{"id":5338,"date":"2017-11-15T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/sonic_forces_struggles_in_japan_as_super_mario_odyssey_and_switch_lead_charts"},"modified":"2017-11-15T16:30:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-15T16:30:00","slug":"sonic-forces-struggles-in-japan-as-super-mario-odyssey-and-switch-lead-charts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/11\/15\/sonic-forces-struggles-in-japan-as-super-mario-odyssey-and-switch-lead-charts\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonic Forces Struggles in Japan as Super Mario Odyssey and Switch Lead Charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Sonic Forces oh no.jpg\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/sonic_forces_struggles_in_japan_as_super_mario_odyssey_and_switch_lead_charts\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2017\/11\/sonic_forces_struggles_in_japan_as_super_mario_odyssey_and_switch_lead_charts\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"Sonic Forces oh no.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Japanese Media Create chart results are out and as always make for some interesting reading. Last week saw a number of new releases, though familiar names continue to lead the way.<\/p>\n<p>Still skipping along at number one is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\"><strong>Super Mario Odyssey<\/strong><\/a>, holding off <strong>Call of Duty: WW2<\/strong>. Despite there being a number of new releases they all struggled to bother the top of the charts. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/sonic_forces\"><strong>Sonic Forces<\/strong><\/a> only managed 10th place and 5,938 sales on PS4, with the Switch version a little behind on 4,686 sales. It&#8217;s worth noting that Sonic often struggles in Japan, with the Wii U version of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/sonic_lost_world\"><strong>Sonic Lost World<\/strong><\/a> failing to even hit the top 20 at launch, for example.<\/p>\n<p>Also of note, Koei Tecmo released three Warriors ports on Switch last week &#8211; Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires,\u00a0Samurai Warriors: Spirit of Sanada, and\u00a0Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate &#8211; and all failed to chart. Results are below with lifetime sales in brackets.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Super Mario Odyssey<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 10\/27\/17) \u2013 73,315 (652,284)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Call of Duty: WW2<\/em> (SIE, 11\/03\/17) \u2013 67,044 (235,368)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Splatoon 2<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 23,130 (1,318,138)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Need for Speed: Payback<\/em>\u00a0(EA, 11\/10\/17) \u2013 20,964\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 04,28,17) \u2013 14,027 (802,472)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Assassin\u2019s Creed Origins<\/em>\u00a0(Ubisoft, 10\/27\/17) \u2013 11,051 (82,742)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>ARK: Survival Evolved<\/em>\u00a0(Spike Chunsoft, 10\/26\/17) \u2013 10,253 (103,800)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Style Savvy: Styling Star<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/03\/17) \u2013 9,650 (41,826)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>.hack\/\/G.U. Last Recode<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 11\/02\/17) \u2013 6,659 (68,475)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Sonic Forces<\/em>\u00a0(Sega, 11\/09\/17) \u2013 5,938\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Occultic;Nine<\/em>\u00a0(5pb., 11\/09\/17) \u2013 5,846\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 5,498 (634,850)<\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Gran Turismo Sport<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (SIE, 10\/19\/17) \u2013 5,439 (182,440)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Sonic Forces<\/em>\u00a0(Sega, 11\/09\/17) \u2013 4,686\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[PSV]\u00a0<em>Occultic;Nine<\/em>\u00a0(5pb., 11\/09\/17) \u2013 4,595\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>DJMAX Respect<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Arc System Works, 11\/09\/17) \u2013 4,376\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>[PS4]\u00a0<em>Taiko Drum Master: Drum Session<\/em>\u00a0(Bundle Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 10\/26\/17) \u2013 4,002 (39,925)<\/li>\n<li>[NSW]\u00a0<em>Pokken Tournament DX<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 09\/22\/17) \u2013 3,862 (115,691)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux<\/em>\u00a0(Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 10\/26\/17) \u2013 3,533 (74,180)<\/li>\n<li>[3DS]\u00a0<em>Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+<\/em>\u00a0(Nintendo, 11\/23\/16) \u2013 3,085 (267,322)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Moving on to hardware there&#8217;s good news for Switch, with sales climbing (likely in response to additional stock) to ensure that Nintendo&#8217;s system sold more units than all other consoles combined. The New 2DS LL and New 3DS LL (XL) hold their usual positions, while the Xbox One X made a modest debut; it&#8217;s a brand that struggles in Japan. Results are below with last week&#8217;s sales in brackets.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Switch \u2013 79,958 (64,387)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 \u2013 20,021 (21,830)<\/li>\n<li>New 2DS LL \u2013 10,323 (11,116)<\/li>\n<li>New 3DS LL \u2013 7,296 (7,914)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 6,037 (6,993)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation Vita \u2013 3,210 (3,576)<\/li>\n<li>2DS \u2013 1,484 (1,539)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox One X \u2013 1,344\u00a0<strong>(New)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>New 3DS \u2013 266 (287)<\/li>\n<li>Xbox One \u2013 121 (114)<\/li>\n<li>PlayStation 3 \u2013 41 (56)<\/li>\n<li>Wii U \u2013 36 (38)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Some interesting chart results, all told, and more positive news for Nintendo in terms of hardware sales and ongoing Mario momentum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese Media Create chart results are out and as always make for some interesting reading. Last week saw a number of new releases, though familiar names continue to lead the way. Still skipping along at number one is Super Mario Odyssey, holding off Call of Duty: WW2. 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