3DS and PS4 Lead The Charts In Japan As Star Wars Battlefront Debuts At #1

The latest software and hardware sales charts from Japan have just come to us courtesy of Media Create, and a lot of it is exactly as you would assume- the 3DS and PlayStation 4 are laying all competition to waste, and leading the hardware charts indisputably, while the Wii U and the PS Vita languish in the mid tier. The Xbox One is already seeming like a distant memory.

But it’s on the software side that things get interesting, as we see western centric shooters, like Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 and Star Wars Battlefront dominate the software charts. Battlefront, as a matter of fact, debuted at #1, and has far exceeded even the most optimistic of predictions about its performance in Japan. It is really something.

The full charts follow, software first:

1. Star Wars Battlefront – PS4 – 123,908
2. Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book – PS4 – 30,759
3. Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book – PS Vita – 25,805
4. Omega Labyrinth – PS Vita –  25,113
5. Animal Crossing: Amiibo Festival – Wii U – 20,303
6. Call of Duty: Black Ops III – PS4 – 19,355
7. Sword Art Online Game Director’s Edition – PS4 – 18,342
8. Splatoon – Wii U –  17,681
9. Sumikko Gurashi Omise Hajimerun Desu – 3DS – 16,464
10. Yo-kai Watch Busters – 3DS –  14,700
11. Super Mario Maker – Wii U – 13,184
12. Girlfriend Beta Kimi to Sugosu Natsuyasumi – PS Vita –  12,959
13. Atelier Sophie: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Book – 11,542
14. Disney Magical World 2 – 3DS – 11,530
15. Grand Kingdom – PS Vita – 10,720
16. Pokemon Rumble World – 3DS – 10,120
17. Assassin’s Creed Syndicate – PS4 – 7,247
18. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – PS Vita – 7,182
19. Project X Zone 2 – 3DS – 7,050
20. Zelda: Tri Force Heroes – 3DS – 5,909

And here’s the hardware chart:

1. Nintendo 3DS- 35,724
2. PS4 – 29,052
3. Wii U – 14,684
4. PS Vita – 12,841
5. PS3 – 1,624
6. Xbox One – 889

So… yeah. Looks like Star Wars indeed transcends cultures.