PlayStation Increases Sales To 64% As 'NieR: Automata' Rises as No. 1 Game in Japan
According to several reports, Sony's PlayStation 4 sales in Japan have gone up 64 percent last week, as per the latest data coming from Famitsu, which was a courtesy to a number of new PlayStation 4 titles in the Japanese Top Ten. The topmost game among all of them was "Nier: Automata," which officially debuted right at the top of the charts after shifting 182,762 units.
According to MCV, it is definitely a strong start for Square Enix and PlatinumGames' action Role-playing Game, however, Bandai Namco's "Super Robot Taisen V" wasn't that far behind, claiming a second and third place, respectively, on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita. Altogether, the title sold 180,155 units.
"Nioh," on the other end, dropped two places to No. 4 after a decline of 37 percent in sales week-on-week, and the week's before, Ubisoft's "For Honor," which was no. 1, fell to No.9, selling just a dismal 11,754 units. That's a huge drop of 72 percent week-on-week.
In other new entries, a report coming from Destructoid claims that Koei Tecmo's "Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 3 Ultimate" has officially debuted placing at No.5, while Nippon Ichi Software's "The Witch and the Hundred Knights 2," has also entered the charts, placed at No.6. It seems like a lot of titles and their developers had amazing starts, in which each of them is hoping will continue or increase in the next following weeks to come.
With so many new chart entries, "Pokémon Sun and Moon" have consequently pushed down four places to the No. 7th place last week, wherein they managed to collectively sold 13,673 units, which is a fall of 12 percent week-on-week. "Super Mario Maker" for Nintendo 3DS and "Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 Professional," meanwhile, both experienced a dip of 21 percent in sales week-on-week, falling to the No.8 and No.10 spots respectively.
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