Famitsu releases sales data for October 5 to 11, 2026

Famitsu, a well-known Japanese gaming magazine, has released its estimates of physical sales in Japan for the week of October 5 to 11, 2026. The data includes both new and existing games across various platforms, as well as hardware sales.

Kingdom Hearts Collection leads new releases

The Kingdom Hearts Collection [I ~ III] from Square Enix tops the new releases chart with 23,411 units sold on Switch 2 and 6,261 units on PlayStation 5, totaling 29,672 units for its first week. This collection includes the first three mainline Kingdom Hearts games remastered for modern consoles.

Switch 2 dominates hardware sales

Switch 2 sold 22,420 units during the week, significantly outpacing the PlayStation 5 family, which sold 11,911 units. The original Switch family sold 5,806 units, while the Xbox Series family had a much smaller share with 290 units sold.

Top 10 software sales for the week

The top 10 software sales for the week include Kingdom Hearts Collection [I ~ III] on Switch 2, Rhythm Heaven Groove on Switch, and Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve on PlayStation 5. New releases like Dragon's Dogma II: Dark Arisen and Earth Defense Force 5 for Nintendo Switch 2 also made the list.

Hardware sales show long-term trends

Looking at hardware sales over time, the Switch 2 has sold a total of 6,408,973 units since its launch, while the PlayStation 5 has sold 7,761,522 units. The original Switch has the highest total sales with 37,000,352 units sold since its release in 2017.