Thanks to the continued success of Yo-kai Watch 3, as well as the big debut of Puzzle & Dragons X, the New 3DS LL finished in first yet again on the hardware chart, moving 24,100 units.
Looking at the PlayStation new release games, The Idolmaster: Platinum Stars for PS4 debuted in 3rd overall, selling 76,100 copies, and was followed by the PS Vita and PS4 versions of Toukiden 2. Overall, Toukiden 2 managed to sell over 108,500 copies across all three platforms.
As for The Longest Five Minutes, which was recently confirmed for Western release next year, it only moved 2,800 copies on PS Vita.
Here’s how each system sold, along with the top 20 selling retail games in Japan from July 25 – July 31, 2016, according to Media Create:
Games (Lifetime)
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Sushi/Tempura (3DS) – 100,105 (901,023)
- Puzzle & Dragons X: Kami no Shou/Ryuu no Shou (3DS) – 87,510
- The Idolmaster: Platinum Stars (PS4) – 76,165
- Toukiden 2 (PSV) – 59,032
- Toukiden 2 (PS4) – 43,334
- Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana (PSV) – 13,860 (57,613)
- Kirby: Planet Robobot (3DS) – 11,141 (367,615)
- Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (3DS) – 10,220 (2,841,216)
- Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Wii U) – 7,333 (66,672)
- Sumikko Gurashi Mura wo Tsukurun Desu (3DS) – 7,161 (27,777)
- Toukiden 2 (PS3) – 6,222
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PSV) – 5,783 (835,762)
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Wii U) – 5,697 (59,095)
- Story of Seasons: Trio of Towns (3DS) – 4,957 (167,522)
- Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (3DS) – 4,425 (200,586)
- Overwatch (PS4) – 3,611 (128,317)
- Splatoon (Wii U) – 3,424 (1,433,985)
- Taiko Drum Master: Doko Don! Mystery Adventure (3DS) – 2,866 (67,299)
- The Longest Five Minutes (PSV) – 2,767
- Grand Theft Auto V (4,990 yen Version) (PS4) – 2,731 (139,131)
Systems (Previous Week)
- New 3DS LL – 24,118 (21,463)
- PlayStation 4 – 20,567 (20,021)
- PlayStation Vita – 11,016 (11,363)
- Wii U – 5,228 (5,864)
- New 3DS – 3,973 (4,355)
- PlayStation 3 – 1,049 (1,006)
- 3DS – 783 (725)
- 3DS LL – 169 (189)
- Xbox One – 68 (55)
Are you surprised by the low numbers for The Longest Five Minutes?
