Pikmin 4 Has Already Exceeded Final Fantasy 16’s Lifetime Sales in Japan with Over 400,000 Units Sold at Launch

Pikmin 4 has loved a bumper debut in Japan. The long-awaited real-time technique sequel launched for the Nintendo Change final week, and with three days available on the market, topped the most recent weekly charts for bodily gross sales in Japan, as per information launched by Famitsu. It’s additionally the most important ever launch for a Pikmin recreation in Japan thus far, exceeding what Pikmin 3 Deluxe managed upon its launch for the Change in 2020 (over 171,000 bodily models bought upon launch).

Curiously sufficient, Pikmin 4 has not solely had a much bigger bodily launch in Japan than Last Fantasy 16 (which bought over 336,000 models upon launch final month), however with simply three days available on the market, it has additionally already exceeded the lifetime gross sales of the PS5-exclusive motion RPG.

Pikmin 4 additionally debuted on high of the weekly UK bodily gross sales charts, seeing a debut 45% larger than that of Pikmin 3 Deluxe.

Koei Tecmo’s Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening additionally debuted in Japan final week, and occupies two locations within the software program charts, with the Nintendo Change model taking fourth place and the PS4 model following shut behind at No. 5. Each variations bought over 10,000 models every.

On the {hardware} entrance, the Change continues to cleared the path, unsurprisingly, with over 71,000 models bought, whereas the PS5 follows behind by fairly some margin, having moved over 46,000 models over the course of the week.

You possibly can try the total {hardware} and bodily software program gross sales charts for the week ending July 23 under.

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

1. [NSW] Pikmin 4 – 401,853 (New)
2. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom – 15,616 (1,775,035)
3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 10,749 (5,385,022)
4. [NSW] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening – 10,633 (New)
5. [PS4] Nobunaga’s Ambition: Awakening – 10,434 (New)
6. [NSW] Minecraft – 7,512 (3,200,000)
7. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 6,337 (4,066,350)
8. [NSW] Nintendo Change Sports activities – 5,784 (1,131,645)
9. [PS5] Last Fantasy 16 – 4,904 (401,376)
10. [NSW] Tremendous Smash Bros. Final – 4,844 (5,239,500)

{Hardware} gross sales:

• Nintendo Change – 71,180
• PS5 – 46,561
• Xbox Collection X/S – 1,158

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