Media Create Sales: Tomb Raider Can’t Knock Spidey Off His Perch in Japan

Media Create has released its sales data for the week 37 of 2018 (Sep. 10 – 16), and Spider-Man continues to dominate despite the launch of Shadow of the Tomb Raider, which clocked in runner-up. Hardware sales data highlights Nintendo Switch’s continued strong performance over Sony’s PS4 in the region.

Spider-Man debuted at number one spot in Japan last week, recording a whopping 185,000 sales in its first week. We noted at the time how impressive that was compared to God of War –Sony’s fastest-selling exclusive this generation– which recorded 46,000. Once again, Spider-Man’s immense popularity is confirmed with a second week that also doubles God of War’s launch week in Japan.

Looking at the best-selling titles in the region by the console, the Nintendo Switch accounts for 11 games on the list, PS4 7, and the Nintendo 3DS 2. As always, Nintendo’s resurgence is seen most obviously when looking at Japanese data. That said, the console recently took out the best-selling console in the US as well, according to the yesterday’s NPD report.

You can find the full list of software and hardware sales below:

Media Create Sales: Software

• Marvel’s Spider-Man – 80.832
• Shadow of the Tomb Raider – 32.172 (New Entry)
• Splatoon 2 – 14.094
• Minecraft – 13.479
• Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 03: Drive Kit  – 11.659 (New Entry)
• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – 10.689
• NBA 2K19 – 9.536
• Winning Eleven 2019 – 9.466
• Conan Exiles – 8.528
• Undertale – 5.990 (New Entry)
• Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! – 5.820
• The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – 5.809
•  Mario Tennis Aces – 5.193
• Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon – 4.830
• Black Clover: Quartet Knights – 4.630 (New Entry)
•  Zone of the Enders: The 2nd Runner Mars – 4.503
• WarioWare Gold – 4.018
• Kirby Star Allies – 3.944
• Super Mario Odyssey – 3.859
• Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker – 3.569

Media Create Sales: Hardware

• Nintendo Switch –  38.738
• PS4 – 12.057
• PS4 Pro – 4.959
• 2DSLL – 4.684
• 3DSLL – 2.248
• PS Vita – 1.973
• 2DS – 359
• Xbox One X – 159
• Xbox One – 58

Thanks to Famitsu for their database, which you can review in full here.

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