Onimusha: Way of the Sword Tops Famitsu Chart With 96,029 First-Week Copies

Published 2026-09-11Updated 2026-09-183 min read

Famitsu Japanese sales for Aug 31 - Sep 6: Onimusha: Way of the Sword debuts at No.1 with 76,530 on PS5 and 19,499 on Switch 2.

Launch week in Japan: two platforms, one clear winner.

Famitsu's Japanese retail chart for the week of August 31 to September 6 has one story: Onimusha: Way of the Sword debuted at No.1. The PS5 version sold 76,530 copies and the Switch 2 version added 19,499, for a combined 96,029 in its first week — comfortably clear of everything else on the chart.

The Week's Top Sellers

  • [PS5] Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Capcom, Sep 4) — 76,530 (new)
  • [NSW] Rhythm Heaven: Miracle Stars (Nintendo) — 29,360 (975,289 total)
  • [SW2] Onimusha: Way of the Sword (Capcom, Sep 4) — 19,499 (new)
  • [SW2] Splatoon: Raiders (Nintendo) — 10,267 (648,529)
  • [NSW] Fantasy Life: Dream Life (Nintendo) — 9,880 (1,595,536)
  • [SW2] Elden Ring Tarnished Edition (FromSoftware) — 6,559 (34,163)
  • [PS5] Dawnwalker's Blood (Bandai Namco) — 4,618 (new)
  • [NS2] Mario Kart World (Nintendo) — 4,259 (3,028,216)
  • [SW2] Orbital Twins (Kepler Interactive) — 3,949 (new)
  • [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft) — 3,754 (4,274,163)

On hardware, Switch 2 led with 24,281 units (6,265,473 lifetime), ahead of PS5 Digital at 7,054 and Switch Lite at 6,566.

The split is interesting for a reboot this action-heavy: a fifth of launch sales came from Switch 2 owners, a crowd not traditionally courted by character-action games. Add the worldwide picture — one million on day one — and Japan's chart is one more signal the restart landed.

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