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The latest Japanese sales charts are in, and NieR: Automata has jumped straight in at number one. The PlayStation 4 console exclusive sold well, shifting almost 200,000 copies. That's a lot more than most new releases manage in their first week. It was followed up by the new Super Robot Wars game in second and third, on PS4 and Vita respectively. Nioh, meanwhile, settled in fourth, selling another 17,360 copies. All in all, it's been a good pre-Switch period for Sony's home console.

The PS4 itself saw a healthy sales boost thanks to the new software, with the system breaking through 37,000 units. It's very safe to assume that the imminent release of the Nintendo Switch will knock the PS4 from its perch, but it's nice to see Sony's hardware continuing to do relatively well so close to the Switch's launch.

Hardware sales

  1. PlayStation 4 – 37,008 (21,204)
  2. New 3DS LL – 15,984 (16,426 )
  3. PlayStation Vita – 10,704 (8,284)
  4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,481 (5,999)
  5. 2DS – 4,303 (4,665)
  6. New 3DS – 1,254 (1,203)
  7. PlayStation 3 – 505 (500)
  8. Xbox One – 469 (76)
  9. Wii U – 464(491)

Software sales

  1. [PS4] NieR: Automata (Square Enix, 02/23/17) – 198,542 (New)
  2. [PS4] Super Robot Wars V (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 02/23/17) – 100,154 (New)
  3. [PSV] Super Robot Wars V (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 02/23/17) – 83,733 (New)
  4. [PS4] Nioh (Koei Tecmo, 02/09/17) – 17,360 (118,613)
  5. [PSV] Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 Ultimate (Koei Tecmo, 02/23/17) – 13,682 (New)
  6. [3DS] Pokemon Sun / Pokemon Moon (Nintendo, 11/18/16) – 13,441 (3,176,979)
  7. [PS4] The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2 (NIS, 02/23/17) – 13,421 (New)
  8. [PS4] For Honor (Ubisoft, 02/16/17) – 13,203 (53,265)
  9. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional (Square Enix, 02/09/17) – 13,093 (149,633)
  10. [PS4] Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Grotesque Ver. included) (Capcom, 01/26/17) – 10,409 (284,490)
  11. [3DS] Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 12/01/16) – 7,050 (976,825)
  12. [PS4] Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection (Ubisoft, 02/23/17) – 6,734 (New)
  13. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (Take-Two, 10/08/15) – 6,199 (283,970)
  14. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (Level-5, 12/15/16) – 6,106 (675,260)
  15. [3DS] Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (Nintendo, 01/19/17) – 5,394 (92,286)
  16. [PS4] Final Fantasy XV (Limited and Bundled Editions Included) (Square Enix, 11/29/16) – 4,410 (944,806)
  17. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 4,046 (1,114,149)
  18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome Amiibo (Nintendo, 11/24/16) – 4,024 (134,618)
  19. [Wii U] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Nintendo, 06/23/16) – 2,775 (294,460)
  20. [3DS] Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon! (Nintendo, 12/22/16) – 2,575 (289,306)

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