Japanese Sales Chart: Call of Duty Debuts on Top, Super Mario Odyssey Continues to Sell

Once again there’s a new release on top of the Japanese sales chart. In its debut week of sales, Call of Duty: WWII managed to come in first place with over 160,000 sales. That’s made even more impressive by the fact that Call of Duty released later in the week on Friday, rather than on Tuesday.

As far as hardware goes, the Nintendo Switch once again managed to top the charts by a wide margin. It outsold the second best selling console (the PlayStation 4) by nearly 40,000 units.

There was one other new PlayStation release on this week’s chart. The JRPG compilation .hack//G.U. Last Recode came in third (Super Mario Odyssey grabbed the second spot), and sold just over 60,000 copies. That’s a solid entry for what is an enhanced remaster.

According to Media Create, here’s the 20 best-selling retail games (new releases are bolded), along with how each system sold in Japan from October 30 to November 5, 2017:

Games (Lifetime)

1. Call of Duty: WWII (PS4) – 168,234
2. Super Mario Odyssey (Switch) – 116,931 (578,969)
3. .hack//G.U. Last Recode (PS4) – 61,816
4. Style Savvy: Styling Star (3DS) – 32,176
5. Splatoon 2 (Switch) – 23,557 (1,295,008)
6. ARK: Survival Evolved (PS4) – 23,370 (93,547)
7. Assassin’s Creed Origins (PS4) – 22,272 (71,692)
8. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) – 15,913 (788,445)
9. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux (3DS) – 9,978 (70,647)
10. Gran Turismo Sport (PS4) – 9,045 (177,001)
11. Taiko Drum Master: Drum Session (PS4) – 7,679 (35,924)
12. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch) – 6,662 (629,352)
13. The Evil Within 2 (PS4) – 5,809 (61,374)
14. Pokken Tournament DX (Switch) – 4,882 (111,829)
15. Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary (PS4) – 4,858 (56,520)
16. Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (3DS) – 4,008 (264,236)
17. City Shrouded in Shadow (PS4) – 3,511 (60,563)
18. Middle-earth: Shadow of War (PS4) – 3,367 (37,462)
19. Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions (3DS) – 3,171 (49,746)
20. Idol Time PriPara: Yume All-Star Live! (3DS) – 3,080 (17,965)

Systems (Previous Week)

1. Switch – 64,387 (126,701)
2. PlayStation 4 – 21,830 (18,719)
3. New 2DS LL – 11,116 (9,203)
4. New 3DS LL – 7,914 (6,448)
5. PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,993 (5,934)
6. PlayStation Vita – 3,576 (3,705)
7. 2DS – 1,539 (1,412)
8. New 3DS – 287 (220)
9. Xbox One – 114 (97)
10. PlayStation 3 – 56 (45)
11. Wii U – 38 (41)

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[Source: 4Gamer via Gematsu]