Japan: Nintendo Switch Sells 79K And Nintendo 3DS Sells 19K

It’s Wednesday and that means it is time to see how the various software releases and hardware have performed this week in Japan. You will be pleased to know that the sublime Super Mario Odyssey is back on top after being dethroned last week by Call of Duty WWII. On the hardware side of things the Nintendo Switch is still top dog, easily outselling the other consoles such as the PlayStation 4. Here’s the best-sellers this week:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 73,315 (652,284)
2. [PS4] Call of Duty: WWII (SIE, 11/03/17) – 67,044 (235,368)
3. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 23,130 (1,318,138)
4. [PS4] Need for Speed: Payback (EA, 11/10/17) – 20,964 (New)
5. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 14,027 (802,472)
6. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Origins (Ubisoft, 10/27/17) – 11,051 (82,742)
7. [PS4] ARK: Survival Evolved (Spike Chunsoft, 10/26/17) – 10,253 (103,800)
8. [3DS] Style Savvy: Styling Star (Nintendo, 11/03/17) – 9,650 (41,826)
9. [PS4] .hack//G.U. Last Recode (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 11/02/17) – 6,659 (68,475)
10. [PS4] Sonic Forces (Sega, 11/09/17) – 5,938 (New)
11. [PS4] Occultic;Nine (5pb., 11/09/17) – 5,846 (New)
12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,498 (634,850)
13. [PS4] Gran Turismo Sport (Limited Edition Included) (SIE, 10/19/17) – 5,439 (182,440)
14. [NSW] Sonic Forces (Sega, 11/09/17) – 4,686 (New)
15. [PSV] Occultic;Nine (5pb., 11/09/17) – 4,595 (New)
16. [PS4] DJMAX Respect (Limited Edition Included) (Arc System Works, 11/09/17) – 4,376 (New)
17. [PS4] Taiko Drum Master: Drum Session (Bundle Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 10/26/17) – 4,002 (39,925)
18. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 3,862 (115,691)
19. [3DS] Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 10/26/17) – 3,533 (74,180)
20. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 3,085 (267,322)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 79,958 (64,387)
2. PlayStation 4 – 20,021 (21,830)
3. New 2DS LL – 10,323 (11,116)
4. New 3DS LL – 7,296 (7,914)
5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,037 (6,993)
6. PlayStation Vita – 3,210 (3,576)
7. 2DS – 1,484 (1,539)
8. Xbox One X – 1,344 (New)
9. New 3DS – 266 (287)
10. Xbox One – 121 (114)
11. PlayStation 3 – 41 (56)
12. Wii U – 36 (38)

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