PS Vita Stands at the Top of Japanese Sales; Gundam Breaker 3 Dominates Software on Media Create

Today is Wednesday, so you knew it was coming. Media Create just delivered a brand new set of hardware and software charts for the Japanese market, showing how things went last week in the archipelago of the rising sun.

1. Gundam Breaker 3 – PS Vita – 74,639 / New
2. Gundam Breaker 3 – PS4 – 66,580 / New
3. Haikyuu! Cross Team Match – 3DS – 23,440 / New
4. Atelier Shallie Plus – PS Vita – 19,693 / New
5.  Mario and Sonic at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games– 3DS – 18,391 / 82,160
6. Is the Order a Rabbit? Wonderful Party – PS Vita – 13,458 / New
7. Attack on Titan – PS Vita – 12,445 / 96,735
8. Life is Strange – PS4 – 12,111 / New
9. Splatoon – Wii U – 10,939 / 1,281,087
10. Kantai Collection Kai – PS Vita – 9,556 / 171,900
11. Minecraft: PS Vita Edition – PS Vita –8,333 / 684,587
12. Attack on Titan – PS4 – 8,208 / 86,168
13. Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Nihon Tanjou – 3DS – 7,443 / New
14. Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis – PS Vita – 6,872 / 29,477
15. Super Mario Maker – Wii U –  6,862 / 812,781
16. Yo-kai Watch Busters – 3DS – 6,467 / 2,223,515
17. Street Fighter V – PS4 – 6,357 / 59,553
18. Mega Man Legacy Collection – 3DS – 6,343 / 30,285
19. Dragon Quest Builders – PS Vita – 6,343 / 276,533
20. Monster Hunter X – 3DS – 6,301 / 2,705,132

And here’s the hardware chart:

1. PS Vita: 29,937
2. PS4: 28,863
3. New 3DS XL: 19,111
4. Wii U: 7,260
5. New 3DS: 6,013
6. 3DS: 2,679
7. PS3: 1,600
8. 3DS XL: 552
9. Xbox One: 490

Gundam Breaker 3 definitely dominated the software chart, selling best on Vita, and propelling Sony’s portable to the top of the hardware chart, followed by the PS4, that still manages to narrowly beat the combined sales of the four 3DS models.

Interestingly, the Wii U recovered a bit, showing that the shortages that apparently affected its sales in the past month have been mitigated or solved. Super Mario Maker also reappears on the software chart after a week out of the top 20, while Splatoon keeps on trucking unperturbed.

Lastly, the Xbox One also got a bump, probably helped by its exclusive shoot ’em up Raiden V, that unfortunately didn’t manage to make the top 20 software chart.