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Hogwarts Legacy for PS5 Tops the Japanese Charts, PS5 Sells Over 93,000 Again

Hogwarts Legacy for PS5 Tops the Japanese Charts, PS5 Sells Over 93,000 Again - Sales

by William D'Angelo , posted on 16 February 2023 / 5,806 Views

Hogwarts Legacy (PS5) has debuted in first place on the retail charts in Japan with sales of 67,196 units, according to Famitsu for the week ending February 12, 2023. 

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet (NS) is in second place with sales of 29,019 units. Splatoon 3 (NS) is in third place with sales of 13,343 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS) is in fourth place with sales of 11,807 units.

Minecraft (NS) is in fifth place with sales of 7,566 units, while Fire Emblem Engage (NS) is in sixth place with sales of 7,267 units.

Eight of the top 10 games are for the Nintendo Switch, while two are for the PlayStation 5.

The PlayStation 5 was the best-selling platform with 93,574 units sold. The Nintendo Switch sold 55,025 units, the Xbox Series X|S sold 3,935 units, the PlayStation 4 sold 1,115 units, and the 3DS sold 91 units.

Here is the complete top 10:

    1. [PS5] Hogwarts Legacy (Warner Bros. Games), 02/10/23) – 67,196 (New)
    2. [NSW] Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet (The Pokemon Company, 11/18/22) – 29,019 (4,836,510)
    3. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 13,343 (3,876,184)
    4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,807 (5,153,979)
    5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,566 (3,040,308)
    6. [NSW] Fire Emblem Engage (Nintendo, 01/20/23) – 7,267 (193,187)
    7. [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 7,127 (1,001,330)
    8. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 5,155 (1,175,091)
    9. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 03/04/22) – 5,065 (280,995)
    10. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 5,025 (5,121,897)

    Here is the hardware breakdown (followed by lifetime sales):

    1. PlayStation 5 – 81,798 (2,424,815)
    2. Switch OLED Model – 32,464 (3,881,605)
    3. Switch – 12,513 (19,175,551)
    4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 11,776 (373,503)
    5. Switch Lite – 10,048 (5,205,755)
    6. Xbox Series S – 3,429 (247,584)
    7. PlayStation 4 – 1,115 (7,852,944)
    8. Xbox Series X – 506 (174,391)
    9. New 2DS LL (including 2DS) – 91 (1,190,541)

    A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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    Mars2001 (on 16 February 2023)

    Low Harry Potter performance.
    Switch about 29.5M total.Only 3M to became the best ever console in Japan.3M to surpasse DS and GB.

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    Qwark Mars2001 (on 16 February 2023)

    I would say it's pretty good for a PS5 game

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    Salnax Qwark (on 16 February 2023)

    Biggest opening week for a PS5 game in Japan since Gran Turismo 7, and the third biggest overall since the PS5 came out.

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    Mars2001 Salnax (on 17 February 2023)

    67K its only 67K
    And its in third place after elden ring and after GT.Really dont you see sony has no games in top 30 in JP?

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    Salnax Mars2001 (on 18 February 2023)

    67k for a Western developed game based on a British property is perfectly acceptable. Assuming the game sells twice as much lifetime on the PS5, that will be about 135k copies sold. And if we use previous PS4/PS5 multiplatform games as a rough guide, the eventual PS4 version should sell at least another 100k. That's easily over 200k without the Switch port, which is still largely an enigma.

    This can possibly be the best-selling Western-made game in Japan of the 2020's so far. The current leaders are Ghost of Tsushima (475k), distantly followed by The Last of Us 2 at about 230k, then Minecraft Dungeons at 190k. In that context, it's hard to see a Week 1 of 67k as anything less than solid.

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    CosmicSex Mars2001 (on 19 February 2023)

    "GT.Really dont you see sony has no games in top 30 in JP?'

    I mean clearly they had GT7 in the top 10... Maybe you just want to believe something so hard you are blocking out reality.

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