Famitsu Sales: 3/11/24 – 3/17/24 - Unicorn Overlord remains the week's top seller

[Gamernyc78]

Famitsu Sales: 3/11/24 – 3/17/24 [Update]

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of March 11, 2024 to March 17, 2024.

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Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software data for Japan for the week of March 11, 2024 to March 17, 2024.
Unicorn Overlord for Switch remained the top selling game following its debut the previous week with an additional 16,012 retail copies sold, followed by Final Fantasy VII Rebirth for PlayStation 5 with an additional 11,497 copies sold.
The Switch version of MACROSS Shooting Insight was the only new game release to chart in the top 10, moving 6,961 retail units.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 42,883 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 26,516 units, the Xbox Series family sold 1,496 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 588 units.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Unicorn Overlord (ATLUS, 03/08/24) – 16,012 (56,003)
2. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (Square Enix, 02/29/24) – 11,497 (298,635)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,031 (5,748,900)
4. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 8,257 (1,787,466)
5. [NSW] Mario vs. Donkey Kong (Nintendo, 02/16/24) – 7,680 (124,441)
6. [NSW] Fitness Boxing feat. Hatsune Miku: Isshoni Exercise (Imagineer, 03/07/24) – 7,011 (21,139)
7. [NSW] MACROSS Shooting Insight (Bushiroad Games, 03/14/24) – 6,961 (New)
8. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! (Konami, 11/16/23) – 5,947 (1,011,957)
9. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 5,872 (3,470,376)
10. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 5,626 (4,251,794)

Rankings 11 to 30 will be announced on March 22.
Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch OLED Model – 30,753 (6,868,972)
2. PlayStation 5 – 22,665 (4,570,547)
3. Switch Lite – 7,337 (5,777,577)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,851 (740,382)
5. Switch – 4,793 (19,743,487)
6. Xbox Series X – 817 (250,778)
7. Xbox Series S – 679 (305,606)
8. PlayStation 4 – 588 (7,924,410)
9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 12 (1,192,891)

 

[Gamernyc78]

Rebirth at #2

 

[Evilnemesis8]

FFXVI Week 3
02./02. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2023.06.22} (¥9.000) - 14.109 / 387.899 <80-100%> (-63%)
Rebirth Week 3
02./02. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.02.29} (¥8.980) - 11.497 / 298.635 (-53%)

A bit better legs percentage wise for this week for Rebirth, but in total units, still down from FFXVI.

01./01. [NSW] Unicorn Overlord # <SLG> (Atlus) {2024.03.08} (¥7.980) - 16.012 / 57.003 (-61%)

Really good 2nd week performance for Unicorn Ovelord, at least for the Switch SKUs(we'll have to wait for Top 30 to see the PS4/PS5 performance)
A 61% drop of a SRPG like UO is a very great drop, I guess they found some more copies somewhere to address some of the shortages. Could've been a much bigger launch for the game, but it is what it is.

Next week might be potentially worse drop for the game as they've most likely exhausted all the copies they had on hand.



As for hardware, everything is down from last week, so nothing exciting here.

 

[Gamernyc78]

FFXVI Week 3
02./02. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2023.06.22} (¥9.000) - 14.109 / 387.899 <80-100%> (-63%)
Rebirth Week 3
02./02. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.02.29} (¥8.980) - 11.497 / 298.635 (-53%)

A bit better legs percentage wise for this week for Rebirth, but in total units, still down from FFXVI.

01./01. [NSW] Unicorn Overlord # <SLG> (Atlus) {2024.03.08} (¥7.980) - 16.012 / 57.003 (-61%)

Really good 2nd week performance for Unicorn Ovelord, at least for the Switch SKUs(we'll have to wait for Top 30 to see the PS4/PS5 performance)
A 61% drop of a SRPG like UO is a very great drop, I guess they found some more copies somewhere to address some of the shortages. Could've been a much bigger launch for the game, but it is what it is.

Next week might be potentially worse drop for the game as they've most likely exhausted all the copies they had on hand.



As for hardware, everything is down from last week, so nothing exciting here.

Thnks.

 

[ethomaz]

Rebirth barely holds over 10k.
There are reports already saying it is going bargain bin prices to increase sales.

No Square Enix PR after 3 weeks probably mean it did shipped+digital less than FFXVI.
Others chats across the world shows the same trend of lower units sold than FFXVI.

Not good at all.
And yes the decline is very real no matter how you hated me saying it few weeks ago.

 

[arvfab]

Due to the scarcity of the PS5 physical edition, I didn't think twice to add UO on my backlog a few days ago, when I found it for 45€ new.

 

[Dabaus]

I think PS5 needs a price cut in Japan. Not sure what they can do about software sales but they need do something.

 

[Danja]

R.I P - Rebirth.... Did not see this game underperforming everywhere like this

 

[Dabaus]

R.I P - Rebirth.... Did not see this game underperforming everywhere like this

Where else did it underperfrom?

 

[Danja]

Where else did it underperfrom?

UK / Spain

 

[JAHGamer]

R.I P - Rebirth.... Did not see this game underperforming everywhere like this

UK / Spain

In both Spain and UK, Rebirth did better than FF16 with less time on the market

Stop the cap please

 

[Danja]

In both Spain and UK, Rebirth did better than FF16 with less time on the market

Stop the cap please

Yes first week and it barely bested FF 16 then. Sales fell off harder than FF 16

 

[Gamernyc78]

The debates in here be having me

 

[Gediminas]

Doomers again, holy cow. We can't live any few days without this bullshit.

 

[JAHGamer]

Yes first week and it barely bested FF 16 then. Sales fell off harder than FF 16

Bro do you even read the threads before you type? there's literally a post a few messages above yours saying the drop is less than ff16

You love to cap

FFXVI Week 3
02./02. [PS5] Final Fantasy XVI # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2023.06.22} (¥9.000) - 14.109 / 387.899 <80-100%> (-63%)
Rebirth Week 3
02./02. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth <RPG> (Square Enix) {2024.02.29} (¥8.980) - 11.497 / 298.635 (-53%)

 

[Danja]

Bro do you even read the threads before you type? there's literally a post a few messages above yours saying the drop is less than ff16

You love to cap

My comment you quoted was about Spain and the UK.... Pick a struggle and stop trying to ignite a silly argument

 

[ethomaz]

Bro do you even read the threads before you type? there's literally a post a few messages above yours saying the drop is less than ff16

You love to cap

Still FXVI was selling better…
Your own quote shows that.

But hey people keep comparing it to FFXVI that is in the low end of FF sales in Japan because it underperformed at lot there.

 

[ethomaz]

You are right! Let's practice 1984 and ignore the reality we see with our eyes. Let's ignore the data as well.

FF 7 Rebirth, ahhh sales are amazing reminds me of the glory days of the franchise, whew!

While we are at it... Maybe we should just ban sales threads on this forum since commenting on the data give is always an issue here.

And people here were waiting the 3m PR at first week

It is obvious it didn’t reach that Worldwide at launch like FFXVI.

 

[Danja]

And people here were waiting the 3m PR at first week

It is obvious it didn’t reach that Worldwide at launch like FFXVI.

I was honestly thinking expecting it but after we got the UK data I figured that wasn't gonna be the case at all. It is unfortunate because I think they did a bang up Job with this game and have potential to have a massive spin game if executed properly.

I think splitting things up maybe have backfired a little.

 

[Gamernyc78]

Still FXVI was selling better…
Your own quote shows that.

But hey people keep comparing it to FFXVI that is in the low end of FF sales in Japan because it underperformed at lot there.

What are you talking about? FF 16 is one of the best selling PS5 games in Japan thts why they are comparing it to tht one