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It's been a busy week for PlayStation in Japan. Monster Hunter: World is still king of the Japanese software charts, staying strong at number one for the third consecutive week. Capcom's brilliant action role-playing game shifted a further 159,000 copies on PlayStation 4. 

Unable to knock it off its perch was the disappointing Dynasty Warriors 9. Although it debuted in second place, the open world hack and slasher only managed to move 118,000 copies. That may seem like a decent amount at first glance, but it's only around half of what Dynasty Warriors 8 sold during its opening week. This means that the series' downward trend continues -- Dynasty Warriors 8 itself sold less than Dynasty Warriors 7.

Two other new PlayStation titles made it into the top five: Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet, and Shadow of the Colossus. The former shifted a decent 75,000 copies, while the latter only did a meagre 22,000 copies. A bit of a shame, that.

Last but not least, Dragon's Crown Pro entered in eleventh place, only moving around 12,000 copies. Again, a bit of a shame.

On the hardware side of things, the PS4 continues its run at the top with around 70,000 units sold across both the standard model and the PS4 Pro. Another good result for Sony.

Hardware sales

  1. PlayStation 4 – 59,691 (86,174)
  2. Switch – 43,404 (49,165)
  3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 11,615 (23,113)
  4. New 2DS LL – 6,031(6,522)
  5. PlayStation Vita – 4,133 (4,207)
  6. New 3DS LL – 3,581(3,857)
  7. 2DS – 904 (1,082)
  8. Xbox One X – 209 (565)
  9. Xbox One – 52 (72)

Software sales

  1. [PS4] Monster Hunter: World (Limited and Bundle Editions Included) (Capcom, 01/26/18) – 159,613 (1,750,969)
  2. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors 9 (Limited Edition Included) (Koei Tecmo, 02/08/18) – 117,495 (New)
  3. [PS4] Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 02/08/18) – 75,623 (New)
  4. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 23,461 (2,021,028)
  5. [PS4] Shadow of the Colossus (SIE, 02/08/18) – 21,900 (New)
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 19,210 (1,327,107)
  7. [NSW] Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle (Nintendo, 01/18/18) – 15,755 (129,815)
  8. [PS4] Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco, 02/01/18) – 14,237 (82,968)
  9. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 13,912 (1,601,866)
  10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 12,087 (859,764)
  11. [PS4] Dragon’s Crown Pro (Atlus, 02/08/18) – 11,691 (New)
  12. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Nintendo, 11/17/17) – 9,654 (1,548,683)
  13. [3DS] Mario Party: The Top 100 (Nintendo, 12/28/17) – 6,436 (155,782)
  14. [NSW] The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks, 02/01/18) – 5,625 (19,547)
  15. [NSW] Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (Bandai Namco, 09/07/17) – 4,512 (114,728)
  16. [NSW] 1-2-Switch (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,477 (395,563)
  17. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters 2: Treasure Legend Banbaraya – Sword / Magnum (Level-5, 12/16/17) – 4,437 (501,342)
  18. [NSW] Arms (Nintendo, 06/16/17) – 4,322 (364,806)
  19. [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 4,320 (222,781)
  20. [NSW] Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver. (Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 08/25/17) – 3,373 (214,492)

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