Without any new blockbuster releases, the Japanese software charts haven't changed all that much from the previous week. Kingdom Hearts III and Resident Evil 2 remain in first and second place respectively, and they actually continued to sell quite well. The former racked up another 91,000 copies on PS4, breaking an impressive 700,000 total. Meanwhile, the latter pushed an additional 51,000 copies, surpassing 300,000 total. Good, solid numbers for both titles.
Elsewhere, the latest Atelier title, Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World, made it into sixth position with 19,000 copies on Sony's system. Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown also hovered within the top ten.
On the hardware side of things, PS4 sales have dropped off again, particularly for the PS4 Pro, which enjoyed a noticeable boost last time out.
Hardware sales
- Switch – 69,472 (52,429)
- PlayStation 4 – 15,074 (19,612)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 10,540 (33,032)
- New 2DS LL – 3,622 (3,781)
- PlayStation Vita – 1,521 (1,701)
- New 3DS LL – 1,188 (972)
- 2DS – 104 (179)
- Xbox One X – 86 (82)
- Xbox One – 17 (11)
Software sales
- [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 01/25/19) – 91,019 (701,096)
- [PS4] Resident Evil 2 (Z Version and Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 01/25/19) – 51,339 (304,186)
- [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 45,879 (358,748)
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 35,217 (2,799,969)
- [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 21,274 (1,457,907)
- [PS4] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 01/31/19) – 18,679 (New)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 12,181 (996,084)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,710 (2,108,522)
- [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 01/17/19) – 11,444 (239,322)
- [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,250 (590,289)
- [NSW] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World (Koei Tecmo, 01/31/19) – 8,046 (New)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 7,689 (2,918,368)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,957 (1,276,558)
- [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix (Square Enix, 03/09/17) – 6,023 (235,306)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix, 12/20/18) – 5,814 (223,424)
- [PSV] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World (Koei Tecmo, 01/31/19) – 4,589 (New)
- [NSW] Dragon: Marked for Death (Inti Creates, 01/31/19) – 4,492 (New)
- [NSW] Fate/Extella Link (Marvelous, 01/31/19) – 4,131 (New)
- [PS4] Robotics;Notes DaSH (5pb., 01/31/19) – 3,943 (New)
- [NSW] Fitness Boxing (Imagineer, 12/20/18) – 3,613 (23,332)
[source 4gamer.net, via gematsu.com]
Comments 3
So the hardware sells in Japan, but the third party games dont, but in the West its almost the opposite.
Thats so weird. I guess Japan has taken to playing games at home more than anticipated.
Japanese only buys nintendo for 2 IPs. Mario and Pokemon. No matter how bad the game so long as MARIO / PikAchu is in the name, it sells for some reason. Look at 2018....its Mario Infested. Toad / Mario tennis/ party/ DK/ Smash Bros / Mario U Deluxe. These games are as cheap as mobile titles in content but charged at full price......Game companies knew the gaming market in japan is a Lost cause, no wonder Sony shifted their HQ.
Bring whatever 3rd party titles to N.switch it almost never sells.Even RDR2 is gonna flop hard on Nintendo. Capcom / Square Enix saw this and made the wisest decision not to put their game on Nintendo. they earned themselves a Bank full of profits. They're the only 2 relevant game companies left in japan.
Surprised to see the are still new games coming out for the PSV in Japan.
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