Tom Clancy's The Division has started life impressively well in Japan, topping the software charts on PlayStation 4. Ubisoft's role-playing shooter hybrid sold through a very healthy 80,703 copies, which was more than enough to place it above the likes of The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD.
Elsewhere, the new Summon Night game entered in third, while Gundam Breaker 3 managed to hold its top five place on Vita. The home console version dropped down to ninth, however.
On the hardware side of things, the PS4 remained steady at the summit, shifting a relatively solid 27,341 units. Sony's handheld, meanwhile, saw sales drop by around 9000 units, but that wasn't enough to allow the competition to jump past it.
Hardware sales
- PlayStation 4 – 27,341 (28,863)
- PlayStation Vita – 20,810 (29,937)
- New 3DS LL – 17,998 (19,111)
- New 3DS – 5,832 (6,013)
- Wii U – 4,629 (7,260)
- 3DS – 2,223 (2,679)
- PlayStation 3 – 1,375 (1,600)
- 3DS LL – 492 (552)
- Xbox One – 77 (490)
Software sales
- [PS4] The Division (Ubisoft, 03/10/16) – 80,703 (New)
- [Wii U] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Nintendo, 03/10/16) – 52,282 (New)
- [PSV] Summon Night 6: Lost Borders (Bandai Namco, 03/10/16) – 40,076 (New)
- [3DS] Medabots: Girls Mission Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. (Rocket Company, 03/10/16) – 20,142 (New)
- [PSV] Gundam Breaker 3 (Bandai Namco, 03/03/16) – 17,420 (92,059)
- [PS4] Summon Night 6: Lost Borders (Bandai Namco, 03/10/16) – 16,750 (New)
- [PSV] Kiniro no Corda 4 (Koei Tecmo, 03/10/16) – 15,167 (New)
- [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 13,408 (95,567)
- [PS4] Gundam Breaker 3 (Bandai Namco, 03/03/16) – 11,160 (77,740)
- [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 10,331 (1,291,418)
- [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,460 (693,047)
- [PSV] Attack on Titan (Koei Tecmo, 02/18/16) – 7,928 (104,663)
- [3DS] Doraemon Shin Nobita no Nihon Tanjou (FuRyu, 03/03/16) – 6,432 (13,875)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter Generations (Capcom, 11/27/15) – 5,803 (2,710,935)
- [PSV] Kan Colle Kai (Kadokawa Games, 02/18/16) – 5,646 (177,546)
- [PS4] Life is Strange (Square Enix, 03/03/16) – 5,286 (17,397)
- [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level-5, 07/11/15) – 4,869 (2,228,384)
- [PSV] Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix, 01/28/16) – 4,732 (281,265)
- [PS4] Attack on Titan (Koei Tecmo, 02/18/16) – 4,638 (90,805)
- [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 4,088 (2,775,025)
[source 4gamer.net, via gematsu.com]
Comments 7
With the way some of these Western properties have sold in Japan this gen, the excuse that 'Japan hates American products' now needs to be done away with in regards to Xbox One's pitiful performance over there. Not that PS4 or Wii U are doing great either but under 500 units almost every week is just terrible. Xbox Japan is doing something really, really wrong because there is no reason it shouldn't be able to move at least 1K a week.
I'm glad I bought The Division. I played for a solid three hours last night and I really enjoy it. It's definitely a lot better than Destiny was, and the expansions should be worthwhile, unlike The Dark Below and House of Wolves. I'm excited to see how The Division evolves over time.
@Gamer83 "Japan hates American products"
True but this applies to "western" markets really, not just America...
@Dodoo
I'm just repeating the excuse I hear from Xbox fanboys when trying to justify the Xbox brand's putrid performance in Japan. I'm a big Xbox fan myself but terrible numbers are terrible numbers. I won't sugarcoat sh*t like a dumba$$ corporate slave.
@Gamer83 I see. Cool.
It looks like PS4 could very well grow its yearly sales in Japan. It's definitely got momentum.
Lawl at no 9. Hardware.
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