{"id":60710,"date":"2018-11-07T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/11\/switch_sales_rise_in_japan_this_week_despite_lack_of_new_major_releases"},"modified":"2018-11-07T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-07T16:15:00","slug":"switch-sales-rise-in-japan-this-week-despite-lack-of-new-major-releases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/switch-sales-rise-in-japan-this-week-despite-lack-of-new-major-releases\/","title":{"rendered":"Switch Sales Rise In Japan This Week Despite Lack Of New Major Releases"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/aa6d7dae7f3e5\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/aa6d7dae7f3e5\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<aside class=\"picture strip\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"Switch\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/aa6d7dae7f3e5\/switch.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/aa6d7dae7f3e5\/switch.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Switch\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Japanese chart figures are now in for 29th October &#8211; 4th November, revealing that the Switch has managed to regain its usual sales momentum after a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/switch_maintains_a_firm_grip_on_japanese_charts_despite_slight_drop_in_sales_this_week\">slight dip last time around<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII<\/strong> 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&#8217;s highest entry is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_party\"><strong>Super Mario Party<\/strong><\/a> on 27,001 sales, managing to stay in third place for another week.<\/p>\n<p>The only new entry this week was the Switch version of <strong>Neko Tomo<\/strong> which has sold 4,151 copies in its opening week. Here&#8217;s a look at the top 20 (first numbers are this week&#8217;s sales, followed by total sales in brackets):<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>1) [PS4] Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII (SIE, 10\/12\/18) \u2013 39,077 (417,990)<br \/>2) [PS4] <strong>Red Dead Redemption 2<\/strong> (Limited Editions Included) (Take-Two Interactive, 10\/26\/18) \u2013 34,258 (167,242)<br \/>3) [NSW] Super Mario Party (Nintendo, 10\/05\/18) \u2013 27,001 (301,351)<br \/>4) [NSW] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/minecraft_nintendo_switch_edition\">Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition<\/a><\/strong> (Microsoft, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 8,093 (350,337)<br \/>5) [NSW] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\">Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/a><\/strong> (Nintendo, 04\/28\/17) \u2013 8,000 (1,818,277)<br \/>6) [NSW] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong> (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 6,505 (2,684,110)<br \/>7) [NSW] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong> (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 4,628 (1,147,476)<br \/>8) [PS4] <strong>Soulcalibur VI<\/strong> (Bandai Namco, 10\/18\/18) \u2013 4,304 (33,766)<br \/>9) [PS4] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/assassinrs_creed_odyssey_cloud_version\">Assassin\u2019s Creed Odyssey<\/a><\/strong> (Limited Edition Included) (Ubisoft, 10\/05\/18) \u2013 4,240 (82,874)<br \/>10) [NSW] <strong>Neko Tomo<\/strong> (Bandai Namco, 11\/01\/18) \u2013 4,151 (New)<br \/>11) [PS4] <strong>Marvel\u2019s Spider-Man<\/strong> (Bundle Version Included) (SIE, 09\/07\/18) \u2013 3,808 (298,124)<br \/>12) [3DS] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/3ds\/pokemon_ultra_sun_and_ultra_moon\">Pok\u00e9mon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon<\/a><\/strong> (The Pok\u00e9mon Company, 11\/17\/17) \u2013 3,568 (1,753,461)<br \/>13) [NSW] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\">Super Mario Odyssey<\/a><\/strong> (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10\/27\/17) \u2013 3,301 (1,837,912)<br \/>14) [PS4] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/warriors_orochi_4\">Warriors Orochi 4<\/a><\/strong> (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 09\/27\/18) \u2013 2,887 (151,187)<br \/>15) [NSW] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/taiko_no_tatsujin_drumnfun\">Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum \u2018n\u2019 Fun!<\/a><\/strong> (Bandai Namco, 07\/19\/18) \u2013 2,751 (220,756)<br \/>16) [NSW] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirby_star_allies\">Kirby Star Allies<\/a><\/strong> (Nintendo, 03\/16\/18) \u2013 2,689 (636,284)<br \/>17) [PS4] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/street_fighter_30th_anniversary_collection\">Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection<\/a><\/strong> (Capcom, 10\/25\/18) \u2013 2,360 (16,358)<br \/>18) [PS4] <strong>The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV ~The End of Saga~<\/strong> (Limited Editions Included) (Falcom, 09\/27\/18) \u2013 2,317 (110,314)<br \/>19) [NSW] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dragon_ball_fighterz\">Dragon Ball FighterZ<\/a><\/strong> (Bandai Namco, 09\/27\/18) \u2013 2,298 (43,051)<br \/>20) [NSW] <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/dark_souls_remastered\">Dark Souls: Remastered<\/a><\/strong> (From Software, 10\/18\/18) \u2013 2,248 (20,267)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>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&#8217;s figures, with last week&#8217;s in brackets.<\/p>\n<p>1) Switch \u2013 43,747 (37,855)<br \/>2) PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 8,847 (10,975)<br \/>3) PlayStation 4 \u2013 8,693 (9,664)<br \/>4) New 2DS LL \u2013 4,226 (3,733)<br \/>5) PlayStation Vita \u2013 1,945 (2,115)<br \/>6) New 3DS LL \u2013 1,775 (1,669)<br \/>7) 2DS \u2013 273 (247)<br \/>8) Xbox One X \u2013 129 (127)<br \/>9) Xbox One \u2013 61 (71)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/10\/switch_maintains_a_firm_grip_on_japanese_charts_despite_slight_drop_in_sales_this_week\">&lt; Last week&#8217;s charts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Any surprises this time around? Do you expect hardware sales to rise as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_lets_go_pikachu_and_lets_go_eevee\"><strong>Pok\u00e9mon Let&#8217;s Go<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_smash_bros_ultimate\"><strong>Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong><\/a> appear on the scene? Let us know with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese chart figures are now in for 29th October &#8211; 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60710\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}