Spider-Man Tops Software Charts in Japan, But Switch Rules The Hardware Roost

Much like in the UK, Spider-Man topped charts in Japan, selling 125,124 units in its launch week in the land of the rising sun, according to Media Create. It sold more than six times more than the game in second place, Konami’s Winning Eleven (known in the west as PES), which sold a little over 20,000 units.

Elsewhere, Nintendo evergreens such as Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and Kirby: Star Allies, all continued to exhibit strong legs, with Super Mario Odyssey also re-entering the charts after momentarily leaving them last week.

On the hardware front, Spider-Man couldn’t buoy Sony to a win this week; the Nintendo Switch, with 43,513 units sold, was still the top selling system in Japan last week, with the PS4 selling 19,700 units, and coming in at a weak second place. The ageing 3DS rounded off the top three with just under 7,500 units sold.

You can check out the full charts below:

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

1. [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (SIE, 09/07/18) – 125,154 (New)
2. [PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2019 (Konami, 08/30/18) – 20,840 (94,229)
3. [PS4] Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner – MARS (Konami, 09/07/18) – 17,313 (New)
4. [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 14,752 (264,266)
5. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 14,398 (2,604,239)
6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 11,877 (1,747,174)
7. [PS4] SNK Heroines: Tag Team Battle (SNK, 09/07/18) – 10,018 (New)
8. [PS4] Conan Exiles (Spike Chunsoft, 08/23/18) – 7,604 (60,229)
9. [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 7,004 (189,619)
10. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,515 (1,105,725)
11. [PS4] Persona 5 New Price Version (Atlus, 09/06/18) – 6,280 (New)
12. [NSW] Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo, 06/22/18) – 6,195
13. [NSW] SNK Heroines: Tag Team Battle (SNK, 09/07/18) – 5,493 (New)
14. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (The Pokemon Company, 11/17/17) – 4,803 (1,720,153)
15. [NSW] Kirby: Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 4,459 (611,238)
16. [NSW] Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Nintendo, 07/13/18) – 4,632 (118,807)
17. [3DS] WarioWare Gold (Nintendo, 08/02/18) – 4,013 (89,640)
18. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Edition Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,972 (1,809,287)
19. [NSW] My Hero One’s Justice (Bandai Namco, 08/23/18) – 3,966 (36,261)
20. [PS4] NBA 2K19 (Limited Ediiton Included) (Take-Two Interactive, 09/07/18) – 3,679 (New)

Hardware Sales

1. Switch – 43,513 (42,151)
2. PlayStation 4 – 12,281 (12,189)
3. PlayStation 4 Pro – 7,442 (4,402)
4. New 2DS LL – 4,951 (5,670)
5. PlayStation Vita – 2,348 (2,452)
6. New 3DS LL – 2,185 (2,126)
7. 2DS – 347 (496)
8. Xbox One X – 30 (45)
9. Xbox One – 19 (24)