PlayStation 4 PS4 Japan Sales

Once again, there's nothing doing in the Japanese sales charts – well, unless you're fascinated by the evergreen nature of Nintendo's biggest franchises. Actually, the PlayStation 4 is proving a bit of an oddity in the East at the moment; it's not selling well by any stretch of the imagination, but it's still managing to move units despite a complete dearth of new releases. We suppose that the impending Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain along with free bundled copies of Bloodborne are just about doing the business.

Sony's other flagship format, the PlayStation Vita, is faring a bit better in the software department, with Minecraft: PS Vita Edition now up to 300,001 lifetime sales. Yeah, you can pretty much bank on Dragon Quest: Builders being the biggest thing since sliced bread. Other than that, there's not really much to say – but we would like to know your predictions for Japanese PS4 hardware sales during Metal Gear Solid release week. We reckon that anything less than 50,000 units would be a disappointment, but what do you think?

Hardware Sales

  1. New 3DS LL – 19,960 (30,105)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 14,495 (18,503)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 11,605 (17,400)
  4. Wii U – 11,302 (16,567)
  5. New 3DS – 5,967 (8,326)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 2,549 (3,448)
  7. 3DS – 1,557 (2,752)
  8. 3DS LL – 795 (1,065)
  9. PlayStation Vita TV – 554 (672)
  10. Xbox One – 160 (195)

Software Sales

  1. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX (Bandai Namco, 08/20/15) – 98,366 (New)
  2. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 65,904 (910,071)
  3. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 48,592 (1,351,934)
  4. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 23,874 (584,268)
  5. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo, 06/11/15) – 12,083 (432,276)
  6. [PSV] Reine des Fleurs (Idea Factory, 08/20/15) – 11,191 (New)
  7. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,073 (300,001)
  8. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 6,113 (1,104,610)
  9. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 4,837 (4,030,853)
  10. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest (Nintendo, 06/25/15) – 4,154 (409,189)
  11. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 3,750 (2,686,525)
  12. [Wii U] Yoshi's Woolly World (Nintendo, 07/16/15) – 3,340 (63,930)
  13. [PSV] Taiko Drum Master: V Version (Bandai Namco, 07/09/15) – 3,173 (87,913)
  14. [3DS] Chou Tousouchuu Atsumare! Saikyou no Tousou Monotachi (Bandai Namco, 07/09/15) – 3,078 (41,507)
  15. [PSV] Luminous Arc Infinity (Marvelous, 08/06/15) – 2,716 (24,980)
  16. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate Best Price! (Capcom, 07/30/15) – 2,570 (9,535)
  17. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 2,501 (2,274,753)
  18. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi (Capcom, 07/23/15) – 2,364 (84,566)
  19. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney (Capcom, 07/09/15) – 2,283 (186,616)
  20. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 2,227 (668,555)

[source 4gamer.net, via gematsu.com]