Including sales of the Grotesque Version, Resident Evil 7 moved 187,000 copies on PlayStation 4 last week in Japan to debut in first place, beating the 2nd place title by more than 158,000. For comparison, Resident Evil 6 sold 635,000 copies in its first week on PS3, with Resident Evil 5 at 222,000 on PS3 in week 1.
Thanks to the launch of Resident Evil 7, PS4 and PS4 Pro sales were up week-on-week, with the standard PS4 at #1 overall after selling 30,800 units.
According to Media Create, here’s the 20 best-selling retail games, along with how each system sold in Japan from January 23 to 29, 2017:
Games (Lifetime)
- Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Grotesque Ver. included) (PS4) – 187,306
- Uta no Prince-sama Repeat Love (PSV) – 29,008
- Pokemon Sun/Pokemon Moon (3DS) – 20,343 (3,112,620)
- Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World (3DS) – 17,869 (57,424)
- Gravity Rush 2 (PS4) – 15,798 (90,159)
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (3DS) – 13,017 (642,246)
- Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) – 12,150 (941,119)
- Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue (PS4) – 11,243 (171,798)
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (PSV) – 9,734 (101,844)
- Valkyria Revolution (PS4) – 7,411 (45,608)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (PS4) – 6,447 (259,321)
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PSV) – 5,808 (1,096,016)
- Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon! (3DS) – 5,621 (275,348)
- Valkyria Revolution (PSV) – 5,121 (23,339)
- Twin Star Exorcists (PSV) – 4,681
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome Amiibo (3DS) – 4,607 (117,404)
- Final Fantasy XV (Limited and Bundled Editions Included) (PS4) – 4,600 (928,231)
- Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (PS4) – 4,342 (52,302)
- Miitopia (3DS) – 4,213 (161,160)
- New Game! The Challenge Stage! (PSV) – 3,662
Systems (Previous Week)
- PlayStation 4 – 30,778 (26,243)
- New 3DS LL – 17,600 (18,229)
- PlayStation Vita – 10,553 (11,521)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 9,893 (7,133)
- 2DS – 5,806 (6,203)
- New 3DS – 1,301 (1,625)
- Wii U – 710 (794)
- PlayStation 3 – 579 (557)
- Xbox One – 231 (35)
According to the stats site, Resident Evil 7 now has more than one million registered players.
