Horizon Zero Dawn sold 117,000 copies in its first week, but it wasn’t enough to defeat The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild for Nintendo Switch, which moved 187,000 copies. Compared to other 2017 PlayStation 4 games, Horizon opened ahead of Nioh and Gravity Rush 2, but below Resident Evil 7 and NieR: Automata.
Unsurprisingly, Nintendo Switch was the #1 system for the week, selling 329,000 units. For comparison, the Wii U sold 309,000 units in its launch week, while the Wii sold 372,000 units in its launch week.
According to Media Create, here’s the 20 best-selling games at retail plus how each system sold in Japan from February 27 to March 5, 2017:
Games (Lifetime)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Switch) – 187,379
- Horizon Zero Dawn (PS4) – 116,997
- 1-2 Switch (Switch) – 79,536
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U) – 44,602
- NieR: Automata (PS4) – 38,002 (236,545)
- Super Bomberman R (Switch) – 36,623
- Dragon Quest Heroes I & II for Nintendo Switch (Switch) – 25,606
- Super Robot Wars V (Limited Edition Included) (PS4) – 15,321 (115,475)
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional (3DS) – 13,426 (163,058)
- Puyo Puyo Tetris (Switch) – 12,854
- Super Robot Wars V (Limited Edition Included) (PSV) – 12,813 (96,546)
- Pokemon Sun/Pokemon Moon (3DS) – 12,292 (3,189,271)
- Nioh (PS4) – 10,210 (128,824)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (PS4) – 7,357 (291,327)
- Resident Evil 7: biohazard (Grotesque Ver. included) (PS4) – 7,176 (291,666)
- Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) – 7,042 (983,867)
- For Honor (PS4) – 6,435 (59,700)
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (3DS) – 5,980 (681,240)
- Winning Post 8 2017 (PS4) – 5,793
- Doraemon: Nobita no Nankyoku Kachikochi Daibouken (3DS) – 5,481
Systems (Previous Week)
- Nintendo Switch – 329,152
- PlayStation 4 – 31,065 (37,008)
- New 3DS LL – 18,433 (15,984)
- PlayStation Vita – 9,889 (10,704)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,742 (6,481)
- 2DS – 4,147 (4,303)
- New 3DS – 1,268 (1,254)
- PlayStation 3 – 615 (505)
- Wii U – 565 (464)
- Xbox One – 147 (469)
How many units do you think the Switch will sell in its second week?
