It's time to check out the latest physical charts from Japan, and this time, there are a whole bunch of new releases making up the top ten (well, technically just four split across various platforms, but you get it). Nevertheless, Pikmin 4 is still holding its own at number 5, selling a further 18,307 copies, pushing it ever closer to that 1 million unit milestone.
Otherwise, Koei Tecmo's Fate/Samurai Remnant comes in at number 1 on the Switch with 34,728 units sold, while its PS5 and PS4 siblings enter the top ten at numbers 3 and 9 respectively. We've also got Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai at number 2, while the Switch version of EA Sports FC 24 managed to snatch position number 6, coming in ahead of the PS5 and PS4 variants.
So, quite a few new releases this week then, though we suspect some evergreen titles will likely sneak back in next week once the dust settles.
Here's this week's top ten software sales in full:
- [NSW] Fate/Samurai Remnant (Koei Tecmo, 09/28/23) – 34,728 (New)
- [NSW] Infinity Strash: Dragon Quest The Adventure of Dai (Square Enix, 09/28/23) – 24,367 (New)
- [PS5] Fate/Samurai Remnant (Koei Tecmo, 09/28/23) – 21,569 (New)
- [PS5] Ys X: Nordics (Nihon Falcom, 09/28/23) – 18,563 (New)
- [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 18,307 (882,536)
- [NSW] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 16,485 (New)
- [PS5] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 15,863 (New)
- [NSW] Ys X: Nordics (Nihon Falcom, 09/28/23) – 15,846 (New)
- [PS4] Fate/Samurai Remnant (Koei Tecmo, 09/28/23) – 12,203 (New)
- [PS4] EA Sports FC 24 (Electronic Arts, 09/29/23) – 11,750 (New)
It's a familiar story on the hardware front with no change in the rankings this week. That said, overall sale figures for the Switch are down slightly, with the OLED Model in particular dropping by more than 10,000 units from last week. No cause for alarm, we're sure, but it's perhaps worth keeping an eye out for downward trends going forward.
Here are the figures in full:
- Switch OLED Model – 42,270 (5,698,162)
- PlayStation 5 – 40,396 (3,869,791)
- Switch – 7,375 (19,561,110)
- Switch Lite – 6,883 (5,512,648)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 5,550 (585,138)
- Xbox Series S – 3,485 (288,837)
- Xbox Series X – 1,043 (223,230)
- PlayStation 4 – 423 (7,897,876)
- New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 27 (1,192,402)
Have any thoughts on the Japanese Charts this week? Do you think Pikmin will be dethroned again soon? Let us know in the comments.
[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]
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And now we begin the wait for Ys Nordics to be released over here
Wow this is the rare week where Minecraft and the usual suspect of Nintendo games didn't make it to the top ten. Also Pikmin 4 being the only game up there that is not a new release is fantastic.
Loving the Ys representation. Get on localizing Ys X: Nordics ASAP Falcom! (Or NISA I suppose)
Surprising to see EA dominating a Japanese sales chart this week, and even more surprising seeing the Switch version selling better than ps5
@Coversnail @Tyranexx There's also The Oath in Felghana remaster which is still available only in Japan and only in Japanese language...
When only 2 games take up 6 of the top 10 spots it’s kind of a weird week, no? 🤷🏻♂️
Congrats to Pikmin 4 though for being the sole survivor.👍
I might just have to replay Pikmin 4 to celebrate when it hits a million sales in Japan!
Amazing. Now we will get Pikmin 5,6,,7,8,9,10, etc
@Savage_Joe 31 million vs 4 million install base. Not really a surprise at all, I thought it would be a lot bigger split.
Nice to see so many new games in the charts for a change though.
@Vyacheslav333 Man I would love to have that on Switch. I wonder if Ys Origin didn’t sell well enough?
Wonder how long before certain people here again go “PS5 growing and Switch dying in Japan” if PS5 actually gets a rare HW W for a week for two again.
Go my little Pikmin - Tear up those sales charts!!
@LastFootnote Yeah, me too. I have this game on Windows through GOG, alongside Ys Chronicles I+II... But, my laptop got broken, and I haven't finished the game since that day, sadly. I only beated the first boss...
PS5 sales still as strong as last week. 😊
I think Pikmin has finally hit the big time ☑️
Brings a tear to my eye seeing my boy doing so well.
I'm so pleasantly surprised that Pikmin 4 did and continues selling so well!
The doggy is just adorable as well as the Pikmans - why wouldn't one think it keep it's rating? The game is just more fun along with challenges and isn't like COD or TOTK intense that is why people like it. It's fun encased with exploration challenges that makes for fun how do you do quest end points.
@Arawn93 come on, you know full well FFXVI is in top spot with digital sales, followed by Ragnarok… 😉
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