Switch Tops Charts in Japan For Yet Another Week as PS4 Sees a Slight Recovery

Meanwhile, Octopath sees a sharp drop on the software charts.

Posted By | On 25th, Jul. 2018

In case there was literally any question about it, yes, the Nintendo Switch was the highest selling console in Japan again last week, selling more than every other system in Japan put together with 53,745 units sold. The beleaguered PS4 came in at second place, and actually managed to see a slight bump, with its 20,309 units representing a slight improvement over the 17,000 units it sold last week. The 3DS rounded out the top three, with 11,577 units sold- again, an improvement over last week.

Over on the software front, Octopath Traveler, which topped charts last week, saw its position suffer due to the chronic shortages it has suffered from in Japan, and fell to second place with only some 20,000 units sold. First place, instead, went to the Switch version of Taiko, which managed to post nearly 70,000 units sold. Meanwhile, evergreen games such as *takes a deep breath* Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Kirby Star Allies, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, Splatoon 2, Mario Tennis Aces, and, yes, Detroit: Become Human, continued to do great as well.

You can check out the full software and hardware charts for yourself below. Will Octopath recover from the blow dealt to it by shortages? I guess we will find out next week.

SOFTWARE

  1. Taiko Drum Master: Drum Session! – Switch – 69,984/New
  2. Octopath Traveler – Switch – 22,438/132,550
  3. Splatoon 2 – Switch – 21,913/2,469,695
  4. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – Switch – 20,547/62,399
  5. Mario Tennis Aces – Switch – 19,709/247,161
  6. Minecraft – Switch – 16,265/138,051
  7. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Switch – 13,435/1,641,109
  8. Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon – 3DS – 7,554/1,676,067
  9. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 3DS – 7,188/21,746
  10. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of The Wild – Switch – 7,173/1,050,891
  11. Kirby Star Allies – Switch – 6,407/566,171
  12. Super Mario Odyssey – Switch – 5,695/1,772,133
  13. Detroit: Become Human – PS4 – 4,613/94,973
  14. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo – 3DS – 4,354/425,839
  15. Nintendo Labo Variety Kit – Switch – 3,842/205,809
  16. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze – Switch – 3,378/193,708
  17. Mary Skelter 2 – PS4 – 2,986/13,356
  18. The Crew 2 – PS4 – 2,728/35,004
  19. New Gundam Breaker – PS4 – 2,639/84,716
  20. Mario Kart 7 – 3DS – 2,614/2,903,441

HARDWARE

  1. Switch – 53,745
  2. PS4 – 14,035
  3. New 2DS XL – 8,296
  4. PS4 Pro – 6,274
  5. PS Vita – 4,277
  6. New 3DS XL – 2,844
  7. Xbox One – 709
  8. 2DS – 437
  9. Xbox One X – 56

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