Being a single format site, you'll never see news purely related to the likes of Nintendo on Push Square, but that doesn't mean we can't look at the latest Japanese software charts and smile. Battling it out for the top spot this time around are Pokken Tournament and Digimon World: Next Order, automatically casting our minds back to the 1990s when the two Japanese properties became big hits here in the West.
Digimon's latest is really the only new PlayStation entry worth talking about; it sold through a healthy 64,218 copies on Vita. The game's yet to be announced for an overseas release, but it could be on the cards considering its popularity in Japan. Meanwhile, Tom Clancy's The Division stuck around in third, selling a further 23,130 copies, bringing its total sales past 100,000. Not bad at all.
Elsewhere, there was no change on the hardware front, with the PS4 continuing its first place run. Despite Digimon's success, however, Vita sales actually dropped ever so slightly.
Hardware sales
- PlayStation 4 – 28,370 (27,341)
- PlayStation Vita – 19,028 (20,810)
- New 3DS LL – 18,353 (17,998)
- Wii U – 12,998 (4,629)
- New 3DS – 5,142 (5,832)
- 3DS – 2,187 (2,223)
- PlayStation 3 – 1,462 (1,375)
- 3DS LL – 370 (492)
- Xbox One – 91 (77)
Software sales
- [Wii U] Pokken Tournament (Pokemon, 03/18/16) – 69,675 (New)
- [PSV] Digimon World: Next Order (Bandai Namco, 03/17/16) – 64,218 (New)
- [PS4] The Division (Ubisoft, 03/10/16) – 23,130 (103,833)
- [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 12,078 (107,646)
- [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 10,081 (1,301,500)
- [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 9,136 (702,183)
- [PS4] Battlefield 4 Premium Edition (EA Best Hits) (Elecronic Arts, 03/17/16) – 8,771 (New)
- [PSV] Gundam Breaker 3 (Bandai Namco, 03/03/16) – 8,741 (100,8000)
- [Wii U] The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Nintendo, 03/10/16) – 7,705 (59,987)
- [PSV] Summon Night 6: Lost Borders (Bandai Namco, 03/10/16) – 7,144 (47,220)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Happy Price Selection) (Nintendo, 03/17/16) – 6,931 (New)
- [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 6,297 (822,312)
- [PS4] Gundam Breaker 3 (Bandai Namco, 03/03/16) – 6,152 (83,892)
- [PS4] Senran Kagura: Estival Versus Sakura Edition (Marvelous, 03/17/16) – 6,089 (New)
- [PSV] Attack on Titan (Koei Tecmo, 02/18/16) – 5,862 (110,525)
- [3DS] Doraemon Shin Nobita no Nihon Tanjou (FuRyu, 03/03/16) – 5,018 (18,893)
- [PSV] Wand of Fortune R (Idea Factory, 03/17/16) – 4,470 (New)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter Generations (Capcom, 11/27/15) – 4,391 (2,715,326)
- [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level-5, 07/11/15) – 4,360 (2,232,744)
- [PS4] Yakuza 0 (New Price Version) (Sega, 03/17/16) – 4,257 (New)
[source 4gamer.net, via gematsu.com]
Comments 16
@Grawlog
What do you mean?? Street Fighter V has yet to be released.
@sub12
Lol that comment should be showcased
@sub12
Sadly there's truth in that statement.
Anyway, interesting to see The Division stick around pretty high in the charts for a second week.
I can't wait for a western release for Digimon: Next Order.
I'm a hypocrite when I say I enjoy Digimon but I do not like Pokemon.
#DealWithIt
Pokken deserves it great game and quite a surprise how fun it is.
They don't get a PS4 ver? Ha, the west is lucky.
I hope Next Order gets a PS4 version over here. I have absolutely loved cyber sleuth and I hope it gets a sequel as well. Long live the Digirebirth!
1.PlayStation 4 – 28,370 (27,341)
2.PlayStation Vita – 19,028 (20,810)
I think around this time last year, it was all doom and gloom about these 2 consoles in Japan. What a difference a year makes.
Hope next order gets localised. I'm actually still playing Cyber Sleuth. Those damn Medals...
@Grawlog From a gameplay standpoint, SFV is going to be very tough to top. I really want to play Pokken, though. Been looking at Pokken videos a lot, Lately.
On another note, I really don't have the time to play Cyber Sleuth, but I'm glad it's doing well.
@Grawlog I can't judge for myself since I haven't played PT yet, unfortunately. I will say this, though: I'm glad an arena fighter is getting so much attention, from both the competitive scene, and the casual crowd. I love 2d fighters but Pokken is definitely a breath of fresh air.
When I think of Pokemon and Digimon I imagine a 30 something sitting in a hobby store with cheeto fingers and mountain dew dried on his lips chastising little kids as he beats them time and again with all his super rare cards.
@MadAussieBloke Japanese sales have become so insignificant I can imagine a future where Sony and Microsoft just release mobile gaming products, hell Nintendo has already started.
@themcnoisy There's still doom and gloom about one of those and it was entirely brought on by the company that made it.
@wakkawakka Not in Japan.
@whywai88 You should read the Japanese forums. There's tonnes of comments fearful of a "Vita withdrawal from the market." Famitsu even ran a prediction last December that said Sony would no longer make handhelds (which Yoshita himself has confirmed). Sony opening a Japanese studio to make phones games while they haven't shipped an original Japanese Vita game since July 2014 only builds that concern.
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