Japan: Pokemon Let’s GO! Comfortably Sails To Number One

The latest video game charts are now in from Japan courtesy of the team at sales tracker, Media Create. The latest Pokemon games for the Nintendo Switch launched and they sold 661,240 units at retail within their first three days of release, which saw them comfortably sail to the number one spot this week. Nintendo Switch hardware sales saw a dramatic increase as Nintendo shifted 200,850 units whereas the previous week they sold 54,235.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 661,240 (New)
2. [PS4] Fallout 76 (Limited Edition Included) (Bethesda Softworks, 11/15/18) – 73,489 (New)
3. [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 20,942 (345,627)
4. [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 17,159 (460,890)
5. [PS4] Hitman 2 (Warner Bros. Interactive, 11/15/18) – 10,162 (New)
6. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo, 11/08/18) – 9,320 (36,689)
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,319 (1,836,063)
8. [PS4] Red Dead Redemption 2 (Limited Editions Included) (Take-Two Interactive, 10/26/18) – 8,120 (181)
9. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 7,992 (2,698,886)
10. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,449 (365,347)
11. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,215 (1,159,398)
12. [PS4] Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs: Steam Dungeon (FuRyu, 11/15/18) – 5,025 (New)
13. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,990 (1,845,682)
14. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 3,493 (1,760,304)
15. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (Bundle Version Included) (SIE, 09/07/18) – 3,134 (305,030)
16. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 2,958 (642,205)
17. [NSW] RPG Maker MV (Kadokawa Games, 11/15/18) – 2,641 (New)
18. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,181 (225,417)
19. [PS4] RPG Maker MV (Kadokawa Games, 11/15/18) – 2,090 (New)
20. [PSV] Shiro to Kuro no Alice: Twilight Line (Limited Edition Included) (Idea Factory, 11/15/18) – 2,087 (New)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

1. Switch – 200,850 (54,235)
2. PlayStation 4 – 8,922 (8,154)
3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,867 (7,927)
4. New 2DS LL – 4,189 (4,243)
5. PlayStation Vita – 1,877 (1,869)
6. New 3DS LL – 1,788 (1,681)
7. 2DS – 622 (294)
8. Xbox One X – 119 (360)
9. Xbox One – 45 (46)

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