It’s Wednesday which means it’s time to find out how the various software releases and hardware have performed in Japan this week. The Nintendo Switch remains unstoppable at the top of the hardware charts shifting an impressive 164K units, easily putting it ahead of Sony’s PlayStation 4. Here’s the best-sellers this week in Japan:
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 12/07/17) – 131,931 (New)
- [PS4] Earth Defense Force 5 (D3 Publisher, 12/07/17) – 111,075 (New)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 106,094 (1,050,168)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 95,816 (949,470)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 50,594 (1,460,370)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 33,315 (894,553)
- [PS4] Kamen Rider: Climax Fighters (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 12/07/17) – 21,971 (New)
- [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 12/01/17) – 19,678 (117,409)
- [3DS] Kirby: Battle Royale (Nintendo, 11/30/17) – 19,325 (47,348)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 14,342 (682,992)
- [PS4] Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package (Capcom, 12/07/17) – 13,029 (New)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 11,878 (306,517)
- [PS4] Call of Duty: WWII (SIE, 11/03/17) – 11,589 (318,089)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon Double Pack (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 11,198 (290,149)
- [3DS] Style Savvy: Styling Star (Nintendo, 11/03/17) – 9,649 (70,704)
- [NSW] Sumikko Gurashi: Sumikko Park he Youkoso (Nippon Columbia, 12/07/17) – 9,435 (New)
- [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 8,362 (139,637)
- [PS4] Nioh Complete Edition (Koei Tecmo, 12/07/17) – 8,021 (New)
- [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,604 (295,470)
- [PS4] Horizon: Zero Dawn Complete Edition (SIE, 12/07/17) – 7,309 (New)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- Switch – 164,908 (124,770)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 45,163 (8,244)
- PlayStation 4 – 40,524 (25,163)
- New 2DS LL – 27,074 (20,712)
- New 3DS LL – 15,059 (12,431)
- PlayStation Vita – 8,483 (6,127)
- 2DS – 3,192 (2,747)
- Xbox One – 406 (295)
- New 3DS – 248 (348)
- Xbox One X – 75 (213)
- Wii U – 70 (45)
- PlayStation 3 – 48 (48)
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Here’s hoping to a great 2018 as well! Man, 2017 was AMAZING for gaming!
Terrible sales for Xenoblade. 120k and selling less than 20k per week. Or japanese don’t like RPG anymore or…
Nice resurgence for PS4 (the Pro overtaking the standard!) but Switch is just on a swing.
Also notice that Kirby Battle Royale was surpassing it
I watched some gameplay video and the game isn’t so bad but all of that voices during a battle is… quite annoying
Eventually it’s priced too high. Publishers must understand that in the long run the high price don’t pay off.
Still beaten by Kirby… uhm.
Xenoblade has already sold over 100k so I think it’s fair. Also, the franchise isn’t as loved as other Nintendo IP so I think it will take a while before it gets some cult following. I also think it doesn’t help that each new Xenoblade game is completely different from the last… No continuity so there’s hardly any grounds for a persistent community
Well, it’s not a new IP like ARMS, and it’s an RPG. I don’t think it’s a success for a first party game. So highly publicized also. It’s a typical japanese RPG that should be more palatable for japanese than western people.
I don’t know, the appeal of Xenoblade 2 is that it’s a JRPG through and through, if anything the audience that should be all over it is Japan. If it’s selling this little on Japan of all places, a market characteristic for their adoration of RPGs, I have to wonder just how little it must be selling worldwide.
How far until it reaches the PS 4 sales in Japan?
How far until it reaches the PS 4 sales in Japan?
Just a touch over 3mil. Switch roughly 2.68 mil, PS4 roughly 5.71 mil. Expect it continue high #’s especially during the holiday period.
Decent hold for Xenoblade 2. I was hoping for 40k on second week, but what can you do. Should be over Xenoblade X’s LT numbers by the end of December. Here’s what that launch month looked like:
Week Weekly
1 86,574
2 11,626
3 4,236
4 2,545
For a little perspective: 97 and 20k for the first two weeks is more total units than X sold in it’s first three months.
Note: formatting got a little messed up on that chart above (For example, week 1 is 86.5k – not 186.5).
THIS TRAIN AIN’T STOPPING!!
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