Japan: Here’s This Week’s Best-Selling Games

It is Wednesday which means that Media Create has published the Japanese software and hardware charts. The big new entry this week is Resident Evil 7: Biohazard which shot straight to the top of the charts on the PlayStation 4. Talking of the PlayStation 4, it was the best-selling hardware this week with a big lead over the Nintendo 3DS – which it is usually in a tight fought battle with. Here’s the charts:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Grotesque Ver. included) (Capcom, 01/26/17) – 187,306 (New)
2. [PSV] Uta no Prince-sama Repeat Love (Broccoli, 01/26/17) – 29,008 (New)
3. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon (Nintendo, 11/18/16) – 20,343 (3,112,620)
4. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World (Nintendo, 01/19/17) – 17,869 (57,424)
5. [PS4] Gravity Rush 2 (SIE, 01/19/17) – 15,798 (90,159)
6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level-5, 12/15/16) – 13,017 (642,246)
7. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 12/01/16) – 12,150 (941,119)
8. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue (Square Enix, 01/12/17) – 11,243 (171,798)
9. [PSV] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Spike Chunsoft, 01/12/17) – 9,734 (101,844)
10. [PS4] Valkyria Revolution (Sega, 01/19/17) – 7,411 (45,608)
11. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (10/08/15) – 6,447 (259,321)
12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 5,808 (1,096,016)
13. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon! (Nintendo, 12/22/16) – 5,621 (275,348)
14. [PSV] Valkyria Revolution (Sega, 01/19/17) – 5,121 (23,339)
15. [PSV] Twin Star Exorcists (Bandai Namco, 01/26/17) – 4,681 (New)
16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome Amiibo (Nintendo, 11/24/16) – 4,607 (117,404)
17. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Limited and Bundled Editions Included) (Square Enix, 11/29/16) – 4,600 (928,231)
18. [PS4] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Spike Chunsoft, 01/12/17) – 4,342 (52,302)
19. [3DS] Miitopia (Nintendo, 12/08/16) – 4,213 (161,160)
20. [PSV] New Game! The Challenge Stage! (5pb., 01/26/17) – 3,662 (New)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. PlayStation 4 – 30,778 (26,243)
2. New 3DS LL – 17,600 (18,229)
3. PlayStation Vita – 10,553 (11,521)
4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 9,893 (7,133)
5. 2DS – 5,806 (6,203)
6. New 3DS – 1,301 (1,625)
7. Wii U – 710 (794)
8. PlayStation 3 – 579 (557)
9. Xbox One – 231 (35)

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