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Wow, who knew that big games sell consoles? After weeks of incredibly dreary Japanese sales charts reading, the PlayStation 4 has finally jumped back up to respectable numbers. With the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, the new-gen system leapt to the top of the hardware charts with sales of 54,494 units.

Hideo Kojima's latest game, meanwhile, topped the software charts on PS4, selling through 293,652 copies - which is rather good. The PS3 version of the stealth-'em-up wasn't far behind, either, totalling 117,547 sales. All in all, that means The Phantom Pain has debuted with a strong total count of 411,000 copies sold. Well deserved, we reckon.

Other than that, there really isn't much to see here, so be sure to let us know if you think that the PS4 can keep up this winning streak in the comments section below.

Hardware sales

  1. PlayStation 4 – 54,494 (18,539)
  2. New 3DS LL – 26,976 (38,498)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 11,099 (12,125)
  4. Wii U – 10,232 (11,781)
  5. New 3DS – 5,179 (7,089)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 2,817 (2,571)
  7. 3DS – 1,692 (2,216)
  8. 3DS LL – 909 (1,116)
  9. PlayStation Vita TV – 609 (567)
  10. Xbox One – 180 (168)

Software sales

  1. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 293,652 (New)
  2. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 117,547 (New)
  3. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix, 08/27/15) – 106,823 (691,539)
  4. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 49,542 (1,450,344)
  5. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 30,840 (989,889)
  6. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 18,826 (626,497)
  7. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo, 06/11/15) – 9,293 (455,284)
  8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,355 (317,041)
  9. [PSV] Infinite Stratos 2: Love and Purge (5pb., 09/03/15) – 7,643 (New)
  10. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 5,935 (1,117,394)
  11. [3DS] Lego Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (Warner Bros., 09/03/15) – 5,011 (New)
  12. [3DS] Famicom Remix: Best Choice (Nintendo, 08/27/15) – 4,523 (18,602)
  13. [PS4] Dragon's Dogma Online Limited Edition (Capcom, 08/27/15) – 3,660 (32,976)
  14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 3,422 (4,038,451)
  15. [3DS] Super Robot Wars BX (Bandai Namco, 08/20/15) – 3,189 (114,978)
  16. [PS3] Infinite Stratos 2: Love and Purge (5pb., 09/03/15) – 2,973 (New)
  17. [PS4] Until Dawn (SCE, 08/27/15) – 2,829 (20,301)
  18. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 2,807 (2,692,914)
  19. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest (Nintendo, 06/25/15) – 2,563 (415,150)
  20. [PSV] Taiko Drum Master: V Version (Bandai Namco, 07/09/15) – 2,446 (92,993)

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