It is Wednesday so that means it is time to have a look at the Media Create sales from Japan. It’s been a fairly busy week for new entries, mainly titles on the PlayStation 4 including the iconic Shadow of the Colossus. Talking of the PlayStation 4, the console was once again the best-selling system this week followed by the Nintendo Switch. Here’s the best-selling software and hardware in Japan this week.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS4] Monster Hunter: World (Limited and Bundle Editions Included) (Capcom, 01/26/18) – 159,613 (1,750,969)
- [PS4] Dynasty Warriors 9 (Limited Edition Included) (Koei Tecmo, 02/08/18) – 117,495 (New)
- [PS4] Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 02/08/18) – 75,623 (New)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 23,461 (2,021,028)
- [PS4] Shadow of the Colossus (SIE, 02/08/18) – 21,900 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 19,210 (1,327,107)
- [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Nintendo, 01/18/18) – 15,755 (129,815)
- [PS4] Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco, 02/01/18) – 14,237 (82,968)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 13,912 (1,601,866)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 12,087 (859,764)
- [PS4] Dragon’s Crown Pro (Atlus, 02/08/18) – 11,691 (New)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 9,654 (1,548,683)
- [3DS] Mario Party: The Top 100 (Nintendo, 12/28/17) – 6,436 (155,782)
- [NSW] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks, 02/01/18) – 5,625 (19,547)
- [NSW] Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (Bandai Namco, 09/07/17) – 4,512 (114,728)
- [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,477 (395,563)
- [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Treasure Legend Banbaraya – Sword / Magnum (Level-5, 12/16/17) – 4,437 (501,342)
- [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 4,322 (364,806)
- [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 4,320 (222,781)
- [NSW] Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver. (Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 08/25/17) – 3,373 (214,492)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- PlayStation 4 – 59,691 (86,174)
- Switch – 43,404 (49,165)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 11,615 (23,113)
- New 2DS LL – 6,031(6,522)
- PlayStation Vita – 4,133 (4,207)
- New 3DS LL – 3,581(3,857)
- 2DS – 904 (1,082)
- Xbox One X – 209 (565)
- Xbox One – 52 (72)
Just as I said, 3DS needs to retire by this year’s end effectively ending the proprietary portable sector forever and allow Switch to flourish both markets.
For that to happen the Switch would need to cost 200$, the Switch can’t substitute the 3DS at a 250-300$ price tag.
Get rid of the dock, redesign it and sell it separately for $50-60 while dropping the price effectively to $200. Bam. Problem solved.
Either that or rid the dock, replace the grip with the charging model (which I still don’t understand WTF they didn’t just design/bundle that one only) and bundle it with a 4GB SD card and a game (Either MK8D/Splatoon2/Mario/Zelda) for $249.99. That’s more than fair enough to warrant a purchase and succeed the 3DS.
Japan is ignoring the much cheaper 3DS lol.
Price doesn’t seem to be an issue. Maybe it’s discontinued there this year and worldwide next year.
Also when the 3DS was $250 it needed a steep price cut in its first year to really start selling. The Switch is $50 more expensive and has no problem selling. Clearly people see what it can do and the games it has as more than worth it.
Don’t worry. Discontinued or not were already seeing the Nintendo’s first party studios have left the 3DS behind.
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Exactly. Switch needs every heavy hitting ammunition it can get.
Systems do not flourish without games. The Switch need just games, can’t live on Splatoon forever.
You sound like you are saying Zelda/Mario/Splatoon are the only good games…well minus Splatoon 2 because it’s a port of Splatoon in disguise without much change. There’s L.A Noire, Doom, Skyrim, Rocket League, Sonic Mania and much more.
You see something else in that charts other than Mario Zelda and Splatoon? Those games have already been bought by the majority of people. At least there is a need for a new big game per month. Plus some other lower profile AA game.
I’m not scared
What are their plans on the 3DS? Will they kill it or redesign it for another success?
The just redesigned the 3DS last year, and two years before that. That thing is crawling its way to the grave.
It seems Monster Hunter World doesn’t want to budge from it’s spot.