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Yes! Your humble host has managed to wrestle this week's Japanese sales charts from associate editor Robert Ramsey's iron clasp for the first time in years; unfortunately, it's a rubbish one. Far Cry Primal was the highest charting new game for the week ending 10th April, moving 25,302 units on the PlayStation 4. The other big story is Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness dropping like a rock following its mediocre opening last time out, moving just 10,383 units. That puts its total to date at just 123,408 units – not great.

One game that is doing well on the quiet, however, is Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition, which is now approaching 750,000 units sold – a huge achievement for the evergreen construct-'em-up. It couldn't, however, prevent Vita hardware sales from dropping – down to 13,278 units from 17,153 units. PlayStation 4 system sales also declined, tallying 23,389 units. That was enough, however, to make it the best-selling platform of the week – assuming you don't combine the various 3DS models.

Hardware Sales

  1. PlayStation 4 – 23,889 (30,081)
  2. New 3DS LL – 18,042 (22,020)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 13,278 (17,153)
  4. Wii U – 4,963 (3,541)
  5. New 3DS – 4,420 (5,376)
  6. 3DS – 1,411 (2,069)
  7. PlayStation 3 – 1,296 (1,537)
  8. 3DS LL – 242 (342)
  9. Xbox One – 212 (207)

Software Sales

  1. [3DS] Yo-kai Sangokushi (Level-5, 04/02/16) – 90,196 (359,712)
  2. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (Square Enix, 03/24/16) – 49,847 (517,146)
  3. [PS4] Far Cry Primal (Ubisoft, 04/07/16) – 25,302 (New)
  4. [3DS] Disney Art Academy (Nintendo, 04/07/16) – 17,717 (New)
  5. [PS4] Dark Souls III (Bandai Namco, 03/24/16) – 15,274 (258,821)
  6. [PS4] Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (Square Enix, 03/31/16) – 10,383 (123,408)
  7. [Wii U] Pokken Tournament (Pokemon, 03/18/16) – 8,065 (120,366)
  8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 7,374 (730,835)
  9. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 6,902 (1,325,502)
  10. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 6,666 (136,148)
  11. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 5,892 (840,123)
  12. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Assassin Training Plan (Bandai Namco, 03/24/16) – 5,205 (34,852)
  13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Happy Price Selection) (Nintendo, 03/17/16) – 5,128 (27,492)
  14. [PSV] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X (Sega, 03/24/16) – 4,623 (84,135)
  15. [PSV] Brother's Conflict: Precious Baby (Idea Factory, 04/07/16) – 3,476 (New)
  16. [PS4] The Division (Ubisoft, 03/10/16) – 3,422 (123,282)
  17. [PS4] Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence Sengoku Risshiden (Koei Tecmo, 03/24/16) – 3,325 (28,332)
  18. [3DS] Tomodachi Life (Happy Price Selection) (03/17/16) – 3,166 (16,389)
  19. [XBO] Quantum Break (Microsoft, 04/07/16) – 3,124 (New)
  20. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level-5, 07/11/15) – 2,671 (2,243,803)

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