Period: The week of February 11 – February 17 (2019)
Top-seller: Jump Force – 76,894 (PS4)
Nintendo Switch sales: 65,958 (Last week – 61,280)
Nintendo 2DS sales: 142 (138)
New Nintendo 2DS LL sales: 3,358 (3,216)
New Nintendo 3DS LL sales: 1,254 (1,070)
PlayStation 4 sales: 11,792 (11,583)
PlayStation 4 Pro sales: 7,892 (8,111)
PlayStation Vita sales: 1,767 (1,475)
Xbox One sales: 13 (16)
Xbox One X sales: 55 (129)
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Last week in Japan, there were two big releases with the crossover 3D fighter Jump Force and Catherine: Full Body. Additional releases include Far Cry: New Dawn, Metro Exodus, Nobunaga’s Ambition Taishi: with Power-Up Kit, and Kiniro no Corda: Octave. Japanese sales tracker Media Create released the latest video game software and hardware sales data from the week of February 1 to February 17, 2019.
The #1 title of the week goes to Jump Force which sold 76,894 units on the PS4. Catherine: Full Body followed up at #2 with 51,824 units sold on PS4, and an additional 9,241 units from the PS Vita version at #13 to combine for 61,065 units between the two. Last week’s top title in New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe charted at #3 with 34,541 units sold for Switch, followed by Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at #4 with 29,843 units sold in the week.
As for other new titles of the week, Far Cry: New Dawn debuted at #5 with 26,285 copies sold on PS4 and Metro Exodus at #7 with 17,513 units sold on PS4. The next new title is Nobunaga’s Ambition Taishi: with Power-Up Kit at #12 for the PS4 version with 10,326 units and at #20 for the Switch version which sold 3,705 units to combine for 14,031 units between the two. Lastly, Kiniro no Corda: Octave debuted at #17 with 4,585 units sold on PS Vita.
In hardware sales, things were more steady with the PlayStation 4 console selling 11,792 units plus an additional 7,892 from PS4 Pros to combine for 19,684 units. The Nintendo Switch sold a little more than the week prior with 65,958 units, making up about 71.5% of all hardware sales.
Going by Media Create’s figures, the Nintendo Switch is currently at 7,379,142 units sold in Japan since its launch in March 3, 2017.
The top-20 chart of the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Jump Force | 76,894 | New | PS4 | Bandai Namco |
| New | 02. | Catherine: Full Body | 51,824 | New | PS4 | Atlus |
| 01. | 03. | New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe | 34,541 | 431,771 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 03. | 04. | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | 29,843 | 2,860,986 | Switch | Nintendo |
| New | 05. | Far Cry: New Dawn | 26,285 | New | PS4 | Ubisoft |
| 02. | 06. | Kingdom Hearts III | 19,265 | 755,810 | PS4 | Square Enix |
| New | 07. | Metro Exodus | 17,513 | New | PS4 | Spike Chunsoft |
| 05. | 08. | Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! & Let’s Go, Eevee! | 15,287 | 1,490,789 | Switch | Pokémon Company |
| 06. | 09. | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 12,249 | 2,133,021 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 04. | 10. | Resident Evil 2 | 11,636 | 338,492 | PS4 | Capcom |
| 07. | 11. | Super Mario Party | 10,942 | 1,018,889 | Switch | Nintendo |
| New | 12. | Nobunaga’s Ambition Taishi: with Power-Up Kit | 10,326 | New | PS4 | Koei Tecmo |
| New | 13. | Catherine: Full Body | 9,241 | New | PSV | Atlus |
| 08. | 14. | Minecraft | 8,905 | 607,502 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 09. | 15. | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 8,235 | 1,292,065 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 10. | 16. | Splatoon 2 | 7,193 | 2,932,629 | Switch | Nintendo |
| New | 17. | Kiniro no Corda: Octave | 4,585 | New | PSV | Koei Tecmo |
| 11. | 18. | Ace Combat 7 | 4,250 | 249,839 | PS4 | Bandai Namco |
| 12. | 19. | Dragon Quest Builders 2 | 3,758 | 231,839 | Switch | Square Enix |
| New | 20. | Nobunaga’s Ambition Taishi: with Power-Up Kit | 3,705 | New | Switch | Koei Tecmo |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
Published: Feb 20, 2019 02:00 pm