Famitsu Japan Sales: Ace Combat 8 Tops Charts as Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition Enters Top 10

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Weekly Famitsu boxed software and hardware charts for the week of September 28 to October 4 offer a snapshot of Japan's retail market, with new releases and remasters moving significant physical sales.

Bandai Namco's Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve led software sales on PlayStation 5, while several titles for Nintendo's new Switch 2 platform placed in the top ten.

The data, compiled by Famitsu, covers unit sales and lifetime totals for each listed title and console.

Ace Combat 8 topped the boxed software chart, selling 63,013 PS5 copies in the reporting week.

Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors 3: Complete Edition Remastered also debuted strongly, with the PS5 version selling 18,724 units and the Switch 2 version selling 11,684 units.

Rhythm Heaven Groove continued to perform well on Switch, adding 15,894 sales and pushing its lifetime total past one million units (1,065,816).

Nintendo's Switch 2 had multiple entries in the top ten.

Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave sold 12,787 Switch 2 copies, while Minecraft Dungeons II—published by Mojang—debuted on Switch 2 with 12,093 units sold.

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition, developed by Monolith Soft, reached the top ten at number eight with 5,780 boxed copies sold.

Splatoon Raiders and Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream remained solid sellers on Nintendo platforms with 5,403 and 5,318 units respectively.

Rewritten journalistic summary of notable statements: Famitsu's weekly hardware ranking continues to be dominated by Nintendo's Switch family, with the new Switch 2 leading console sales for the week.

The Switch 2 sold 26,200 units during the reporting period, while the combined three legacy Switch SKUs (OLED, Lite and original Switch) accounted for 7,704 additional units across those models.

Hardware breakdown from Famitsu for the week shows the PlayStation 5 Digital Edition sold 12,210 units, the Switch OLED Model sold 3,461 units, and the Switch Lite sold 3,255 units.

Lifetime sales figures in the report place the Switch 2 at 6,386,553 units and other models with their published totals.

These Famitsu boxed-chart figures give a clear retail-era snapshot: Ace Combat 8 secured the top retail slot in Japan, several Switch 2 launches made an immediate impact in physical sales, and Nintendo's platform family continues to command the hardware rankings for the week.

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