Japan: Fire Emblem Engage enters the latest Famitsu sales chart at number one

The latest rankings have arrived from the land of the rising sun via sales tracker Famitsu for the week of January 16, 2023 to January 22, 2023. The new #1 has dethroned Pokemon Scarlet & Violet at the top of the charts since publication and it’s new entry in the acclaimed Fire Emblem series, Fire Emblem Engage on Nintendo Switch. Fire Emblem Engage sold 144,558 retail units, slightly more than Fire Emblem: Three Houses which sold 143,130 units during its first week on sale in 2019. The best-selling system was the Nintendo Switch family, which sold 51,587 units, although more stock of Sony’s PlayStation 5 console has certainly arrived as it sold 42,152 units this week. Here are the top sellers in Japan:

Software sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo, 1/20/23) – 144,558 (New)
2. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 43,983 (4,739,035)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 16,091 (3,833,699)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 4/28/17) – 13,857 (5,115,176)
5. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 4/29/22) – 9,220 (978,511)
6. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,146 (3,016,620)
7. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 6,009 (1,157,864)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 5,942 (2,830,215)
9. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 04/03/22) – 5,468 (267,222)
10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,327 (5,105,655)

Hardware sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. PlayStation 5 – 38,602 (2,213,311)
2. Switch OLED model – 28,626 (3,787,574)
3. Switch – 12,820 (19,138,059)
4. Switch Lite – 10,141 (5,175,409)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,550 (335,499)
6. PlayStation 4 – 2,544 (7,849,815)
7. Xbox Series S – 740 (229,048)
8. Xbox Series X – 205 (173,083)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 83 (1,190,306)

Source / Over it