Period: The week of November 23th – November 29 (2015)
Top-seller: Monster Hunter X – 1,488,367
Nintendo 3DS sales: 6,095
Nintendo 3DS LL sales: 1,247
New Nintendo 3DS sales: 18,052
New Nintendo 3DS LL sales: 105,629
PlayStation Vita sales: 14,765
Vita TV sales: 625
Wii U sales: 20,256
PlayStation 4 sales: 26,598
Xbox One sales: 591
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Last week in Japan, we had a major release in Monster Hunter X for Nintendo 3DS, which saw some significant sales figures after having sold over a whopping 1.5 million units in its first two days of launch according to Famitsu’s trackers.
To compare to how Monster Hunter X stacks up against past Monster Hunter titles, here’s a look at the sales figures for the other titles from the series for 3DS.
- (2011) Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate [3DS] – 521,959
- (2013) Monster Hunter 4 [3DS] – 1,715,060
- (2014) Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate [3DS] – 1,446,289
- (2015) Monster Hunter X [3DS] – 1,488,367
(These numbers are from Media Create, who use different trackers, so they won’t be the same as the ones we get from Famitsu.)
As you can see, Monster Hunter 4 managed to sell the most thus far, at over 1.7 million copies within its first two days of launch; however, keep in mind that Monster Hunter 4 was a brand new generation to the series, whereas Monster Hunter X is considered a spinoff title, and one that will likely connect the gap between Monster Hunter 4 and the next generation title of the series.
It’s also worth noting that Monster Hunter X’s 1,488,367 launch figures from Media Create don’t take into account the sales of Nintendo eShop downloads, and it’s been reported that Monster Hunter X has been seeing shortages across Japan, with eShop downloads outselling Monster Hunter 4G on the Japanese 3DS eShop.
The top-20 chart for the week was as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Monster Hunter X | 1,488,367 | New | 3DS | Capcom |
| New | 02. | Aikatsu! My No. 1 Stage! | 24,918 | New | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 08. | 03. | Splatoon | 23,823
| 825,940 | Wii U | Nintendo |
| 11. | 04. | Super Mario Maker | 18,639
| 410,432
| Wii U | Nintendo |
| 01. | 05. | Star Wars Battlefront | 18,341 | 142,249 | PS4 | EA |
| New | 06. | Hyperdimension Great War Neptune Vs. Sega Hardware Girls | 16,941 | New | PSV | Compile Heart |
| 10. | 07. | Yo-kai Watch Busters White Dog Unit/Red Cat Troupe | 15,748 | 1,760,188 | 3DS | Level-5 |
| New | 08. | Criminal Girls 2 | 15,196 | New | PSV | Nippon Ichi |
| New | 09. | The iDolm@ster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol. 6 | 13,613 | New | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
| 06. | 10. | Call of Duty: Black Ops III | 13,608 | 220,408 | PS4 | SCE |
| New | 11. | Blade Arcus from Shining EX | 12,469 | New | PS4 | Sega |
| 14. | 12. | Disney Magical World 2 | 12,115 | 117,074 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| New | 13. | Taiko: Drum Master: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen | 10,007 | New | Wii U | Bandai Namco |
| ??? | 14. | Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer | 10,003 | 1,135,805
| 3DS | Nintendo |
| 18. | 15. | Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition | 8,859 | 413,188 | PSV | SCE |
| New | 16. | Blade Arcus from Shining EX | 8,083
| New | PS4 | Sega |
| 03. | 17. | Atelier Sophie: Alchemist of the Mysterius Book | 6,183
| 31,988 | PSV | Koei Tecmo |
| 16. | 18. | Pokémon Rumble World | 6,130 | 16,250 | 3DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 05. | 19. | Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival | 6,022
| 26,325 | Wii U | Nintendo |
| 04. | 20. | Omega Labyrinth | 5,623
| 30,736 | PSV | D3 Publisher |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
Published: Dec 2, 2015 12:00 pm