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After two weeks of selling next to nothing, the PlayStation 4 is finally back on top of the Japanese charts following its very recent price cut. Sony's home console shifted a very respectable 46,177 units last week, and with any luck, the company will be hoping that the price reduction will have a continuous impact as we move closer to the holiday period.

Meanwhile, things aren't quite as hopeful on the software side of things. New role-playing release Tokyo Xanadu had a moderately strong launch on Vita as it jumped in at number one, while PES 2016: Pro Evolution Soccer scored in second and third, on PS3 and PS4 respectively - although none of these titles enjoyed particularly brilliant numbers. Elsewhere, Mad Max entered in 11th, and Arslan: The Warriors of Legend really underperformed in 16th and 17th, selling through just over 20,000 combined copies on both new-gen and last-gen systems.

Hardware sales

  1. PlayStation 4 – 46,177 (4,071)
  2. New 3DS LL – 18,136 (21,765)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 15,237 (19,078)
  4. Wii U – 12,843 (18,024)
  5. New 3DS – 4,367 (5,069)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 2,088 (2,630)
  7. 3DS – 1,160 (1,529)
  8. PlayStation Vita TV – 761 (790)
  9. 3DS LL – 587 (747)
  10. Xbox One – 203 (232)

Software sales

  1. [PSV] Tokyo Xanadu (Falcom, 09/30/15) – 88,879 (New)
  2. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Konami, 10/01/15) – 48,473 (New)
  3. [PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Konami, 10/01/15) – 39,017 (New)
  4. [PS4] Yoru no Nai Kuni (Gust, 10/01/15) – 35,907 (New)
  5. [PSV] Yoru no Nai Kuni (Gust, 10/01/15) – 32,904 (New)
  6. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Nintendo, 07/11/15) – 32,676 (1,599,416)
  7. [3DS] Picross 3D 2 (Nintendo, 10/01/15) – 30,468 (New)
  8. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 30,150 (275,332)
  9. [3DS] Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (Nintendo, 09/17/15) – 19,355 (215,733)
  10. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 14,958 (696,454)
  11. [PS4] Mad Max (Warner Bros., 10/01/15) – 14,458 (New)
  12. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo, 07/30/15) – 14,347 (1,065,020)
  13. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 13,938 (386,171)
  14. [PS3] Yoru no Nai Kuni (Gust, 10/01/15) – 10,416 (New)
  15. [PSV] Tokyo Ghoul: Jail (Bandai Namco, 10/01/15) – 10,390 (New)
  16. [PS3] Arslan: The Warriors of Legend (Koei Tecmo, 10/01/15) – 10,337 (New)
  17. [PS4] Arslan: The Warriors of Legend (Koei Tecmo, 10/01/15) – 10,034 (New)
  18. [3DS] Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (Square Enix, 08/27/15) – 8,921 (785,585)
  19. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,164 (351,598)
  20. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (Konami, 09/02/15) – 6,998 (174,689)

[source 4gamer.net, via gematsu.com]