Even with a boost of 9,000 units, the PlayStation 4 couldn’t catch up to the 3DS LL, which is still enjoying increased sales thanks to Monster Hunter X, as well as the newly released Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam.
The highest-charting PlayStation game was Bloodborne: The Old Hunters Edition on PS4, moving 20,000 copies and placing in 6th. Also, down in 20th, Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition debuted with 4,600 sold.
Here’s how each system sold, along with the top 20 selling retail games in Japan from November 30 – December 6, 2015, according to Media Create:
Games (Lifetime)
- Monster Hunter X (3DS) – 332,478 (1,820,845)
- Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam (3DS) – 49,266
- Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team/White Dog Squad (3DS) – 38,434 (1,798,622)
- Splatoon (Wii U) – 35,256 (861,197)
- Super Mario Maker (Wii U) – 32,155 (442,588)
- Bloodborne: The Old Hunters Edition (PS4) – 20,455
- Disney Magical World 2 (3DS) – 13,906 (130,980)
- Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (3DS) – 11,734 (1,147,540)
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PS Vita) – 11,179 (424,367)
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 (PS4) – 11,092 (231,500)
- Star Wars Battlefront (PS4) – 9,487 (151,736)
- Sumikko Gurashi Omise Hajimerun Desu (3DS) – 7,654 (29,447)
- Yo-kai Watch Dance: Just Dance Special Version (Wii U) – 7,060
- Aikatsu! My No. 1 Stage! (3DS) – 6,298 (31,217)
- Himouto! Umaru-chan: Umaru’s Training Plan (PS Vita) – 6,063
- Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (3DS) – 5,743 (509,822)
- The Legend of Zelda: Tri-Force Heroes (3DS) – 5,305 (110,757)
- Pokemon Rumble World (3DS) – 5,229 (21,479)
- Pokemon Super Mystery Dungeon (3DS) – 5,107 (269,781)
- Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (PS4) – 4,630
Systems (Previous Week)
- New 3DS LL – 76,779 (105,629)
- PlayStation 4 – 35,782 (26,598)
- Wii U – 32,604 (20,256)
- PlayStation Vita – 21,860 (14,765)
- New 3DS – 17,202 (18,052)
- 3DS – 7,915 (6,095)
- PlayStation 3 – 1,916 (1,643)
- 3DS LL – 1,113 (1,247)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 646 (625)
- Xbox One – 289 (591)
Do you think the Wii U will catch the PS4 before the end of 2015?