Today is Wednesday, so we get the usual Media Create charts painting the picture of the Japanese market between February 19th and February 25th.
You can check out the software top-twenty chart below. The second number for each game indicates lifetime sales at retail.
- Monster Hunter World – PS4 – 53,982/1,890,273
- Girls UND Panzer: Dream Tank Match – PS4 – 46,411/New
- Metal Gear Survive – PS4 – 31,359/New
- Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal – PS4 – 24,118/New
- Splatoon 2 – Switch – 19,501/2,062,345
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Switch – 17,259/1,363,646
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Switch – 12,252/883,780
- Super Mario Odyssey – Switch – 11,639/1,626,145
- Dynasty Warriors 9 – PS4 – 8, 959/147,634
- Harukanaru Toki no Naka de: Ultimate – PS Vita – 8,833
- Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – Switch – 8,634/151,225
- Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon – 3DS – 8,614/1,566,656
- Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet – PS4 – 6,027/94,631
- Bayonetta 2 – Switch – 5,443/14,975
- Secret of Mana – PS4 – 5,336/41,378
- Tokimeki Restaurant Project TRISTARS – PS Vita – 4,319/New
- Mario Party: The Top 100 – 3DS – 4,271/165,894
- 1-2-Switch – Switch – 4,215/403,972
- Dragon Ball FighterZ – PS4 – 3,992/92,935
- Star Wars Battlefront II – PS4 – 3,898/89,486
The hardware chart is as follows.
- Switch – 39,696
- PS4 – 29, 392
- New 2DS XL – 6,693
- PS4 Pro – 5,383
- PS Vita – 5,017
- New 3DS XL – 3,693
- 2DS – 850
- Xbox One X – 139
- Xbox One – 135
Monster Hunter World holds fast at the top of the software chart, resisting the assault of three new PS4 games. Not unexpectedly, Metal Gear Survive did not really manage to capitalize on the name, debuting in third places with numbers that aren’t terrible in absolute terms, but they’re not even on the same planet as the rest of the franchise.
On the other hand, Girls UND Panzer: Dream Tank Match did get a nice boost from the popular anime franchise, debuting with nearly 50,000 copies, that for a game of this scale is quite good.
Senran Kagura Burst Re:Newal also did pretty well, considering that Japan isn’t exactly the best market for remakes and remasters. Despite selling half the numbers made by Peach Beach Splash at debut, the game’s performance wasn’t bad at all considering that it isn’t a fully new game.
For the first time in several weeks, the Switch managed to pass the PS4, while holding steady numbers from last week. Since I’ll be in Tokyo for a month starting next week, I’m quite curious to get a first-hand look at the supply situation.
It’s also quite impressive how Splatoon 2 keeps easily outperforming veteran Nintendo franchises, now well past two million copies sold.