As every Wednesday, Media Create released its sales charts for hardware and software in Japan, giving us a glimpse on what happened last week on the local market. If you really think that Japanese gamers still hate first person shooters, you're going to be surprised.
Software sales:
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – PS4 – 143,817
- Disney Magical World 2 – 3DS – 73,824
- Call of Duty: Black Ops III – PS3 – 20,899
- God Eater Resurrection – PS Vita– 20,812
- Yo-kai Watch Busters – 3DS – 19,810
- To Love Ru Trouble Darkness: True Princess – PS Vita– 15,729
- Super Mario Maker – Wii U – 15,364
- Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force – PS4 – 14,392
- Splatoon – Wii U – 13,891
- Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – 3DS – 12,573
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 3DS – 8,127
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – PS Vita– 7,847
- God Eater Resurrection – PS4 – 6,461
- Yomawari – PS Vita– 6,167
- Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon – 3DS – 4,886
- Picross 3D 2 – 3DS – 4,853
- Pro Baseball Famista Returns – 3DS – 4,799
- LEGO Jurassic World – 3DS – 4,499
- PriPara Mezase! Idol: Grand Prix No.1! – 3DS – 4,216
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 – PS3 – 4,069
Hardware sales:
- PS4 – 33,442
- New 3DS XL – 18,496
- PS Vita – 13,085
- New 3DS – 10,448
- Wii U – 9,935
- PS3 – 1,716
- 3DS – 965
- Xbox One – 825
- PS Vita TV – 723
- 3DS XL – 474
Call of Duty: Black Ops III utterly dominated the software chart, demonstrating once more that the franchise has a very solid following in Japan. It also pushed the PS4 hard, giving it a kick over 30,000 units sold again.
It wasn't even a case of lack of competition, as Treyarch's game swatted Disney Magical World 2 for 3DS down to second place, selling twice as many copies on PS4 alone, and that's a very popular franchise in the archipelago of the rising sun.
Super Mario Maker and Splatoon keep on trucking unperturbed, even if the Wii U dropped under 10,000 weekly units sold, as the lack of strong new titles is making it run a bit out of steam.