Nintendo’s Metroid Dread topped the chart of Japanese game sales with 86,798 copies sold during the week of October 4-10, 2021.
In the last three days of the mentioned week, the amount of copies sold for the new Nintendo title was more than enough to beat Far Cry 6 for PS4 and PS5 with a total of 50,905 copies sold.
The other new title to make the Top 20 were Doki Doki Bungeibu Plus (at #8) and Shūen no Virche – ErroR:salvation (at #15), with 9,513 and 5,665 copies sold respectively.
Check out the rest of the Top 20 games sold in Japan for the week of October 4-10, 2021.
Rank | System | Title | Publisher | Release Date | Weekly Copies | Total Copies |
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1 | NSW | Metroid Dread | Nintendo | October 8, 2021 | 86,798 | 86,798 |
2 | PS4 | Far Cry 6 | Ubisoft | October 7, 2021 | 34,219 | 34,219 |
3 | PS5 | Far Cry 6 | Ubisoft | October 7, 2021 | 16,686 | 16,686 |
4 | NSW | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Nintendo | April 28, 2017 | 12,257 | 4,085,509 |
5 | NSW | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Nintendo | December 7, 2018 | 11,936 | 4,450,954 |
6 | NSW | Ring Fit Adventure | Nintendo | October 18, 2019 | 11,257 | 2,862,651 |
7 | NSW | Minecraft | Nintendo | June 21, 2018 | 10,699 | 2,225,165 |
8 | NSW | Doki Doki Bungeibu Plus | Playism | October 7, 2021 | 9,513 | 9,513 |
9 | PS4 | Lost Judgment | Sega | September 24, 2021 | 8,589 | 140,834 |
10 | NSW | WarioWare: Get It Together! | Nintendo | September 10, 2021 | 7,787 | 144,966 |
11 | NSW | Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! | Konami | November 19, 2020 | 6,988 | 2,394,560 |
12 | NSW | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Nintendo | March 20, 2020 | 5,795 | 6,897,719 |
13 | PS4 | Eiyū Densetsu: Kuro no Kiseki | Nihon Falcom | September 30, 2021 | 5,733 | 55,847 |
14 | NSW | Pokémon Sword & Shield | Nintendo | November 15, 2019 | 5,689 | 4,158,288 |
15 | NSW | Shūen no Virche – ErroR:salvation | Idea Factory | October 7, 2021 | 5,665 | 5,665 |
16 | NSW | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury | Nintendo | February 12, 2021 | 5,427 | 900,430 |
17 | NSW | FIFA 22 Legacy Edition | EA Games | October 1, 2021 | 5,416 | 18,801 |
18 | NSW | Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot + A New Power Awakens Set | Bandai Namco Entertainment | September 22, 2021 | 5,358 | 57,329 |
19 | PS4 | FIFA 22 | EA Games | October 1, 2021 | 5,074 | 31,010 |
20 | PS4 | Tales of Arise | Bandai Namco Entertainment | September 9, 2021 | 4,042 | 211,047 |
[Source]: Famitsu: Game Sales – [Archive – 2021.10.17] – [Screenshot – 2021.10.17].