Thanks to a slow week, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe repeated at #1, moving more than 36,000 copies and bringing its lifetime total to 412,000. There were only five PlayStation games in the top 20, and it was NieR: Automata that came out on top, selling 5,000 copies.
Every piece of hardware saw big week-on-week drops, but the Nintendo Switch was still able to remain in 1st place with 24,700 units sold. PS4 finished in 3rd, selling 12,300 units (down 8,600 week-on-week).
According to Media Create, here’s the 20 best-selling retail games, along with how each system sold in Japan from May 8 to 14, 2017:
Games (Lifetime)
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Switch) – 36,440 (411,915)
- Monster Hunter XX (3DS) – 15,002 (1,466,546)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Switch) – 11,916 (454,783)
- Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X (3DS) – 10,574 (138,938)
- Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death (3DS) – 8,599
- Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (LE Included) (3DS) – 5,713 (174,868)
- NieR: Automata (PS4) – 5,056 (325,553)
- Dark Souls 3: The Fire Fades Edition (PS4) – 4,016 (52,678)
- Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax (3DS) – 3,959 (73,683)
- Mario Sports Superstars (3DS) – 3,486 (89,964)
- 1-2-Switch (Switch) – 3,410 (208,856)
- The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Wii U) – 3,395 (119,708)
- Ghost Recon Wildlands (PS4) – 3,080 (177,945)
- Pokemon Sun/Pokemon Moon (3DS) – 3,062 (3,259,837)
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (3DS) – 2,939 (175,948)
- Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) – 2,929 (1,038,463)
- Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (PS4) – 2,880 (334,080)
- Rainbow Six Siege (PS4) – 2,527 (192,045)
- Mario Kart 7 (3DS) – 2,429 (2,771,420)
- Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki (3DS) – 2,146 (718,551)
Systems (Previous Week)
- Nintendo Switch – 24,712 (47,911)
- New 3DS LL – 13,643 (20,457)
- PlayStation 4 – 12,334 (20,963)
- PlayStation 4 Pro – 4,961 (6,991)
- PlayStation Vita – 4,114 (7,158)
- 2DS – 2,862 (5,355)
- New 3DS – 1,021 (1,169)
- PlayStation 3 – 325 (407)
- Wii U – 157 (397)
- Xbox One – 149 (677)
When do you think the PS4 will be back at #1 on the hardware chart?
