Japan: Here’s This Week’s Charts

It’s Wednesday so it’s time to see how video game software and hardware performed in Japan during the past week. The highest new entry is Gravity Rush 2 for the PlayStation 4 which was expected to perform reasonably well. It’s followed by the adorable Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World which entered the charts at number 2. With regards to hardware it was the PlayStation 4 that took the lead closely followed by Nintendo 3DS.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS4] Gravity Rush 2 (SIE, 01/19/17) – 74,361 (New)
2. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World (Nintendo, 01/19/17) – 39,555 (New)
3. [PS4] Valkyria Revolution (Sega, 01/19/17) – 38,197 (New)
4. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue (Square Enix, 01/12/17) – 22,758 (160,555)
5. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon (Nintendo, 11/18/16) – 21,036 (3,092,277)
6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level-5, 12/15/16) – 20,831 (629,229)
7. [PSV] Valkyria Revolution (Sega, 01/19/17) – 18,219 (New)
8. [PSV] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Spike Chunsoft, 01/12/17) – 15,943 (92,110)
9. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 12/01/16) – 14,285 (928,969)
10. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon! (Nintendo, 12/22/16) – 8,638 (269,727)
11. [PS4] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Spike Chunsoft, 01/12/17) – 7,955 (47,961)
12. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (10/08/15) – 7,456 (252,874)
13. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 6,824 (1,090,208)
14. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Limited and Bundled Editions Included) (Square Enix, 11/29/16) – 5,859 (923,632)
15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome Amiibo (Nintendo, 11/24/16) – 5,033 (112,797)
16. [3DS] Miitopia (Nintendo, 12/08/16) – 4,775 (156,947)
17. [PSV] Hana Oboro: Sengoku-den Ranki (Idea Factory, 01/19/17) – 4,522 (New)
18. [Wii U] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Mojang, 06/23/16) – 3,732 (279,716)
19. [PS4] Battlefield 1 (EA, 10/21/16) – 3,432 (252,485)
20. [PS4] Watch Dogs 2 (Ubisoft, 12/01/16) – 3,037 (105,648)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. PlayStation 4 – 26,243 (39,116)
2. New 3DS LL – 18,229 (23,212)
3. PlayStation Vita – 11,521 (13,816)
4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 7,133 (7,887)
5. 2DS – 6,203 (9,243)
6. New 3DS – 1,625 (2,091)
7. Wii U – 794 (1,169)
8. PlayStation 3 – 557 (701)
9. Xbox One – 35 (75)

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