
PS4 – 2
PS5 – 2

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|System | This Month | Last Month |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|  NSW  |    820.000 |  1.350.000 |  1.040.000 |  2.170.000 |  3.090.000 |
|  PS5  |    310.000 |    310.000 |    310.000 |    620.000 |    550.000 |
|  PS4  |    190.000 |    150.000 |    130.000 |    340.000 |    300.000 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+
|  ALL  |  1.320.000 |  1.810.000 |  1.480.000 |  3.130.000 |  3.940.000 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+

Publishers

Once again, Nintendo was the most successful publisher in Japan with nearly 400,000 units sold (399.000 units sold to be precise). Mario vs. Donkey Kong accounts for a good chunk of those sales, but most of those are due to the usual evergreen titles.

1. Nintendo: 399.999
2. Atlus: 153.000
3. Cygames: 93.000

Hardware

Hardware-wise, Nintendo Switch sales went down again in February, which is not too surprising given the lackluster line-up. It remains the best-selling console in Japan, though the gap was smaller than usual this time around.

+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|System | This Month | Last Month |  Last Year |     YTD    |  Last YTD  |     LTD     |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
| NSW # |    190.786 |    241.282 |    221.041 |    432.068 |    649.144 |  32.218.724 |
| PS5 # |    146.945 |    185.480 |    366.982 |    332.425 |    601.311 |   5.297.282 |
| XBS # |     11.030 |      7.654 |     25.906 |     18.684 |     30.907 |     558.791 |
| PS4 # |      2.374 |      2.574 |      5.295 |      4.948 |     14.127 |   9.496.007 |
| 3DS # |         51 |         57 |        312 |        108 |        981 |  24.601.038 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  ALL  |    351.186 |    437.047 |    619.536 |    788.233 |  1.296.470 |  73.364.694 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+
|  PS5  |    123.731 |    149.396 |    311.047 |    273.127 |    517.669 |   4.571.297 |
| PS5DE |     23.214 |     36.084 |     55.935 |     59.298 |     83.642 |     725.985 |
| XBS X |      7.060 |      4.497 |      5.483 |     11.557 |      6.590 |     256.541 |
| XBS S |      3.970 |      3.157 |     20.423 |      7.127 |     24.317 |     302.250 |
|NSWOLED|    141.276 |    167.295 |    135.693 |    308.571 |    380.042 |   6.736.729 |
| NSW L |     30.738 |     47.687 |     38.465 |     78.425 |    119.937 |   5.752.499 |
|  NSW  |     18.772 |     26.300 |     46.883 |     45.072 |    149.165 |  19.729.496 |
|  PS4  |      2.374 |      2.574 |      5.295 |      4.948 |     14.127 |   7.920.284 |
|n-2DSLL|         51 |         57 |        312 |        108 |        981 |   1.206.093 |
+-------+------------+------------+------------+------------+------------+-------------+

Source: Famitsu
Some data compiled by: Chris1964 (Install Base)