It's Wednesday, which can only mean one thing: Media Create has released its weekly sales charts of the Japanese market. For the week of January 2, 2017 through January 8th it is once again the PS4 reigning supreme in the hardware department, meanwhile, over in the software charts it's Nintendo overthrowing Nintendo with Super Mario Maker for 3DS displacing Pokémon Sun/Moon.
Here’s the full software chart:
Important to note: Media Create counts only retail sales, meaning digital sales are not included.
1. Super Mario Maker for 3DS – 3DS - 100,308 / 890,838
2. Pokémon Sun/Moon – 3DS - 90,298 / 3,039,585
3. Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon!! – 3DS - 47,905 / 244,357
4. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – PSV - 32,031 / 1,074,494
5. Miitopia – 3DS - 23,867 / 144,838
6. Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki – 3DS - 23,698 / 585,206
7. Final Fantasy XV – PS4 - 23,346 / 907,768
8. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo - 3DS – 15,512 / 101,354
9. Yakuza 6 – PS4 - 13,825 / 326,325
10. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes – 3DS - 13,766 / 73,560
11. Minecraft: Wii U Edition – Wii U - 13,391 / 271,044
12. Mario Party: Star Rush – 3DS - 10,293 / 145,318
13. Grand Theft Auto V - PS4 – 9,513 / 235,352
14. Mario Kart 7 – 3DS - 8,946 / 2,723,302
15. Watch Dogs 2 – PS4 - 8,718 / 97,955
16. Kirby: Planet Robobot – 3DS - 8,225 / 525,226
17. Sumikko Gurashi: Mura o Tsukurundesu – 3DS - 8,141 / 145,722
18. New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 3DS - 7,785 / 2,516,249
19. Yo-kai Watch 3 – 3DS - 7,002 / 41,430
20. Battlefield 1 – PS4 - 6,770 / 244,406
And now for the hardware charts:
- PS4 – 73,421
- New 3DS LL – 45,809
- Vita – 25,487
- 2DS – 20,259
- PS4 Pro – 9,916
- New 3DS – 4,342
- Wii U – 2,589
- PS3 – 1,002
- Xbox One – 221
- 3DS – 72
- 3DS LL – 40
Again, no real surprises here, beyond maybe The Last Guardian following off the list, while games like Watch_Dogs 2 continue to stay strong and remain on the list.