For a third straight week since its price dropped, the PlayStation 4 was first in hardware sales, dropping by just a few thousand units week-over-week to finish at 25,700. This places it well ahead of the New 3DS LL in 2nd, which remained steady at 17,900.
Over in software, 7th Dragon III Code: VFD for 3DS took home top spot after debuting at 72,500, while Extreme Dimension Tag Blanc + Neptune VS Zombie Army on PlayStation Vita opened in 4th with 20,000 sold.
There was also a big milestone reached last week, with the PS4 version of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain crossing 400,000 lifetime.
Here’s how each system sold, along with the top 20 selling retail games in Japan from October 12 – 18, 2015, according to Media Create:
Games (Lifetime)
- 7th Dragon III Code: VFD (3DS) – 72,477
- Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team/White Dog Squad (3DS) – 26,512 (1,654,171)
- Super Mario Maker (Wii U) – 21,357 (321,222)
- Extreme Dimension Tag Blanc + Neptune VS Zombie Army (PS Vita) – 19,990
- Splatoon (Wii U) – 14,680 (724,319)
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (3DS) – 12,696 (1,090,279)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (PS3) – 9,665 (75,971)
- Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (3DS) – 9,447 (237,092)
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PS Vita) – 8,544 (367,716)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4) – 8,224 (406,776)
- Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection (PS4) – 7,743 (32,610)
- Tokyo Xanadu (PS Vita) – 7,627 (112,041)
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (PS4) – 7,617 (59,242)
- Picross 3D 2 (3DS) – 7,475 (52,241)
- Chibi-Robo: Zip Lash (3DS) – 7,339 (21,436)
- Pro Yakyuu Famista Returns (3DS) – 6,930 (32,527)
- Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King (3DS) – 5,304 (796,835)
- Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS3) – 5,008 (186,479)
- FIFA 16 (PS4) – 4,810 (25,719)
- Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (3DS) – 3,979 (487,687)
Systems (Previous Week)
- PlayStation 4 – 25,699 (30,349)
- New 3DS LL – 17,881 (17,856)
- PlayStation Vita – 14,546 (14,368)
- Wii U – 11,658 (11,594)
- New 3DS – 4,514 (4,031)
- PlayStation 3 – 2,105 (1,929)
- 3DS – 1,232 (1,131)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 696 (670)
- 3DS LL – 625 (548)
- Xbox One – 438 (224)
How much longer do you think the PS4 will stay at #1?
