Japan: Nintendo Switch Sells 22K And Nintendo 3DS Sells 34K

It’s Wednesday and as perusal the Media Create charts have come in direct from Japan informing us how the various software and hardware releases are performing. It has been another great week for Dragon Quest XI on the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo 3DS and its not looking likely that anything will dethrone it anytime soon. Dragon Quest XI will come over here to the west sometime next year. Anyway, here’s the best-sellers this week.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix, 07/29/17) – 67,705 (1,640,920)
2. [PS4] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix, 07/29/17) – 49,543 (1,291,802)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 34,108 (949,737)
4. [3DS] The Snack World: Trejarers (Level-5, 08/10/17) – 25,674 (123,208)
5. [PS4] Dragon Quest X: All In One Package (Square Enix, 08/17/17) – 14,052 (New)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 13,589 (646,483)
7. [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 6,439 (203,722)
8. [3DS] Hey! Pikmin (Nintendo, 07/13/17) – 5,960 (120,710)
9. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 5,789 (224,166)
10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,268 (566,032)
11. [PS4] Hitman: The Complete First Season (Square Enix, 08/10/17) – 5,214 (22,466)
12. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon (Nintendo, 11/18/16) – 5,048 (3,314,619)
13. [3DS] Sumikko Gurashi: Koko, Doko Nan Desu? (Nippon Columbia, 07/20/17) – 4,934 (45,288)
14. [PS4] Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (SIE, 08/03/17) – 4,929 (42,476)
15. [3DS] Layton’s Mystery Journey: Katrielle and The Millionaires’ Conspiracy (Level-5, 07/20/17) – 4,848 (120,036)
16. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 08/03/17) – 4,829 (85,447)
17. [PS4] Gundam Versus (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 07/06/17) – 4,754 (162,712)
18. [PS4] Dragon’s Dogma Online Season 3 Limited Edition (Capcom, 08/17/17) – 4,590 (New)
19. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 3,942 (1,195,570)
20. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 3,535 (2,806,124)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. PlayStation 4 – 28,779 (34,691)
2. Switch – 22,277 (87,798)
3. New 3DS LL – 16,083 (17,276)
4. New 2DS LL – 14,939 (24,187)
5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 5,909 (7,771)
6. PlayStation Vita – 5,177 (4,651)
7. 2DS – 2,999 (3,527)
8. New 3DS – 575 (740)
9. Wii U – 151 (132)
10. PlayStation 3 – 110 (95)
11. Xbox One – 100 (75)

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