Impressive debut: Final Fantasy XVI sold over 330,000 copies in its first week in Japan – excellent result, as for an exclusive of one console

Final Fantasy 16, despite being a PlayStation 5 exclusive, has shown excellent sales both globally and on the market

Home market in Japan:in the first week after release it was the undisputed leader with more than 330,000 copies sold, and in the second, as expected, less – only 37,000 copies and second place in the top. This reflects a 90% drop in sales compared to the previous week, Famitsu reports.

What is known

This week the leader was an adventure titleSpike Chunsoft Master Detective Archives: Rain Code, which sold over 55,000 copies at its debut. Several other new releases also made the Top 10, most notably Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, which sold over 8,000 copies on the Nintendo Switch.

In terms of hardware, PS5 salessuffered an almost 50% decline compared to last week, where the result was 49,000 units. At the same time, the Nintendo Switch continues to hold its own, with over 106,000 units sold.