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[Weekly software and hardware sales figures] "XenoCross DE" takes the top spot! "Atelier Yumia," "Assassin's Creed Shadows," and "Bleach: Rebirth of Souls" also make the top 10 [3/17-3/23]​

Sales ranking announced by Famitsu. Here is a summary of the estimated weekly sales figures for video games and hardware from March 17 to March 23, 2025 in Japan.

Six of the top 10 titles in this week's ranking are new to the platform (four titles if counted by platform). Taking the top spot is Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition, an upgraded version of the open-world RPG released for the Wii U in 2015. With improved graphics and systems and newly added stories this is the definitive version, with sales of 74,689 units.

Coming in second, third, and seventh place is the latest title in the alchemy RPG Atelier series, Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist and the Land of Phantasmagoria. The PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions came in second and seventh while the Nintendo Switch version came in third with the total sales of all versions reaching 61,074 units.

Coming in at number 5 is Assassin's Creed: Shadows which is the latest installment in the popular Assassin's Creed series, set in the Azuchi-Momoyama period of Japan with a profound story and highly flexible parkour-style action gam . Coming in at number 8 is BLEACH Rebirth of Souls, a fighting action game based on the popular anime BLEACH and both titles are off to a strong start.

Famitsu Sales: Week 12, 2025 (Mar 17 - Mar 23)​

Software​

1st [Switch] Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition
74,689 (New) total 74,689 / Nintendo / March 20, 2025

2nd [PS5] Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist and the Phantasmagoria of Remembrance
27,810 (New) total 27,810 / Koei Tecmo Games / March 21, 2025

3rd [Switch] Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist and the Phantasmagoria of Remembrance
26,315 (New) total 26,315 / Koei Tecmo Games / March 21, 2025

4th [PS5] Monster Hunter Wilds
20,621 (-49%) total 763,490 / Capcom / February 28, 2025

5th [PS5] Assassin's Creed Shadows
17,701 (New) total 17,701 / Ubisoft / March 20, 2025

6th [Switch] Super Mario Party Jamboree
9,214 (+5%) total 1,237,762 / Nintendo / October 17, 2024

7th [PS4] Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist and the Land of Phantasmagoria
6,949 (New) total 6,949 / Koei Tecmo Games / March 21, 2025

8th [PS5] BLEACH Rebirth of Souls
6,079 (New) total 6,079 / Bandai Namco Entertainment / March 21, 2025

9th [Switch] Minecraft
5,876 (+0%) total 3,838,839 / Microsoft Japan / June 21, 2018

10th [Switch] Donkey Kong Returns HD
5,803 (-16%) total 237,853 / Nintendo / January 16, 2025

Hardware sales​

• Switch: 4,263 (total 20,078,991)
• Switch Lite: 7,433 (total 6,496,781)
• Switch Oled: 18,808 (total 8,889,054)
• PS5: 9,558 (total 5,616,308)
• PS5 DE: 2,144 (total 961,016)
• PS5 Pro: 3,510 (total 185,728)
• Xbox Series X: 19 (total 319,620)
• Xbox Series X DE: 51 (total 20,043)
• Xbox Series S: 182 (total 333,515)
• PS4: 18 (total 7,929,354)

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Good debut for Atelier Yumia (almost 60k copies at retail).

XCX DE did some pretty nice numbers too.

 

[Luminoth-4545]

 

[Hookshot]

MH falling down the charts quicker than I would have expected.

Console sales are dead. Will PS5 even reach 7 million? God knows how low it would be without those sent to China.

 

[Danjin44]

XCX DE deserves even higher sales

 

[Javi97]

Playstation 5 Pro Portable (PS5PP) will save Playstation in Japan!!!

 

[yogaflame]

Allot of Ps5 games on top 10.

 

[Woopah]

Not that great for Bleach or Shadows but decent enough for Xeno and Atelier. Hardware is lowwwwwww.

Tomodachi means Switch will still get strong sellers in its 10th year.

 

[Baemono]

• Xbox Series X: 19
• PS4: 18

Soon the PS4 will outsell the Series X

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

The Monster Hunter battle is going poorly in Japan.

 

[RetroGamingUK]

• Xbox Series X: 19 (total 319,620)
• Xbox Series X DE: 51 (total 20,043)

 

[yogaflame]

Soon the PS4 will outsell the Series X

That's brutal.

Playstation 5 Pro Portable (PS5PP) will save Playstation in Japan!!!

Well the PS5 is still profitable for Sony in Japan. It just needs a price cut and the flood gates will open for ps5 sales to rise

XCX DE deserves even higher sales

Yes, I agree, it is still low for XCX. It is a very good game.

MH falling down the charts quicker than I would have expected.

Console sales are dead. Will PS5 even reach 7 million? God knows how low it would be without those sent to China.

Yes, if price cut happens. Ps5 is really expensive in Japan.

 

[jm89]

• Xbox Series X: 19 (total 319,620)
• Xbox Series X DE: 51 (total 20,043)
• Xbox Series S: 182 (total 333,515)

How do retailers justify even keeping stock of xbox console in japan?

There has to come a point where they decide the warehouse/shelfspace is better served for somthing else.

But then again it's probably not taking much space with demand being low and reatilers adjusting stock levels.

 

[LordOcidax]

The Switch soft landing and PS5 back to the reality. Monster Hunter Wilds is going is going to be out of the top 10 in a record time for the franchise.

 

[Robb]

1st [Switch] Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition
74,689 (New) total 74,689 / Nintendo / March 20, 2025

Famitsu Sales: Week 18, 2015 (Apr 27 - May 03)
03./00. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X # <RPG> (Nintendo) {2015.04.29} (¥8.316) - 88.544 / NEW

Would’ve thought Xenoblade Chronicles X would sell better than the WiiU version out of the gate given the user base.

 

[Horseganador]

What has happened to Xbox these past few weeks? It has always sold little, but at least it was one of the thousands. Now the numbers are like a dead console.

 

[Robb]

The Switch soft landing and PS5 back to the reality. Monster Hunter Wilds is going is going to be out of the top 10 in a record time for the franchise.

It’ll get back in when the Switch 2 version launches.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Honestly this might be it for Xbox hardware in Japan. I really don't see where they go from here.

 

[mèx]

Launch:
Xenoblade 2 - 97274
Xenoblade DE - 90789
Xenoblade 3 - 112728
Xenoblade X - 74689

Unless the digital split is much higher for Xenoblade X, it's a decent result but quite a bit lower than the main series.

 

[Ebrietas]

Honestly this might be it for Xbox hardware in Japan. I really don't see where they go from here.

It’s dead everywhere. Hardware and software.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

It’s dead everywhere. Hardware and software.

PC and PS5 are making sure that doesn't happen. There's a reason why MS changed strategies.

 

[Loomy]

Honestly this might be it for Xbox hardware in Japan. I really don't see where they go from here.

Nah, Phil said Japan was very important to them.

 

[Woopah]

Would’ve thought Xenoblade Chronicles X would sell better than the WiiU version out of the gate given the user base.

It likely did with digital, but I do think the retail sales are a bit weak.

 

[Sojiro]

It’ll get back in when the Switch 2 version launches.

I would rather Capcom do a specific MH game for the switch to be honest, like they did with MH Rise. I think custom tailoring a MH game for the Switch 2 instead of trying to figure out how to get Wilds running on it would be the better approach.

 

[daxgame]

Monster Hunter Rise will save PS5 in Japan
PS5 Pro will save PS5 in Japan
Monster Hunter Wilds will save PS5 in Japan
Ghost of Yōtei will save PS5 in Japan

Also extremely disappointing sales for Xenoblade here

 

[Robb]

It likely did with digital, but I do think the retail sales are a bit weak.

Yeah I’m certain it did better overall when you account for digital, but still.

I would rather Capcom do a specific MH game for the switch to be honest, like they did with MH Rise. I think custom tailoring a MH game for the Switch 2 instead of trying to figure out how to get Wilds running on it would be the better approach.

Same, I’d always prefer a new game instead of a downgraded port.

Wouldn’t surprise me if we get a port this time though.

 

[Javi97]

Well the PS5 is still profitable for Sony in Japan. It just needs a price cut and the flood gates will open for ps5 sales to rise
.

The Japanese want a portable console and Sony has to give it to them

although the price drops are appreciated

 

[Javi97]

Monster Hunter Rise will save PS5 in Japan
PS5 Pro will save PS5 in Japan
Monster Hunter Wilds will save PS5 in Japan
Ghost of Yōtei will save PS5 in Japan

Also extremely disappointing sales for Xenoblade here

PS5 Portable (PS5P), PS5 Pro Portable (PS5PP) and PS5 MAX Portable (PS5MP) will save Playstation in Asia and the world

 

[Sephiran]

Xenoblade games generally have had a 50 % digital sales split in Japan, if that holds true for Xenoblade X as well it means Xenoblade X sold around 150K at release in Japan.

 

[Woopah]

PS5 Portable (PS5P), PS5 Pro Portable (PS5PP) and PS5 MAX Portable (PS5MP) will save Playstation in Asia and the world

Portable will help somewhat but software is the main issue. They just don't have the exclusive multi million sellers they had on other Sony platforms.

 

[Sakura]

Would’ve thought Xenoblade Chronicles X would sell better than the WiiU version out of the gate given the user base.

There is probably a decent amount of people who bought the original that won't buy a re-release, like myself.

 

[Sooner]

Soon the PS4 will outsell the Series X

The headline will be "PS4 outsells Xbox Series X 7 to 1. No, literally 7 total PS4s and 1 Series X".

 

[LordOcidax]

Xenoblade games generally have had a 50 % digital sales split in Japan, if that holds true for Xenoblade X as well it means Xenoblade X sold around 150K at release in Japan.

Where is the source of that information? If this can be a good debut then.

 

[Sephiran]

Where is the source of that information? If this can be a good debut then.

From the Installbase forum that track sales.

 

[Ebrietas]

Portable will help somewhat but software is the main issue. They just don't have the exclusive multi million sellers they had on other Sony platforms.

Japan’s gaming tastes have changed since then. The major franchises of yesterday are not so big anymore. It’s mostly Nintendo franchises, f2p, and mobile that dominate.

 

[Robb]

There is probably a decent amount of people who bought the original that won't buy a re-release, like myself.

I guess, but the difference in user bases is staggering. At the time, WiiU had sold around 2M units.

Comparatively, Switch is at 35M units sold.

So the user base on Switch is roughly 18 times larger, yet the (physical) launch sales for XBCX is lower.

 

[Woopah]

Where is the source of that information? If this can be a good debut then.

Nintendo releases full shipments for first party games in Japan, so we can get a good idea of digital %s based on price.

Japan’s gaming tastes have changed since then. The major franchises of yesterday are not so big anymore. It’s mostly Nintendo franchises, f2p, and mobile that dominate.

Yes that's the issue Sony has. Final Fantasy, Dynasty Warriors, Resident Evil etc. simply aren't what they once were.

The franchises which are still big are either shared with Nintendo or Nintendo exclusive. And the new or growing franchises tend to be Nintendo exclusive too.

What Sony needs is more things like Elden Ring or Ghost of Tsushima.

 

[mckmas8808]

Portable will help somewhat but software is the main issue. They just don't have the exclusive multi million sellers they had on other Sony platforms.

The PS5 price, no portable, and less Japanese PS5 only games will do that. But it's still doing well in Japan.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Launch:
Xenoblade 2 - 97274
Xenoblade DE - 90789
Xenoblade 3 - 112728
Xenoblade X - 74689

Unless the digital split is much higher for Xenoblade X, it's a decent result but quite a bit lower than the main series.

Seems kind of underwhelming. Even the Wii U version sold 85K its first weekend.

There’s some pretty hilarious cope over at the Xenoblade subreddit. “It’s a niche series”, “mecha genre is niche”, “it’s a port of a 10 year old Wii U game”, “Switch 2 is coming soon” etc.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Monster Hunter Rise will save PS5 in Japan
PS5 Pro will save PS5 in Japan
Monster Hunter Wilds will save PS5 in Japan
Ghost of Yōtei will save PS5 in Japan

Also extremely disappointing sales for Xenoblade here

PS5 is on its way to sell around the same as PS4 and PS3. So basically Playstation consoles since 2006. That's 20 years. That is with 3 price increases, etc... instead of price decreases.

 

[LordOcidax]

PS5 is on its way to sell around the same as PS4 and PS3. So basically Playstation consoles since 2006. That's 20 years. That is with 3 price increases, etc... instead of price decreases.

Some of you keep repeating this when is almost a fact that big % of PS5 sold in Japan before the price increase landed in the China’s gray market, also the games sales situation is really bad compared to the PS4 or the PS3… and launch aligned the PS5 console sales are already below the PS4. The PS5 situation in Japan is nothing like the PS4 or the PS3 was in the same time frame, especially for the software. Sony knows that and doesn’t care if the console sales well or not and that’s why the price increase. China is saving the PS5 in Asia.

 

[Sakura]

I guess, but the difference in user bases is staggering. At the time, WiiU had sold around 2M units.

Comparatively, Switch is at 35M units sold.

So the user base on Switch is roughly 18 times larger, yet the (physical) launch sales for XBCX is lower.

Install base doesn't really matter that much for niche games like this. The kind of people that would want to buy that game are also likely the kind of people who would buy a Wii U. The millions more Switch owners are getting it for games like Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, etc.
I think Tokyo Mirage Sessions, the Switch version sold less than the Wii U version too.

 

[kazuyamishima]

Some of you keep repeating this when is almost a fact that big % of PS5 sold in Japan before the price increase landed in the China’s gray market, also the games sales situation is really bad compared to the PS4 or the PS3… and launch aligned the PS5 console sales are already below the PS4. The PS5 situation in Japan is nothing like the PS4 or the PS3 was in the same time frame, especially for the software. Sony knows that and doesn’t care if the console sales well or not and that’s why the price increase. China is saving the PS5 in Asia.

The first sentence is also true for other systems launched in Japan.

Also, I don't think that Sony cares if China is selling more than Japan atm.

 

[Tiago Rodrigues]

Some of you keep repeating this when is almost a fact that big % of PS5 sold in Japan before the price increase landed in the China’s gray market

You have no idea what the % is. All consoles have lots of units that end up in China. Guess what's gonna happen with Switch 2 as well?

also the games sales situation is really bad compared to the PS4 or the PS3…

That's because you only care for Famitsu charts which:
- Only cover physical "sales";
- PS3 basically all sales were physical. PS4 had a lot more physical sales than digital. Both consoles didn't have digital console skus as well;
- PS5 has literally a sku that has sold close to 1M consoles that only allows for digital copies of games sold...which Famitsu doesn't cover. And you have no idea what the % of overall PS5 digital games are sold currently in Japan;
- Around 15% of all PS5 owners can't buy physical games...which Famitsu doesn't care for;
- Famitsu isn't true sales. They are actually predictions from them and they have managed to get A LOT of wrong info throughout the years:

and launch aligned the PS5 console sales are already below the PS4. The PS5 situation in Japan is nothing like the PS4 or the PS3 was in the same time frame, especially for the software. Sony knows that and doesn’t care if the console sales well or not and that’s why the price increase. China is saving the PS5 in Asia.

PS5 is also the first console to ever have like 3 price increases during a single generation in Japan.

Dude...Japan is LITERALLY the 2nd biggest market for PS5 in terms of consoles sold. I don't think the UK or any other european countries have PS5 at above 6.7M consoles sold lmao.
Saying Sony doesn't care about its second biggest market in consoles sold is sure...something.

Namco Bandai just announced 2 Japanese Sony IP releases today. They make deals with countless developers for stuff like Final Fantasy, Rise of the Ronin, Monster Hunter, etc...they really can't do much more if the market isn't giving them Switch-level sales. If Nintendo was releasing home consoles only you really think Switch would have done as well as it did? (also Covid)

This gen is going to be longer than the past gen as well...and there's a lot of games still to be released. Possibly price-decreases to happen as well.

 

[Robb]

Install base doesn't really matter that much for niche games like this. The kind of people that would want to buy that game are also likely the kind of people who would buy a Wii U. The millions more Switch owners are getting it for games like Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, etc.
I think Tokyo Mirage Sessions, the Switch version sold less than the Wii U version too.

Yeah, I agree with that.

I still find it pretty interesting though. You’d also think it’d sell more just due to the fact that the franchise has grown/ gotten multiple new installments by this point. I’d think the fan base is bigger now.

But I guess X is an outlier within its own franchise considering how different it is to the rest.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

Famitsu Sales: 3/17/25 - 3/23/25 has been updated with software sales rankings 11 to 30.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales):

1. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition (Nintendo, 03/20/25) – 74,689 (New)
2. [PS5] Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (Koei Tecmo, 03/21/25) – 27,810 (New)
3. [NSW] Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (Koei Tecmo, 03/21/25) – 26,315 (New)
4. [PS5] Monster Hunter Wilds (Capcom, 02/28/25) – 20,621 (763,490)
5. [PS5] Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Ubisoft, 03/20/25) – 17,701 (New)
6. [NSW] Super Mario Party Jamboree (Nintendo, 10/17/24) – 9,214 (1,237,762)
7. [PS4] Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land (Koei Tecmo, 03/21/25) – 6,949 (New)
8. [PS5] Bleach: Rebirth of Souls (Bandai Namco, 03/21/25) – 6,079 (New)
9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,876 (3,838,839)
10. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country Returns HD (Nintendo, 01/16/25) – 5,803 (237,853)
11. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 5,654 (6,288,657)
12. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 4,292 (8,093,508)
13. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 3,686 (5,541,716)
14. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 3,253 (1,562,729)
15. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 2,978 (5,735,727)
16. [NSW] Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars (Konami, 03/06/25) – 2,542 (48,756)
17. [NSW] Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025 (Konami, 07/18/24) – 2,296 (357,473)
18. [PS4] Bleach: Rebirth of Souls (Bandai Namco, 03/21/25) – 2,182 (New)
19. [NSW] Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 Special Price (SEGA, 11/17/22) – 2,020 (248,356)
20. [PS5] MLB The Show 25 (SIE, 03/18/25) – 2,015 (New)
21. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 1,978 (4,431,508)
22. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) – 1,932 (1,301,727)
23. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 1,666 (3,706,317)
24. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 1,815 (1,697,951)
25. [NSW] Kirby and the Forgotten Land (Nintendo, 03/25/22) – 1,503 (1,192,571)
26. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (Nintendo, 05/12/23) – 1,480 (2,058,874)
27. [NSW] Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe (Nintendo, 02/24/23) – 1,474 (597,658)
28. [NSW] Pikmin 4 (Nintendo, 07/21/23) – 1,424 (1,306,232)
29. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (SEGA, 02/21/25) – 1,263 (83,533)
30. [NSW] Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake (Square Enix, 11/14/24) – 1,258 (1,002,522)

Famitsu Sales: 3/17/25 – 3/23/25 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of March 17, 2025 to March 23, 2025.

www.gematsu.com

 

[Impotaku]

Hope Sony has a plan b & c for japan as now monster hunter is settling down they desperately need something new to cause another sales spike as once switch 2 drops they are officially screwed. If one switch on the market is putting up this amount of competition imagine how bad it’s going to be with two switch models.

 

[DenchDeckard]

Xbox is completely dead in Japan. No change from other generations there.

Ps5 is worse than I could have guessed.

 

[Sephiran]

It shows how the high price of PS5 is hurting its sales potential in Japan. It shouldn't be possible for the MH Wilds boost in sales to only hold some weeks and then sell half compared to the soon to be replaced Switch.

 

[daxgame]

PS5 is on its way to sell around the same as PS4 and PS3. So basically Playstation consoles since 2006. That's 20 years. That is with 3 price increases, etc... instead of price decreases.

ah yes, considering PS4 was already lower than PS3 and PS5 might be likely lower than PS4, great achievement !

And yes, don't get me wrong for Sony even with these less sales they are more profitable given the costs, so I wasn't approaching this from an "economical" standpoint.