Astro Bot Sells Over 12,000 Physical Units in Japan on Debut, PS5 Sales Plummet After Price Increase

Famitsu has launched the most recent weekly information for {hardware} and bodily software program gross sales in Japan, and the place the latter are involved, there are a selection of recent releases on this week’s prime 10. The highest spot is taken by rhythm motion sport Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Misplaced, which bought over 16,000 copies, whereas in second place, Astro Bot has acquired off to an honest begin with over 12,000 items bought.

One other new entry within the charts is Capcom’s Ace Lawyer Investigations Assortment, with its Nintendo Swap coming in at No. 3, having bought over 10,000 items. A handful of Nintendo’s evergreen sellers additionally occupy locations within the prime 1, together with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe at No. 4, Nintendo Swap Sports activities at No. 5, Animal Crossing: New Horizons at No. 7, and Ring Match Journey at No. 10.

In the meantime, on the {hardware} entrance, the Nintendo Swap is as soon as once more the best-seller, transferring over 67,000 items over the course of the week. The PS5 – which not too long ago surpassed 6 million items bought in Japan – noticed one other worth improve within the area earlier this month, following which it has seen a big drop in gross sales for the console, promoting over 11,000 items over the course of the week, roughly a 3rd of what it managed the week prior.

You’ll be able to take a look at the total {hardware} and bodily software program gross sales charts for the week ending September 8 under.

Software program gross sales (adopted by lifetime gross sales):

1. [NSW] Touhou Danmaku Kagura: Phantasia Misplaced – 16,631 (New)
2. [PS5] Astro Bot – 12,672 (New)
3. [NSW] Ace Lawyer Investigations Assortment – 10,502 (New)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 8,883 (5,989,943)
5. [NSW] Nintendo Swap Sports activities – 8,154 (1,415,152)
6. [NSW] Umamusume: Fairly Derby – Get together Sprint – 8,083 (45,022)
7. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons – 7,830 (7,901,752)
8. [NSW] Gundam Breaker 4 – 7,497 (60,322)
9. [NSW] Highly effective Professional Baseball 2024-2025 – 7,316 (283,209)
10. [NSW] Ring Match Journey – 7,142 (3,624,119)

{Hardware} gross sales (adopted by final week’s gross sales):

• Nintendo Swap – 67,473 (63,651)
• PS5 – 11,007 (33,865)
• Xbox Collection X/S – 1,482 (778)