Japanese Sales Chart: Nioh Debuts in 2nd, Sells More Than 75,000 Copies

In its first week on the market, PlayStation 4 exclusive Nioh sold more than 75,000 copies, but it finished in second on the software chart to Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional for 3DS, which moved 122,000 copies. For comparison, Bloodborne sold over 152,000 copies in its first week in Japan.

As Team Ninja revealed on Twitter earlier this week, Nioh is sold out nationwide, and they’re currently shipping out more stock. In the meantime, a 10% discount is being offered on the digitial version.

Looking at hardware, every PlayStation platform was down week-on-week, but PS4 managed to stay in first, selling 22,300 units.

According to Media Create, here’s the 20 best-selling retail games, along with how each system sold in Japan from February 6 to 12, 2017:

Games (Lifetime)

1. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional (3DS) – 122,051
2. Nioh (PS4) – 75,477
3. Four Goddesses Online: Cyber Dimension Neptune (PS4) – 42,508
4. Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Grotesque Ver. included) (PS4) – 22,338 (262,309)
5. Pokemon Sun/Pokemon Moon (3DS) – 16,477 (3,148,928)
6. Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World (3DS) – 9,495 (79,976)
7. Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) – 9,367 (962,071)
8. Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (3DS) – 8,583 (662,339)
9. Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (PS4) – 5,686 (271,628)
10. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PSV) – 4,578 (1,106,077)
11. Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome Amiibo (3DS) – 4,362 (126,559)
12. Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony (PSV) – 4,178 (112,653)
13. Gravity Rush 2 (PS4) – 3,953 (102,630)
14. Final Fantasy XV (Limited and Bundled Editions Included) (PS4) – 3,755 (936,304)
15. Momotaro Dentetsu 2017: Tachiagare Nippon! (3DS) – 3,732 (283,832)
16. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8: Final Chapter Prologue (PS4) – 3,3166 (181,216)
17. Miitopia (3DS) – 3,087 (168,166)
18. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 Road to Boruto (PS4) – 2,841 (12,045)
19. Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Wii U) – 2,796 (288,878)
20. Battlefield 1 (PS4) – 2,527 (261,179)

Systems (Previous Week)

1. PlayStation 4 – 22,282 (28,870)
2. New 3DS LL – 19,126 (18,891)
3. PlayStation Vita – 8,479 (9,626)
4. PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,693 (9,508)
5. 2DS – 5,226 (5,593)
6. New 3DS – 1,435 (1,617)
7. Wii U – 543 (778)
8. PlayStation 3 – 473 (548)
9. Xbox One – 112 (111)

Do you think Nioh will stay around 75,000 in its second week if more stock becomes available?

[Source: 4Gamer, Team Ninja via Gematsu]