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There's only one new release worth talking about in the latest Japanese software charts, and that's Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Capcom's well-received horror title entered in first place on PlayStation 4, selling 216,314 copies. Relatively speaking, it's not a bad number - most games these days do a lot less - but it doesn't quite measure up to the success of its predecessors. Resident Evil 6, for example, sold a whopping 634,000 copies in its first week on the Japanese market. We suppose that we'll have to wait and see whether the seventh instalment has legs.

Meanwhile, the PS4 once again kept its spot at the top of the hardware charts, with its sales rising week-on-week to 30,778 units. It's worth mentioning that this time last year, the PS4 was consistently sitting around the 20,000 mark, so Sony is at least seeing some growth.

Hardware sales

  1. PlayStation 4 – 30,778 (26,243)
  2. New 3DS LL – 17,600 (18,229)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 10,553 (11,521)
  4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 9,893 (7,133)
  5. 2DS – 5,806 (6,203)
  6. New 3DS – 1,301 (1,625)
  7. Wii U – 710 (794)
  8. PlayStation 3 – 579 (557)
  9. Xbox One – 231 (35)

Software sales

  1. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard Grotesque Ver. (Capcom, 01/26/17) – 187,306 (New)
  2. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Capcom, 01/26/17) – 29,008 (New)
  3. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon (Nintendo, 11/18/16) – 20,343 (3,112,620)
  4. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (Nintendo, 01/19/17) – 17,869 (57,424)
  5. [PS4] Gravity Rush 2 (SIE, 01/19/17) – 15,798 (90,159)
  6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level-5, 12/15/16) – 13,017 (642,246)
  7. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 12/01/16) – 12,150 (941,119)
  8. [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue (Square Enix, 01/12/17) – 11,243 (171,798)
  9. [PSV] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Spike Chunsoft, 01/12/17) – 9,734 (101,844)
  10. [PS4] Valkyria Revolution (Sega, 01/19/17) – 7,411 (45,608)
  11. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (10/08/15) – 6,447 (259,321)
  12. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 5,808 (1,096,016)
  13. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon! (Nintendo, 12/22/16) – 5,621 (275,348)
  14. [PSV] Valkyria Revolution (Sega, 01/19/17) – 5,121 (23,339)
  15. [PSV] Twin Star Exorcists (Bandai Namco, 01/26/17) – 4,681 (New)
  16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome Amiibo (Nintendo, 11/24/16) – 4,607 (117,404)
  17. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Limited and Bundled Editions Included) (Square Enix, 11/29/16) – 4,600 (928,231)
  18. [PS4] Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (Spike Chunsoft, 01/12/17) – 4,342 (52,302)
  19. [3DS] Miitopia (Nintendo, 12/08/16) – 4,213 (161,160)
  20. [PSV] New Game! The Challenge Stage! (5pb., 01/26/17) – 3,662 (New)

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