Japan: Dark Souls Remastered Enters At Number Four

It is already Wednesday so that means it is time to look at the Japanese video game hardware and software sales charts from the team at Media Create. The best-selling game this week remains Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on Sony’s Playstation 4 console. Those wondering how Dark Souls Remastered for the Nintendo Switch fared will be pleased to see it made its debut in fourth place. The Nintendo Switch was once again the best-selling platform in Japan. Here’s the best-sellers:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 95,572 (321,347)
2. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 36,381 (242,700)
3. [PS4] Soulcalibur VI (Bandai Namco, 10/18/18) – 24,049 (New)
4. [NSW] Dark Souls Remastered (From Software, 10/18/18) – 14,646 (New)
5. [PS4] Crystar (FuRyu, 10/18/18) – 10,473 (New)
6. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Limited Edition Included) (Ubisoft, 10/05/18) – 8,807 (73,011)
7. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,325 (334,343)
8. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 7,293 (2,671,037)
9. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 6,774 (1,803,792)
10. [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 09/27/18) – 6,381 (144,441)
11. [NSW] Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy Bonus Edition (Sega, 08/03/17) – 5,217 (New)
12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,442 (1,138,631)
13. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (Bundle Version Included) (SIE, 09/07/18) – 4,207 (290,875)
14. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 3,666 (1,746,5700
15. [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV ~The End of Saga~ (Limited Editions Included) (Falcom, 09/27/18) – 3,581 (105,542)
16. [PS4] FIFA 19 (Limited Editions Included) (Electronic Arts, 09/28/18) – 3,086 (79,638)
17. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 2,962 (1,831,692)
18. [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco, 09/27/18) – 2,779 (38,664)
19. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,535 (215,620)
20. [NSW] Nintendo Labyo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit (Nintendo, 09/14/18) – 2,412 (29,988)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 42,148 (44,070)
2. PlayStation 4 Pro – 11,515 (15,442)
3. PlayStation 4 – 10,158 (10,030)
4. New 2DS LL – 3,891 (4,665)
5. PlayStation Vita – 2,247 (2,506)
6. New 3DS LL – 2,231 (1,976)
7. 2DS – 290 (305)
8. Xbox One X – 169 (157)
9. Xbox One – 62 (76)

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