With the release of the new Pokemon games on Nintendo Switch we weren't expecting much from the rest of the software charts, and for the most part that's true. However, it's well worth highlighting Fallout 76, which managed to move a surprisingly decent 73,000 copies on PlayStation 4 and land in second place. Whether it deserves this early success in Japan is an entirely different topic, but that's certainly not a bad result for Bethesda.
Not so hot was Hitman 2, which shifted a measly 10,000 copies, but somehow, that was still enough to secure a top five position.
On the hardware side of things there's not much to see unless you're a fan of the Big N. PS4 numbers saw a very slight boost, but between the standard model and the PS4 Pro, it's still sitting below 20,000 units per week -- a number that, not too long ago, was considered the bottom line.
Hardware sales
- Switch – 200,850 (54,235)
- PlayStation 4 – 8,922 (8,154)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,867 (7,927)
- New 2DS LL – 4,189 (4,243)
- PlayStation Vita – 1,877 (1,869)
- New 3DS LL – 1,788 (1,681)
- 2DS – 622 (294)
- Xbox One X – 119 (360)
- Xbox One – 45 (46)
Software sales
- [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 661,240 (New)
- [PS4] Fallout 76 (Limited Edition Included) (Bethesda Softworks, 11/15/18) – 73,489 (New)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 20,942 (345,627)
- [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 17,159 (460,890)
- [PS4] Hitman 2 (Warner Bros. Interactive, 11/15/18) – 10,162 (New)
- [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion (Nintendo, 11/08/18) – 9,320 (36,689)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,319 (1,836,063)
- [PS4] Red Dead Redemption 2 (Limited Editions Included) (Take-Two Interactive, 10/26/18) – 8,120 (181)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 7,992 (2,698,886)
- [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 7,449 (365,347)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,215 (1,159,398)
- [PS4] Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs: Steam Dungeon (FuRyu, 11/15/18) – 5,025 (New)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,990 (1,845,682)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 3,493 (1,760,304)
- [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (Bundle Version Included) (SIE, 09/07/18) – 3,134 (305,030)
- [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 2,958 (642,205)
- [NSW] RPG Maker MV (Kadokawa Games, 11/15/18) – 2,641 (New)
- [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,181 (225,417)
- [PS4] RPG Maker MV (Kadokawa Games, 11/15/18) – 2,090 (New)
- [PSV] Shiro to Kuro no Alice: Twilight Line (Limited Edition Included) (Idea Factory, 11/15/18) – 2,087 (New)
[source 4gamer.net, via gematsu.com]
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Interestingly this is a worst 1st week than Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (900K+, 1st week)
@Derpie1 Have to remember that the Switch has a smaller install base than the 3DS, though. Skews the numbers a bit.
Huh? Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs has a game? Didn’t know that, but it ain’t like I wanna play it. I read the manga so I think I have an idea of what it might play like.
Not surprised that Fallout 76 sold well. Just remember that even the most disappointing games like Dynasry Warriors 9 and New Gundam Breaker still managed to sell well in japan.
This settles it the Japanese are insane and have no taste. 😋
Oh gosh that Pokemon effect in Japan though. I keep forgetting how hugh Pokemon is. Especially in Japan.
Not surprised by Pokémon but this is more of a mobile cash grab and Japan love mobile games soon they are only gonna buy and have mobile and pachinko games thanks to their horrible tastes in gaming
Conan Exiles was at the top of the Japanese charts for a while too. Just to give a little perspective.
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From what I've read this is one of the lower debuts for Pokemon in a long time, so it makes the jump in hardware surprising unless there was some deal going on. Good to see though, need something to prop up the industry over there.
@Gamer83 yeah although rn I guess for PlayStation it’s more the next game that’ll prop up PS4 sales there which are low
Right now that title is: Kingdom Hearts 3 Since that’s popular in Japan then I guess whatever is next for MH x PlayStation...
So there's no reviews in Japan?
@Gamer83 yeah by raw numbers but as @ShogunRok says userbase can skew those when comparing titles, and if you apply the userbase totals it is only behind sun/moon in terms of percentage of adopters. #soz x+y not sun/moon!
Guten Morgen! Wow, those Switch sales tho'!
@JAMes-BroWWWn Yup. That's why Ninty handhelds keep selling well and why Sony could never compete with them with their franchises.
Not a fan of Pokemon at all but man, the salt, the hate, and the tears on Let's GO.. Yum...
I was really confused when I saw the Switch on top, like wtf for. And then of course, Pokemon
@CK97 It's Japan, the Switch is always on top.
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Think this proves that the Japanese really have no.taste!
@Quintumply yep, switch still new...
when sony launches ps5 these numbers will change
@naruball Too be fair i have no idea what IP could bring that succes to the PS in Japan. But i still want Legend of Dragoon. 😁
@paulo_godoy_BR it depends on the games... the PS4 didn’t do too well in Japan initially for one reason: The games initially released weren’t exactly for the Japanese audience it was.... for the Western audience.
@Derpie1 yes, you're right
@Flopsy well there’s CoD. But Japan has its own phenomenons...
@Flaming_Kaiser Nothing that Sony currently has. That's why I found the comments about Sony not trying with the vita as much as Ninty did with 3ds silly.
Interesting the constant that some users say that "the Japanese have a bad taste in video games", because Sony, as a first point, is a Japanese company, and many of the most famous games there are games of Japanese companies and most developed and created by ""Japanese""; seriously, the irony with some of you and excuse the word, the pathetic that some of you show with that mentality of "bad taste" ...
@Flaming_Kaiser regarding 1st Party, none
3rd Party requires Sony can attempt to do some sorta special deal w 3rd Party Japanese publishers to make exclusive yearly popular franchises that resonate w the Japanese audience. For example if Sony talked w Capcom for Monster Hunter to be exclusive w PlayStation (think PS2/PSP days) but every year you’ll get Monster Hunter insert title here and the next year here’s another Monster Hunter insert title here and then there’s other IPs like Level 5’s Yokai Watch series.
Caveat is Sony doesn’t care for Japan... and the feels can be real w the Japanese people as they prob don’t care about most of these games that aren’t really meant for them...
@Derpie1 Probably more usefull to go for the rest of the world. But i get where you are coming from.
@SakuraHaruka Let me rephrase the Japanese consumer has terrible taste i thought you could make the connection yourself but i was wrong. 😁
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