Japanese Sales Chart: PS4 Back on Top, Minecraft PS Vita Over 1 Million Lifetime

Even with no new releases and decreased hardware and software sales across the board, the standard PlayStation 4 still managed to sell 73,400 units in the final week of 2016 in Japan, topping the hardware chart. On the software side, Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition crossed one million copies sold in its lifetime last month, and Final Fantasy XV for PS4 moved 884,000 copies last year.

According to Media Create, here’s the 20 best-selling retail games, along with how each system sold in Japan from December 26, 2016 to January 1, 2017:

Games (Lifetime)

1. Pokemon Sun/Pokemon Moon (3DS) – 90,891 (2,949,287)
2. Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) – 73,002 (790,530)
3. Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon! (3DS) – 63,577 (196,452)
4. Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (3DS) – 49,350 (561,508)
5. Final Fantasy XV (Limited and Bundled Editions Included) (PS4) – 30,381 (884,422)
6. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PSV) – 23,765 (1,042,463)
7. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (PS4) – 19,822 (312,500)
8. Miitopia (3DS) – 18,259 (120,971)
9. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome Amiibo (3DS) – 10,858 (85,842)
10. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball Heroes (3DS) – 10,710 (59,794)
11. Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Wii U) – 9,713 (257,654)
12. Watch Dogs 2 (PS4) – 9,466 (89,237)
13. SaGa: Scarlet Grace (PSV) – 9,208 (88,673)
14. Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (PS4) – 8,429 (225,839)
15. Mario Party: Star Rush (3DS) – 7,137 (135,024)
16. The Last Guardian (PS4 – 6,452 (108,836)
17. Sumikko Gurashi Mura wo Tsukurun Desu (3DS) – 6,413 (137,580)
18. Battlefield 1 (PS4) – 5,791 (237,636)
19. Mario Kart 7 (3DS) – 5,741 (2,714,357)
20. Resident Evil 6 (PS4) – 5,701 (19,814)

Systems (Previous Week)

1. PlayStation 4 – 73,421 (90,140)
2. New 3DS LL – 45,809 (111,513)
3. PlayStation Vita – 25,487 (57,170)
4. 2DS – 20,259 (51,077)
5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 9,916 (10,098)
6. New 3DS – 4,342 (13,694)
7. Wii U – 2,589 (8,348)
8. PlayStation 3 – 1,002 (1,234)
9. Xbox One – 221 (830)
10. 3DS – 72 (169)
11. 3DS LL – 40 (109)

Considering its legs, do you think Minecraft for PS Vita will ever reach two million?

[Source: 4Gamer via Gematsu]