Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince became the leader of Japanese charts in December 2023
Baldur's Gate III entered the Japanese charts too.
Famitsu only takes into account the sales of physical copies of games.
Game Sales
In the first month after its launch, Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince sold 510.5 thousand copies in Japan.
In second place is Super Mario Bros. Wonder (460.7 thousand copies); in third place is Momotaro Dentetsu World (382.7 thousand copies).
Baldur’s Gate III entered the sales charts in Japan for the first time in December. The game secured the 24th position with 25.9 thousand copies sold.
Nintendo holds 39.9% of all physical game sales in the country. Following are Square Enix (16.1%) and Konami (12%).
Hardware Sales
Nintendo Switch is the best-selling console of the month (435 thousand systems).
PlayStation 5 sold 177.7 thousand consoles; Xbox Series S|X sold 7.3 thousand units.