Japanese ranking, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is first but sells much less than Remake

As expected, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth made his debut in Japanese ranking occupying the first position, but the title of Square Enix it sold much less than Final Fantasy 7 Remake at launch: 262,656 copies against 702,853.

1. [PS5] Final Fantasy VII Rebirth – 262,656 (New)
2. [NSW] Mario vs. Donkey Kong – 14,480 (103,523)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder – 11,643 (1,767,792)
4. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World – 9,708 (998,957)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 9,251 (5,728,200)
6. [NSW] Shin chan: Shiro of Coal Town – 7,352 (28,945)
7. [NSW] Goblin Slayer Another Adventurer: Nightmare Feast – 6,822 (New)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 – 5,613 (4,239,708)
9. [NSW] Matsurika no Kei -kEi- Tenmeiin Iden – 5,537 (New)
10. [NSW] Minecraft – 5,468 (3,458,115)

Exactly as happened in the UK, the physical sales of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth are therefore significantly lower than FF7 Remake, although it should be considered that at the time of the release of the first part of the remake there were 9.1 million PS4s against the current 5.3 million of PS5.

As regards the impact of sales in digital format on the market in recent years, one must think that last June Final Fantasy 16 also had a better debut in Japanwith 3360,027 copies.

The hardware ranking

Finally coming to the hardware ranking, it seems that the launch of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth hasn't dragged down PS5 sales too muchwhich we find second in the top 10 behind the usual Nintendo Switch OLED model.

1. Nintendo Switch OLED model – 51,250 (6,787,979)
2. PlayStation 5 – 41,786 (4,613,083)
3. Nintendo Switch Lite – 6,979 (5,759,478)
4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 6,281 (732,266)
5. Nintendo Switch – 4,302 (19,733,798)
6. PlayStation 4 – 1,722 (7,922,006)
7. Xbox Series S – 1,221 (303,471)
8. Xbox Series
9. New Nintendo 2DS XL (including 2DS) – 13 (1,192,865)