Japan Stellar Blade Push Square

Stellar Blade has recorded another week at the top of the Japanese gaming sales chart, this time selling 10,935 copies to beat out competition from a trio of Nintendo Switch exclusives. The PS5 exclusive has now sold 91,099 units in total since its release in Japan. It's taken top place three weeks in a row now.

Given how quiet the release calendar is at the moment, there are no new entries for the sales chart covering the week beginning 13th May 2024. The rest of the top 10 is made up almost entirely of Ninte do Switch games, with the only other title available on other platforms besides Stellar Blade being Minecraft.

On the hardware side, a total of 17,565 PS5 consoles were sold to Japanese consumers last week, with most opting for the system with a disc drive. The Nintendo Switch OLED was the best-selling console, though, with 30,579 of them shifted. However, spare a thought for the PS4, which managed to sell a grand total of 53 consoles across the seven-day span.

Some Stellar Blade news is expected from developer Shift Up this week, indicating there could be either merchandise on the way or new content that may bring more Outfits to wear and Cans to collect.

Software Sales

  1. [PS5] Stellar Blade (SIE, 04/26/24) – 10,935 (91,099)
  2. [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (Nintendo, 10/18/19) – 10,536 (3,570,190)
  3. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 7,096 (5,842,332)
  4. [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Nintendo, 03/20/20) – 6,007 (7,771,954)
  5. [NSW] Minecraft (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 4,646 (3,526,590)
  6. [NSW] Endless Ocean Luminous (Nintendo, 05/02/24) – 4,486 (39,782)
  7. [NSW] Super Mario Bros. Wonder (Nintendo, 10/20/23) – 4,223 (1,855,966)
  8. [NSW] Splatoon 3 (Nintendo, 09/09/22) – 3,927 (4,301,105)
  9. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 3,678 (5,509,947)
  10. [NSW] Princess Peach: Showtime! (Nintendo, 03/22/24) – 3,448 (168,996)

Hardware Sales

  1. Switch OLED Model – 30,579 (7,261,850)
  2. PlayStation 5 – 13,827 (4,840,901)
  3. Switch Lite – 6,587 (5,848,036)
  4. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,738 (774,493)
  5. Switch – 3,540 (19,793,815)
  6. Xbox Series X – 1,803 (276,390)
  7. Xbox Series S – 765 (312,599)
  8. PlayStation 4 – 53 (7,925,914)

[source gematsu.com]