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The PlayStation 4's been ticking along in its native Japan for some time, but it rarely racks up any amazing numbers unless a slew of big new-gen games all launch within a few weeks of each other. Last week's belated figures make for some rather dire reading, then, as Sony's latest box managed to hit its lowest total in months.

The good news for the company is that there's an understandable reason for this in that the PS4's price is being cut in Japan at the start of October. As such, consumers in the Land of the Rising Sun are unsurprisingly holding off on buying the box until the drop hits. Nevertheless, it'll be interesting to see how big an impact the lowered price will have on future sales.

Hardware sales

  1. New 3DS LL – 19,811 (21,504)
  2. PlayStation Vita – 19,471 (9,018)
  3. Wii U – 16,033 (20,891)
  4. PlayStation 4 – 8,375 (18,555)
  5. New 3DS – 4,672 (4,214)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 2,411 (2,628)
  7. 3DS – 1,527 (1,275)
  8. PlayStation Vita TV – 739 (462)
  9. Xbox One – 737 (207)
  10. 3DS LL – 729 (836)

Software sales

  1. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (Nintendo, 09/17/15) – 151,823 (New)
  2. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 54,544 (192,785)
  3. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 36,979 (1,527,272)
  4. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix, 08/27/15) – 24,758 (758,874)
  5. [PSV] World Trigger: Borderless Mission (Bandai Namco, 09/17/15) – 23,334 (New)
  6. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 20,635 (357,075)
  7. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 18,627 (1,028,888)
  8. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 16,772 (660,759)
  9. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 16,288 (156,474)
  10. [PSV] Resident Evil Revelations 2 (Capcom, 09/17/15) – 15,932 (New)
  11. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires (Koei Tecmo, 09/17/15) – 14,297 (New)
  12. [3DS] Monster Hunter Diary: Poka Poka Airou Village DX (Capcom, 09/10/15) – 14,034 (73,490)
  13. [PSV] Saki: The Nationals (Kaga Create, 09/17/15) – 13,698 (New)
  14. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires (Koei Tecmo, 09/17/15) – 13,056 (New)
  15. [PS4] Samurai Warriors 4: Empires (Koei Tecmo, 09/17/15) – 11,360 (New)
  16. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,244 (332,663)
  17. [PS4] Destiny: The Taken King (SCEJ, 09/17/15) – 6,643 (New)
  18. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (Nintendo, 06/11/15) – 5,866 (468,228)
  19. [PSV] Yunohana SpRING! (Idea Factory, 09/17/15) – 4,561 (New)
  20. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 4,095 (1,126,412)

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