Famitsu: Tomodachi Life: Living The Dream Sells 500K In 4 Days

Every Thursday, Famitsu releases a weekly chart breaking down how physical boxed games and consoles sold in Japan. This week’s chart covers April 13 to 19, as Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream makes a giant arrival with over half a million copies sold in just four days. Since launching on April 16, Nintendo’s whacky life simulation sold over 565,000 physical copies in Japan on Nintendo Switch.

Since Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream has no dedicated Switch 2 version, it’s charting only on the original hardware. Another game facing the same situation is Pragmata, with its PlayStation 5 launch securing #2 thanks to over 36,000 physical sales, but its delayed Switch 2 launch is expected to also make splash when it drops next week. So far across platforms and worldwide, Pragmata has already sold a million units.

As for the hardware market, Switch 2 sales dropped to 44,000 units sold whilst the original Switch a saw a surge up to 31,000 consoles sold, narrowing the gap between Nintendo’s two generations. The PS5 continued seeing low sales, shifting just another 10,000 units.

Here’s the full Famitsu software sales chart for the April 13 to 19 period, along with the lifetime sales of each game.

1. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Switch): 565,405 [new]
2. Pragmata (PS5): 36,470 [new]
3. Pokémon Pokopia (Switch 2): 19,096 [910,005 total]
4. Mario Kart World (Switch 2): 5,130 [2,900,842 total]
5. Minecraft (Switch): 3,550 [4,190,151 total]
6. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch): 3,538 [8,423,202 total]
7. Doraemon: Dorayaki Shop Story (Switch): 3,299 [new]
8. Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch 2): 3,067 [104,917 total]
9. Nintendo Switch Sports (Switch): 2,459 [1,720,506 total]
10. Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (Switch): 2,169 [20,218 total]

Here’s how all the consoles sold in Japan last week, along with the lifetime sales of each platform too. We’ve grouped console variants together for simplicity.

1. Nintendo Switch 2: 44,280 [5,107,397 total]
2. Nintendo Switch: 31,496 [36,753,968 total]
3. PlayStation 5: 10,730 [7,519,940 total]

And that’s all for this week’s Famitsu sales! Be sure to check back weekly to see how your favorite games perform on the market, and stay tuned to GameObserver for all the latest gaming news and reviews.