Period: The week of May 8th – May 14th (2017)
Top-seller: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 36,440 (Switch)
Nintendo Switch: 24,712 (Last week – 47,911)
Nintendo 2DS: 2,862 (5,355)
New Nintendo 3DS sales: 1,021 (1,169)
New Nintendo 3DS LL sales: 13,643 (20,457)
Wii U sales: 157 (397)
PlayStation 4 sales: 12,334 (20,963)
PlayStation 4 Pro: 4,961 (6,991)
PlayStation 3 sales: 325 (407)
PlayStation Vita sales: 4,114 7,159)
Xbox One sales: 149 (677)
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Last week, Japan went through its “Golden Week hangover” with a drop in sales as people made their way back to work and school and Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death on 3DS was the only new release. Japanese sales tracker Media Create shares a look at software and hardware sales data from the week of May 8 through May 14, 2017.
The previous week was Golden Week, a chain of national holidays in Japan where people get time off from work to have fun, relax, and spend money on video games. Now that the festivities are over, it’s understandable as to why software and hardware sales have taken a big hit in numbers.
The sole release of the week was Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death, a visual novel title by Koei Tecmo’s Ruby Party, which sold 8,599 on the week. A low number for any title with the Attack on Titan label attached to it, but again, Golden Week hangover. It was also only available for 3DS, which isn’t exactly the go-to device for visual novel titles.
Hardware sales are where you’ll see the biggest blow, with a noticeable drop across the board after seeing healthy numbers for the past couple weeks. The Nintendo Switch sold 24,712 units, putting the console at 848,874 units sold to date in Japan going by Media Create’s numbers.
The top-20 chart of the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys | Publisher |
| 01. | 01. | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 36,440 | 411,915 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 03. | 02. | Monster Hunter XX | 15,002 | 1,466,546 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 04. | 03. | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 11,916 | 454,783 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 02. | 04. | Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission X | 10,574 | 138,938 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| New | 05. | Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death | 8,599 | New | 3DS | Koei Tecmo |
| 05. | 06. | Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia | 5,713 | 174,868 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 10. | 07. | NieR: Automata | 5,056 | 325,553 | PS4 | Square Enix |
| 13. | 08. | Dark Souls III: The Fire Fades Edition | 4,016 | 52,627 | PS4 | Bandai Namco |
| 07. | 09. | Pro Yakyuu Famista Climax | 3,959 | 73,683 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 06. | 10. | Mario Sports Superstars | 3,486 | 89,964 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 08. | 11. | 1-2-Switch | 3,410 | 208,856 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 11. | 12. | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 3,395 | 119,708 | Wii U | Nintendo |
| 14. | 13. | Ghost Recon: Wildlands | 3,080 | 177,945 | PS4 | Ubisoft |
| 12. | 14. | Pokémon Sun & Moon | 3,062 | 3,259,837 | 3DS | Pokémon Company |
| 17. | 15. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf –Welcome amiibo | 2,939 | 175,948 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 09. | 16. | Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS | 2,929 | 1,038,436 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 21. | 17. | Grand Theft Auto V | 2,880 | 334,080 | PS4 | TakeTwo |
| 23. | 18. | Rainbow Six Siege | 2,527 | 192,045 | PS4 | Ubisoft |
| 16. | 19. | Mario Kart 7 | 2,429 | 2,771,420 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 15. | 20. | Yo-kai Watch 3: Sukiyaki | 2,146 | 718,551 | 3DS | Level-5 |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
Published: May 17, 2017 09:30 am