Japan: Dragon Quest Monsters sells 346K physical copies this week

The latest boxed-video game software and hardware charts have come through from the team at Famitsu in the land of the rising sun for the week of 27th November, 2023 to 3rd December, 2023. The best-selling game was Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince, which shifted a phenomenal 346,583 physical copies. You may remember that Square Enix said that the game was in high demand and that those who couldn’t find a physical copy should consider purchasing a digital one. On the hardware side of things it was the Nintendo Switch family which was the best-seller, shifting 79,055 units, followed by Sony’s PlayStation 5.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince (Square Enix, 12/01/23) – 346,583 (New)
2. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 64,946 (477,956)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 61,794 (1,150,511)
4. [NSW] Super Mario RPG (Nintendo, 11/17/23) – 24,099 (379,754)
5. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 13,366 (978,783)
6. [NSW] WarioWare: Move It! (Nintendo, 11/03/23) – 9,597 (74,279)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,464 (5,556,552)
8. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,925 (3,325,906)
9. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 7,224 (7,591,150)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 7,106 (5,336,148)

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 57,012 (6,195,126)
2. PlayStation 5 – 35,552 (4,156,858)
3. Switch Lite – 13,048 (5,609,188)
4. Switch – 8,995 (19,626,057)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 7,394 (639,574)
6. Xbox Series X – 1,925 (240,922)
7. PlayStation 4 – 853 (7,909,608)
8. Xbox Series S – 265 (294,039)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 15 (1,192,675)

Via

Related