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Unfortunately for PlayStation 4 exclusive Nioh, it's had to go up against a new Dragon Quest game during its first week on the Japanese market, meaning that it was never going to snatch that coveted top spot. The critically acclaimed action title skewered second place, selling 75,477 copies - not a gigantic amount, but not a bad start for a new property.

Things are quiet elsewhere, with Resident Evil 7: Biohazard hanging around in fourth, while the likes of Gravity Rush 2 and Final Fantasy XV remain in the top 20. The latter edges ever closer to shifting one million copies in Japan, but at the rate it's selling, it's still going to take a long time for it finally to get there.

On the hardware side of things, the PS4 simply refuses to budge from first place, selling another 22,282 units. Once again, Sony's current-gen console is the only system that's showing growth year-on-year, which is obviously a positive sign.

Hardware sales

  1. PlayStation 4 – 22,282 (28,870)
  2. New 3DS LL – 19,126 (18,891)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 8,479 (9,626)
  4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,693 (9,508)
  5. 2DS – 5,226 (5,593)
  6. New 3DS – 1,435 (1,617)
  7. Wii U – 543 (778)
  8. PlayStation 3 – 473 (548)
  9. Xbox One – 112 (111)

Software sales

  1. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional (Square Enix, 02/09/17) – 122,051 (New)
  2. [PS4] Nioh (Koei Tecmo, 02/09/17) – 75,477 (New)
  3. [PS4] Four Goddesses Online: Cyber Dimension Neptune (Compile Heart, 02/09/17) – 42,508 (New)
  4. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Grotesque Ver. included) (Capcom, 01/26/17) – 22,338 (262,309)
  5. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon (Nintendo, 11/18/16) – 16,477 (3,148,928)
  6. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (Nintendo, 01/19/17) – 9,495 (79,976)
  7. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 12/01/16) – 9,367 (962,071)
  8. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level-5, 12/15/16) – 8,583 (662,339)
  9. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (10/08/15) – 5,686 (271,628)
  10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 4,578 (1,106,077)
  11. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome Amiibo (Nintendo, 11/24/16) – 4,362 (126,559)
  12. [PSV] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Spike Chunsoft, 01/12/17) – 4,178 (112,653)
  13. [PS4] Gravity Rush 2 (SIE, 01/19/17) – 3,953 (102,630)
  14. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Limited and Bundled Editions Included) (Square Enix, 11/29/16) – 3,755 (936,304)
  15. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon! (Nintendo, 12/22/16) – 3,732 (283,832)
  16. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue (Square Enix, 01/12/17) – 3,3166 (181,216)
  17. [3DS] Miitopia (Nintendo, 12/08/16) – 3,087 (168,166)
  18. [PS4] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Road to Boruto (Bandai Namco, 02/03/17) – 2,841 (12,045)
  19. [Wii U] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Nintendo, 06/23/16) – 2,796 (288,878)
  20. [PS4] Battlefield 1 (EA, 10/21/16) – 2,527 (261,179)

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