It’s Wednesday so it’s time to find out how the various software and hardware have performed in Japan. There’s been a few new releases but the biggest is arguably Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle which has shot to first place in the software charts. On the hardware side of things it is the PlayStation 4 which is the best-selling console followed by the Nintendo Switch. Here’s the best-sellers this week:
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Nintendo, 01/18/18) – 66,692 (New)
- [PS4] Gintama Rumble (Bandai Namco, 01/18/18) (Limited Edition Included) – 38,443 (New)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 28,691 (1,946,033)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 26,365 (1,264,800)
- [PSV] Gintama Rumble (Bandai Namco, 01/18/18) (Limited Edition Included) – 23,417 (New)
- [PS4] Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (Square Enix, 01/11/18) – 20,433 (126,100)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 18,972 (1,555,312)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 16,790 (1,515,299)
- [3DS] Mario Party: The Top 100 (Nintendo, 12/28/17) – 11,454 (135,773)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 9,502 (824,728)
- [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Treasure Legend Banbaraya – Sword / Magnum (Level-5, 12/16/17) – 9,262 (483,098)
- [PS4] Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition (Capcom, 01/18/18) – 7,908 (New)
- [PS4] Earth Defense Force 5 (D3 Publisher, 12/07/17) – 6,472 (218,602)
- [PS4] Call of Duty: WWII (SIE, 11/03/17) – 5,890 (375,084)
- [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 4,951 (351,631)
- [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,401 (382,320)
- [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 4,311 (209,965)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 3,405 (365,914)
- [PS4] Valkyria Chronicles Remastered (Best Price) (Sega, 01/18/18) – 3,346 (New)
- [NSW] Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 12/01/17) – 3,081 (175,757)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- Switch – 43,027 (37,500)
- PlayStation 4 – 37,572 (32,890)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 14,935 (10,918)
- New 2DS LL – 7,302 (9,929)
- PlayStation Vita – 4,256 (4,388)
- New 3DS LL – 3,563 (5,270)
- Xbox One X – 1,285 (6)
- 2DS – 1,250 (1,656)
- Xbox One – 103 (107)

Rabids!
Yes… Rabbids.
PS4 is going to upswing in Japan for the next few weeks because of Monster Hunter World, but once that hype dies down it will downswing hard lol
Well with XX over there, it might not be able to last, not with the Switch kicking it’s ass.
If this isn’t evident that 3DS is about damn close to retirement, IDK what is.
What’s with these poor Switch numbers? I understand the PS4 being on the up and up, but not why the Switch is selling sub-50k…
post holiday lull
Looks like Nintendo needs a second hardware offering to stay ahead of PS4. When that ‘Mini’ will face up?
PS4 WON