{"id":80679,"date":"2019-02-06T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/02\/japanese_charts_switch_hardware_sales_still_dominate_but_kingdom_hearts_3_takes_software_glory"},"modified":"2019-02-06T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T14:15:00","slug":"japanese-charts-switch-hardware-sales-still-dominate-but-kingdom-hearts-3-takes-software-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/02\/06\/japanese-charts-switch-hardware-sales-still-dominate-but-kingdom-hearts-3-takes-software-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Charts: Switch Hardware Sales Still Dominate But Kingdom Hearts 3 Takes Software Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Japanese chart figures are now in for 28th January – 3rd February, revealing that Kingdom Hearts III<\/strong> has managed to stay at number one for a second consecutive week.<\/p>\n

The game shifted another 91,019 units this week, keeping second place Resident Evil 2<\/strong> safely behind it in the charts. Nintendo-published software titles take up the next three positions, with the Switch’s biggest games of the last few months still performing nicely at the top.<\/p>\n

Three new Switch games also entered the charts this week; Koei Tecmo’s Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World<\/strong><\/a> performed best with 8,046 sales taking it into 11th place, although the PS4 version managed to sell more than double that number.<\/p>\n

Here are the top 20 (first numbers are this week’s sales, followed by total sales in brackets):<\/p>\n

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1) [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 01\/25\/19) \u2013 91,019 (701,096)
2) [PS4] Resident Evil 2 (Z Version and Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 01\/25\/19) \u2013 51,339 (304,186)
3) [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> (Nintendo, 01\/11\/19) \u2013 45,879 (358,748)
4) [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/strong><\/a> (Nintendo, 12\/07\/18) \u2013 35,217 (2,799,969)
5) [NSW] Pok\u00e9mon: Let\u2019s Go, Pikachu! and Let\u2019s Go, Eevee!<\/strong><\/a> (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11\/16\/18) 21,274 (1,457,907)
6) [PS4] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World (Limited Editions Included) (Koei Tecmo, 01\/31\/19) \u2013 18,679 (New)
7) [NSW] Super Mario Party<\/strong><\/a> (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10\/05\/18) \u2013 12,181 (996,084)
8) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> (Nintendo, 04\/28\/17) \u2013 11,710 (2,108,522)
9) [PS4] Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown<\/strong> (Limited Edition Included) (Bandai Namco, 01\/17\/19) \u2013 11,444 (239,322)
10) [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition<\/strong><\/a> (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06\/21\/18) \u2013 8,250 (590,289)
11) [NSW] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World (Koei Tecmo, 01\/31\/19) \u2013 8,046 (New)
12) [NSW] Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong> (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07\/21\/17) \u2013 7,689 (2,918,368)
13) [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/strong><\/a> (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03\/03\/17) \u2013 6,957 (1,276,558)
14) [PS4] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix<\/strong> (Square Enix, 03\/09\/17) \u2013 6,023 (235,306)
15) [NSW] Dragon Quest Builders 2<\/strong><\/a> (Square Enix, 12\/20\/18) \u2013 5,814 (223,424)
16) [PSV] Nelke & the Legendary Alchemists: Ateliers of the New World (Koei Tecmo, 01\/31\/19) \u2013 4,589 (New)
17) [NSW] Dragon: Marked for Death<\/strong><\/a> (Inti Creates, 01\/31\/19) \u2013 4,492 (New)
18) [NSW] Fate\/Extella Link<\/strong><\/a> (Marvelous, 01\/31\/19) \u2013 4,131 (New)
19) [PS4] Robotics;Notes DaSH<\/strong> (5pb., 01\/31\/19) \u2013 3,943 (New)
20) [NSW] Fitness Boxing<\/a><\/strong> (Imagineer, 12\/20\/18) \u2013 3,613 (23,332)<\/p>\n

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Switch is still dominating on the hardware side of things, generating just under 70,000 sales this week to stay firmly on top. Here are this week’s figures, with last week’s in brackets:<\/p>\n

1) Switch \u2013 69,472 (52,429)
2) PlayStation 4 \u2013 15,074 (19,612)
3) PlayStation 4 Pro \u2013 10,540 (33,032)
4) New 2DS LL \u2013 3,622 (3,781)
5) PlayStation Vita \u2013 1,521 (1,701)
6) New 3DS LL \u2013 1,188 (972)
7) 2DS \u2013 104 (179)
8) Xbox One X \u2013 86 (82)
9) Xbox One \u2013 17 (11)<\/p>\n

< Last week’s charts<\/a><\/p>\n

Any surprises this week? Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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