Devil May Cry 5 and Nintendo Switch Top Media Create Sales Charts; PS4 Gets a Boost

Today is Wednesday, which means that a new pair of Media Create charts has been released, describing the landscape of the Japanese video game market in the week between March 4 and March 10.

This time around we get to see the debut of Devil May Cry 5, which makes the charts rather interesting.

Below you can check out the software chart, keeping in mind that the second number for each game represent lifetime sales where applicable.

1. Devil May Cry 5 – PS4 – 116,202/New
2. Super Smash Bros. Infinite – Switch – 23,407/2,932,439
3. New Super Mario Bros U. Deluxe – Switch – 20,101/499,543
4. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Switch – 12,301/2,166,999
5. Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu & Eevee – Switch – 11,394/1,526,105
6. Kirby’s Epic Yarn – 3DS – 10,607/New
7. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – Switch – 9,838/1,317,346
8. Super Mario Party – Switch – 9,230/1,046,789
9. Minecraft – Switch – 8,350/632,871
10. Splatoon 2 – Switch – 7,739/2,955,316
11. Dead or Alive 6 – PS4 – 5,223/31,665
12. Anthem – PS4 – 5,204/103,510
13. Kingdom Hearts III – PS4 – 4,518/785,569
14. Jump Force – PS4 – 4,492/107,512
15. Left Alive – PS4 – 3,530/21,152
16. Resident Evil 2 – PS4 – 3,415/352,193
17. NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition – PS4 – 3,363/31,313
18. Far Cry New Dawn – PS4 – 2,859/47,527
19. Kirby Star Allies – Switch – 2,788/740,899
20. Super Mario Odyssey – Switch – 2,693/1,960,058

And now, it’s time for the hardware chart.

1. Switch: 69,766
2. PS4: 25, 154
3. PS4 Pro: 7,208
4. New 2DS XL: 4,424
5. PS Vita: 3,002
6. New 3DS XL 1,182
7. 2DS: 112
8. Xbox One X: 83
9. Xbox One: 14

While the Switch continues to sell like cheese tarts (you might be surprised by how popular they are in Japan), easily topping the hardware chart, the software ranking is dominated by Devil May Cry 5, even if its debut numbers aren’t exactly massive.

Yet, it did give a boost to the PS4, which pushes past 30,000 units combining base model and pro for the first time since the Holidays.

Kirby’s Epic Yarn still managed to sell over 10,000 copies despite being on 3DS, while the PS Vita still sold over 3,000 units, getting quite close to a total installed base of six million in Japan despite being discontinued.

If you want to compare. you can check out last week’s charts.

Source: 4Gamer.

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