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It's been a long time coming, but the PS5 has finally topped six million sales in Japan. The current-gen console's been heading towards that milestone for months, but a lack of notable system sellers has meant slow progress. Still, it's something for Sony to celebrate in its native country. For reference, the PS4 has sold around 9 million units in Japan since its launch in the region, over ten years ago.
Meanwhile, a handful of PlayStation games have shown up in the software charts — which makes a nice change! Gundam Breaker 4 took third place on PS5, with Visions of Mana just behind it. The PS4 versions of both titles made the top ten as well.
Also, Star Wars Outlaws ducked into eighth, with just over 10,000 copies sold. Far from blockbuster numbers, but as always, it's worth reiterating that these Famitsu charts do not count digital sales.
Software Sales
- [NSW] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 52,825 (New)
- [NSW] Umamusume: Pretty Derby – Party Dash (Cygames, 08/29/24) – 37,939 (New)
- [PS5] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 32,518 (New)
- [PS5] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 30,696 (New)
- [NSW] Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective Club (Nintendo, 08/29/24) – 25,028 (New)
- [PS4] Gundam Breaker 4 (Bandai Namco, 08/29/24) – 13,175 (New)
- [NSW] Nintendo Switch Sports (Nintendo, 04/29/22) – 10,370 (1,406,998)
- [PS5] Star Wars Oultlaws (Ubisoft, 08/30/24) – 10,087 (New)
- [PS4] Visions of Mana (Square Enix, 08/29/24) – 10,068 (New)
- [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,879 (5,981,060)
Hardware Sales
- Switch OLED Model – 43,410 (7,786,804)
- PlayStation 5 – 26,912 (5,169,306)
- Switch Lite – 13,580 (6,024,381)
- Switch – 6,661 (19,886,744)
- PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 6,953 (848,178)
- Xbox Series X – 405 (305,843)
- Xbox Series S – 373 (317,579)
- PlayStation 4 – 91 (7,928,378)
[source famitsu.com, via gematsu.com]
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Pleased to see Outlaws make a mark if only a small one, will be interesting to see where Astrobot charts over there!
I'm really tempted by Breakers 4 having read the review on here!
BTW that game at #2 sounds like something off shooting stars!!
Nice to see Visions of Mana did well especially after Ouka Studios got shut down by NetEase the day the game released.
Now let's see if Japan gonna buy Astro Bot or not...
Concord's position on the leaderboard matched exactly how many sales it made. Probably.
GB4 and Visions of Mana both deserve it! Really having great times with both games.
Visions feels like going back to the old times of more traditional action RPG with some great visuals (also, gotta say I don't agree with the "bland" characters, lmao. They've been great so far and Morley instantly became my favorite).
While GB4 is great for its deeper customization compared to previous GB games. Even at early missions, you can already make some decent builds.
PS5's still sold roughly half as many units as the 7 year old already announced outgoing Switch. That's just harsh.
More harsh is the likelihood that a large number of sales were for export to China for Wukong mania.
Most harsh though is those software sales. 30-50k on new releases even on Switch. Why sell consoles at all if nobody buys games on them? I know gaming in Japan is dire, but yikes. If it doesn't have Mario or Pikachu on the cover it's like there's not even a point.
@NEStalgia when it comes to software sales, physical media isn't really that relevant for PlayStation any longer in Japan to the degree it used to be. I kind of realized this after paying attention to how Street Fighter 6 has been doing over there. It's a lot more relevant for Switch still.
a large percentage of ps5 sold in japan did not remain in japan many were bought by chinese gamers who shipped them to china to avoid region lockout...
Loving Visions of Mana, great to see it in the top 10. And Emio is one of the best visual novels I've ever played, so glad to see it there too.
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