Spider Man Japan Sales

Marvel's Spider-Man has been a bit of a revelation for Sony in Japan. It swung straight in at number one last week, and it's managed to retain its place at the top of the charts. For the second week in a row, Spidey dominated Japanese software, shifting a further 81,000 copies. Total sales now break 200,000, which is very impressive for a Western-made title.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider is the new entry worth talking about, but it didn't come close to stopping Spider-Man. Lara's latest only managed 32,000 copies on PlayStation 4. That's not quite as bad as Black Clover: Quartet Knights, however. Bandai Namco's newest anime escapade sold 4,630 copies, which means that it absolutely bombed, much like Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Strikers did just a couple of weeks ago.

On the hardware side of things, numbers remain low for PS4. The standard model continues to hover around 12, 000 units, while the Pro dropped to 5,000 units. These figures obviously add up over weeks and months, but it's becoming clear that the PS4 has established an audience and is now struggling to expand it further.

Hardware sales

  1. Switch – 38,738 (43,513)
  2. PlayStation 4 – 12,057 (12,281)
  3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 4,959 (7,442)
  4. New 2DS LL – 4,684 (4,951)
  5. New 3DS LL – 2,248 (2,185)
  6. PlayStation Vita – 1,973 (2,348)
  7. 2DS – 359 (347)
  8. Xbox One X – 159 (30)
  9. Xbox One – 58 (19)

Software sales

  1. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (SIE, 09/07/18) – 80,832 (205,986)
  2. [PS4] Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Square Enix, 09/14/18) – 32,172 (New)
  3. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 14,094 (2,618,333)
  4. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 13,479 (277,745)
  5. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Vehicle Kit (Nintendo, 09/14/18) – 11,659 (New)
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 10,689 (1,757,864)
  7. [PS4] NBA 2K19 (Limited Edition Included) (Take-Two Interactive, 09/11/18) – 9,536 (13,215)
  8. [PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (Konami, 08/30/18) – 9,46 (103,695)
  9. [PS4] Conan Exiles (Spike Chunsoft, 08/23/18) – 8,528 (68,757)
  10. [NSW] Undertale (8-4, 09/15/18) – 5,990 (New)
  11. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 5,820 (195,438)
  12. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 5,809 (1,111,535)
  13. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo, 06/22/18) – 5,193 (343,600)
  14. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 4,830 (1,724,983)
  15. [PS4] Black Clover: Quartet Knights (Bandai Namco, 09/13/18) – 4,630 (New)
  16. [PS4] Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – MARS (Konami, 09/07/18) – 4,503 (21,816)
  17. [3DS] WarioWare Gold (Nintendo, 08/02/18) – 4,018 (93,658)
  18. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 3,944 (615,182)
  19. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Edition Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,859 (1,813,146)
  20. [NSW] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo, 07/13/18) – 3,569 (122,376)

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