Japanese chart figures are now in for 29th October – 4th November, revealing that the Switch has managed to regain its usual sales momentum after a slight dip last time around.
Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII returns to the top of the charts this week, with an extra 39,077 sales taking its total for the region to 417,990. Nintendo’s highest entry is Super Mario Party on 27,001 sales, managing to stay in third place for another week.
The only new entry this week was the Switch version of Neko Tomo which has sold 4,151 copies in its opening week. Here’s a look at the top 20 (first numbers are this week’s sales, followed by total sales in brackets):
1) [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10/12/18) – 39,077 (417,990)
2) [PS4] Red Dead Redemption 2 (Limited Editions Included) (Take-Two Interactive, 10/26/18) – 34,258 (167,242)
3) [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 27,001 (301,351)
4) [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,093 (350,337)
5) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 8,000 (1,818,277)
6) [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 6,505 (2,684,110)
7) [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 4,628 (1,147,476)
8) [PS4] Soulcalibur VI (Bandai Namco, 10/18/18) – 4,304 (33,766)
9) [PS4] Assassin’s Creed Odyssey (Limited Edition Included) (Ubisoft, 10/05/18) – 4,240 (82,874)
10) [NSW] Neko Tomo (Bandai Namco, 11/01/18) – 4,151 (New)
11) [PS4] Marvel’s Spider-Man (Bundle Version Included) (SIE, 09/07/18) – 3,808 (298,124)
12) [3DS] Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (The Pokémon Company, 11/17/17) – 3,568 (1,753,461)
13) [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 3,301 (1,837,912)
14) [PS4] Warriors Orochi 4 (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 09/27/18) – 2,887 (151,187)
15) [NSW] Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! (Bandai Namco, 07/19/18) – 2,751 (220,756)
16) [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo, 03/16/18) – 2,689 (636,284)
17) [PS4] Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection (Capcom, 10/25/18) – 2,360 (16,358)
18) [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV ~The End of Saga~ (Limited Editions Included) (Falcom, 09/27/18) – 2,317 (110,314)
19) [NSW] Dragon Ball FighterZ (Bandai Namco, 09/27/18) – 2,298 (43,051)
20) [NSW] Dark Souls: Remastered (From Software, 10/18/18) – 2,248 (20,267)
As you can see below, Switch hardware sales have jumped back up by around 6,000 units this week, pushing its sales right back into its usually consistent 40-45,000 mark. Here are this week’s figures, with last week’s in brackets.
1) Switch – 43,747 (37,855)
2) PlayStation 4 Pro – 8,847 (10,975)
3) PlayStation 4 – 8,693 (9,664)
4) New 2DS LL – 4,226 (3,733)
5) PlayStation Vita – 1,945 (2,115)
6) New 3DS LL – 1,775 (1,669)
7) 2DS – 273 (247)
8) Xbox One X – 129 (127)
9) Xbox One – 61 (71)
Any surprises this time around? Do you expect hardware sales to rise as Pokémon Let’s Go and Smash Bros. Ultimate appear on the scene? Let us know with a comment below.