The Japanese charts for the final week of 2018 are in, and they make for... Well, pretty boring reading if you're not a fan of Nintendo. The big N absolutely dominated the software charts with only Dragon Quest Builders 2 and Judgement sticking around in the top ten on PlayStation 4. There were no new releases, either.
At least on the hardware side of things the PS4 managed to hold steady. The standard model actually saw a slight increase in sales over the previous week, while the Pro endured a very minor drop. All told, they're decent numbers for Sony's system to end 2018 on.
Hardware sales
- Switch – 174,770 (278,701)
- PlayStation 4 – 58,203 (57,948)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 14,227 (17,845)
- New 2DS LL – 9,649 (19,096)
- New 3DS LL – 3,576 (7,116)
- PlayStation Vita – 3,566 (3,939)
- 2DS – 374 (724)
- Xbox One X – 189 (195)
- Xbox One – 169 (182)
Software sales
- [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 275,417 (2,355,186)
- [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 98,682 (841,037)
- [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 65,497 (1,331,287)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 41,872 (2,000,142)
- [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix, 12/20/18) – 34,589 (132,262)
- [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 30,669 (2,839,787)
- [PS4] Dragon Quest Builders 2 (Square Enix, 12/20/18) – 29,877 (140,161)
- [PS4] Judgment (Sega, 12/13/18) – 27,549 (213,438)
- [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 27,140 (506,909)
- [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 15,250 (1,227,293)
- [PS4] God Eater 3 (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 12/13/18) – 14,338 (189,900)
- [NSW] Go Vacation (Bandai Namco, 12/27/18) – 13,310 (New)
- [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 12,553 (1,914,779)
- [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 10,935 (702,874)
- [NSW] Diablo III: Eternal Collection (Blizzard Entertainment, 12/27/18) – 10,143 (New)
- [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 9,814 (269,677)
- [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story + Bowser Jr.’s Journey (Nintendo, 12/27/18) – 9,436 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo, 06/22/18) – 7,778 (400,534)
- [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 6,692 (505,455)
- [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 6,257 (1,796,584)
[source 4gamer.net, via gematsu.com]
Comments 9
If the numbers are accurate, it's the only platform where the sales didn't dip from the last week. That's something!
That PS4 hardware deal did the job Sony wanted, only marginally down for the year. Sony never seems to get any SW evergreens in Japan always seems to be top heavy sales compared to Nintendo.
@toffeecrit well when Monster Hunter World came out the PS4 was top dog on both Software & Hardware consistently for a month and it may be top dog again when DMC V or RE2R hits if not then Kingdom Hearts 3 as the Japanese do love KH.
Wow over half a million is impressive numbers for Black ops 4 in Japan.
Pretty good for ps4
They love the switch over in Japan.
People people
If you’re asking for a turnaround in who’s top dog in HW & SW sales in Japan at least temporarily
RE2R or KH3 will prob change tides temporarily in Japan. At least temporarily til Animal Crossing Switch hits then well... back to Nintendo
The Japanese really love Nintendo, hm? When the new mainline Pokémon releases, sales will explode again, I guess.
@Lando_ things actually will turn around when Kingdom Hearts 3 hits. Also rn PS4 still is the best selling Console in the 8th gen in Japan (if you don’t count Handhelds cus then 3DS is the best selling)
Show Comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...