# Famitsu Sales: 8/23/21 – 8/29/2

Famitsu has published its estimated physical game software and hardware sales data for Japan for the week of August 23, 2021 to August 29, 2021.

The anticipated visual novel remake Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon was the highest selling new release of the week, debuting at 72,237 sales on Switch and 66,171 sales on PlayStation 4 for a total of 138,408 retail copies sold.

On the hardware side, the Switch family sold 63254 units, the PlayStation 5 family sold 20,154 units, the Xbox Series family sold 5,669 units, and the PlayStation 4 family sold 2,067 units. Next-generation consoles continue to face stock issues.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon (Aniplex, 08/26/21) – 72,237 (New)
2. [PS4] Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon (Aniplex, 08/26/21) – 66,171 (New)
3. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 15,671 (2,788,621)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 14,838 (4,009,933)
5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 13,860 (2,153,053)
6. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! (Konami, 11/19/20) – 12,023 (2,348,554)
7. [NSW] Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Saikyo Battle Royale!! (Konami, 08/12/21) – 9,491 (122,530)
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 8,536 (4,397,935)
9. [NSW] No More Heroes III (Marvelous, 08/27/21) – 7,951 (New)
10. [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield (The Pokemon Company, 11/15/19) – 7,499 (4,120,436)

Rankings 11 to 30 will be announced on September 3.

1. [PS5] Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut (SIE, 08/20/21) –
2. [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut (SIE, 08/20/21) –
3. [NSW] Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury (Nintendo, 02/12/21) –
4. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) –
5. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) –
6. [NSW] Game Builder Garage (Nintendo, 06/11/21) –
7. [NSW] Crayon Shin-chan: Ora to Hakase no Natsuyasumi – Owaranai Nanokakan no Tabi (Neos, 07/15/21) –
8. [NSW] eBaseball Pro Baseball Spirits 2021: Grand Slam (Konami, 07/08/21) –
9. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD (Nintendo, 07/16/21) –
10. [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics (Nintendo, 06/05/20) –
11. [NSW] Miitopia (Nintendo, 05/21/21) –
12. [NSW] Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (Capcom, 07/09/21) –
13. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) –
14. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo, 03/03/17) –
15. [NSW] Monster Hunter Rise (Capcom, 03/26/21) –
16. [NSW] Mario Golf: Super Rush (Nintendo, 06/25/21) –
17. [NSW] Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm & Exercise (Imagineer, 12/03/20) –
18. [NSW] Ace Angler: Nintendo Switch Version (Bandai Namco, 07/25/19) –
19. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) –
20. [NSW] Minecraft Dungeons Hero Edition (Microsoft, 05/26/20) –
21. [NSW] Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age Definitive Edition (New Price Version) (Square Enix, 12/04/20) –
22. [NSW] New Pokemon Snap (The Pokemon Company, 04/30/21) –
23. [NSW] Super Mario Maker 2 (Nintendo, 06/28/19) –

Hardware Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. Switch – 52,488 (16,959,653)
2. PlayStation 5 – 17,852 (831,841)
3. Switch Lite – 10,766 (4,030,951)
4. Xbox Series X – 2,848 (56,941)
5. Xbox Series S – 2,821 (26,355)
6. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 2,302 (163,740)
7. PlayStation 4 – 2,067 (7,805,991)
8. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 509 (1,171,305)