Japan: Nintendo Switch Sells 37K And Nintendo 3DS Sells 16K

The latest Japanese video game charts are now in courtesy of the team over at Media Create. There was a big post-holiday drop for the Nintendo Switch which only sold 37K units this week compared to last week when it sold 146K. In fact it was outsold this week by Sony’s PlayStation 4. Hardware sales were pretty much down across the board. Here’s the best-sellers this week in Japan:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS4] Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (Square Enix, 01/11/18) – 105,667 (New)
2. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 34,632 (1,917,342)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 28,193 (1,536,340)
4. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 22,836 (1,238,435)
5. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 21,494 (1,498,509)
6. [3DS] Mario Party: The Top 100 (Nintendo, 12/28/17) – 20,320 (124,319)
7. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 12,415 (815,227)
8. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 5 (D3 Publisher, 12/07/17) – 10,717 (212,130)
9. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Treasure Legend Banbaraya – Sword / Magnum (Level-5, 12/16/17) – 7,851 (473,836)
10. [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 7,352 (346,681)
11. [PS4] Call of Duty: WWII (SIE, 11/03/17) – 7,185 (369,194)
12. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,886 (377,919)
13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 4,806 (362,509)
14. [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 12/01/17) – 4,476 (172,676)
15. [NSW] Super Bomberman R (Konami, 03/03/17) – 4,134 (145,029)
16. [NSW] Snipperclips Plus: Cut It Out Together (NIntendo, 11/10/17) – 3,215 (47,124)
17. [3DS] Kirby: Battle Royale (Nintendo, 11/30/17) – 2,959 (142,524)
18. [PS4] Yakuza: Kiwami 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Sega, 12/07/17) – 2,908 (195,332)
19. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/17) – 2,842 (1,276,619)
20. [NSW] Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver. (Capcom, 08/25/17) – 2,810 (201,839)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 37,500 (146,006)
2. PlayStation 4 – 32,890 (75,344)
3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 10,918 (16,339)
4. New 2DS LL – 9,929 (28,237)
5. New 3DS LL – 5,270 (12,246)
6. PlayStation Vita – 4,388 (11,929)
7. 2DS – 1,656 (5,254)
8. Xbox One – 107 (190)
9. Xbox One X – 6 (9)

Source