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Here are the Media Create sales figures for Week #29 2018: [prebreak]1[/prebreak]

Only 1 new release for week 29 of the Media Create sales chart; Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun! debuts straight in at #1 for Nintendo Switch, with a cool 70k units sold - enough to knock Octopath Traveler off the top spot after just 1 week. Octopath Traveler drops 80% in sales when compared to its week 28 launch, and now sits in the #2 spot with only 22k units sold (133k total), most likely due to supply shortages, acknowledged by Square Enix as they issued a second apology to gamers regarding the lack of stock:

品薄の状況が続き申し訳ありません。
十分な数をお届けできるよう鋭意生産のうえ出荷をしてまいりますが、
直近の出荷数については、まだかなり少数になってしまう見込みです。
お待たせして大変申し訳ありません。よろしければダウンロード版もご検討いただければと存じます。#オクトパストラベラー

— オクトパストラベラーII公式 (OCTOPATH TRAVELER II) (@OCTOPATH_PR) July 20, 2018

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"I am sorry that the situation of shortage continues.
We will ship it after earnest production so that we can deliver enough number,
As for the latest number of shipments, it is expected that it will still be considerably few.
I am sorry to have kept you waiting. We hope that you will be able to consider the download version if you do not mind. # Octopus Traveler"

Nintendo now holds the first 12 places of the top 20, compared to last week's 7 - and have 16 titles in the chart overall, versus Sony's 4.
Switch hardware sales continues to rise, with another small 3k boost, we also see 3DS and PS4 gain similar increases in hardware sold for week 29. Xbox One has an 868% increase when compared to last week's figures.


<div style="width: 100%; overflow-x: auto; white-space: nowrap;"><table><tr><th>Position</th><th>Platform</th><th>Title</th><th>Genre</th><th>Publisher</th><th>Release date</th><th>Price</th><th>Weekly Sales</th><th>Total Sales</th><th>Difference</th></tr><tr><td>01 (NEW)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun!</td><td>ACT</td><td>Bandai Namco Games</td><td>2018.07.19</td><td>¥6.100</td><td style="text-align:right;">69.984</td><td style="text-align:right;">NEW</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>02 (01<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Octopath Traveler</td><td>RPG</td><td>Square Enix</td><td>2018.07.13</td><td>¥6.800</td><td style="text-align:right;">22.438</td><td style="text-align:right;">132.550</td><td><span style="color:#800">-80%</span></td></tr><tr><td>03 (04<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Splatoon 2</td><td>ACT</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2017.07.21</td><td>¥5.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">21.913</td><td style="text-align:right;">2.469.695</td><td><span style="color:#080">+7%</span></td></tr><tr><td>04 (02<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker</td><td>ADV</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2018.07.13</td><td>¥3.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">20.547</td><td style="text-align:right;">62.399</td><td><span style="color:#800">-51%</span></td></tr><tr><td>05 (03<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Mario Tennis Aces</td><td>SPT</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2018.06.22</td><td>¥5.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">19.709</td><td style="text-align:right;">247.161</td><td><span style="color:#800">-10%</span></td></tr><tr><td>06 (05<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Minecraft</td><td>ADV</td><td>Microsoft Game Studios</td><td>2018.06.21</td><td>¥3.600</td><td style="text-align:right;">16.265</td><td style="text-align:right;">138.051</td><td><span style="color:#080">+8%</span></td></tr><tr><td>07 (07<span style="color:#00F">&#x25AC;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe</td><td>RCE</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2017.04.28</td><td>¥5.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">13.435</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.641.109</td><td><span style="color:#080">+18%</span></td></tr><tr><td>08 (09<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</span>)</td><td>3DS</td><td>Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon</td><td>RPG</td><td>Pokemon Co.</td><td>2017.11.17</td><td>¥4.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">7.554</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.676.067</td><td><span style="color:#080">+6%</span></td></tr><tr><td>09 (06<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>3DS</td><td>Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker</td><td>ADV</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2018.07.13</td><td>¥3.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">7.188</td><td style="text-align:right;">21.746</td><td><span style="color:#800">-51%</span></td></tr><tr><td>10 (10<span style="color:#00F">&#x25AC;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild</td><td>ADV</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2017.03.03</td><td>¥6.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">7.173</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.050.891</td><td><span style="color:#080">+8%</span></td></tr><tr><td>11 (11<span style="color:#00F">&#x25AC;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Kirby Star Allies</td><td>ACT</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2018.03.16</td><td>¥5.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">6.407</td><td style="text-align:right;">566.171</td><td><span style="color:#080">+4%</span></td></tr><tr><td>12 (13<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Super Mario Odyssey</td><td>ACT</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2017.10.27</td><td>¥5.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">5.695</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.772.133</td><td><span style="color:#080">+14%</span></td></tr><tr><td>13 (19<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</span>)</td><td>PS4</td><td>Detroit: Become Human</td><td>ADV</td><td>Sony Interactive Entertainment</td><td>2018.05.25</td><td>¥6.900</td><td style="text-align:right;">4.613</td><td style="text-align:right;">94.973</td><td><span style="color:#080">+39%</span></td></tr><tr><td>14 (33<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</span>)</td><td>3DS</td><td>Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Welcome amiibo</td><td>ETC</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2016.11.23</td><td>¥2.700</td><td style="text-align:right;">4.354</td><td style="text-align:right;">425.839</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>15 (21<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit</td><td>EDU</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2018.04.20</td><td>¥6.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">3.842</td><td style="text-align:right;">205.809</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>16 (17<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze</td><td>ACT</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2018.05.03</td><td>¥5.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">3.378</td><td style="text-align:right;">193.708</td><td><span style="color:#800">-7%</span></td></tr><tr><td>17 (08<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>PS4</td><td>Mary Skelter: Nightmares 2</td><td>RPG</td><td>Compile Heart</td><td>2018.07.12</td><td>¥7.200</td><td style="text-align:right;">2.986</td><td style="text-align:right;">13.356</td><td><span style="color:#800">-71%</span></td></tr><tr><td>18 (14<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>PS4</td><td>The Crew 2</td><td>RCE</td><td>Ubisoft</td><td>2018.06.29</td><td>¥8.400</td><td style="text-align:right;">2.728</td><td style="text-align:right;">35.004</td><td><span style="color:#800">-45%</span></td></tr><tr><td>19 (12<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>PS4</td><td>New Gundam Breaker</td><td>ACT</td><td>Bandai Namco Games</td><td>2018.06.21</td><td>¥7.600</td><td style="text-align:right;">2.639</td><td style="text-align:right;">84.716</td><td><span style="color:#800">-47%</span></td></tr><tr><td>20 (N/A)</td><td>3DS</td><td>Mario Kart 7</td><td>RCE</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2011.12.01</td><td>¥4.571</td><td style="text-align:right;">2.614</td><td style="text-align:right;">2.903.441</td><td> </td></tr></table></div>

Hardware sales figures

<div style="width: 100%; overflow-x: auto; white-space: nowrap;"><table><tr><th> </th><th>System</th><th>This Week</th><th>Last Week</th><th>Last Year</th><th>YTD</th><th>Last YTD</th><th>LTD</th></tr><tr><td style="background:#FF0000;"> </td><td>NSW</td><td style="text-align:right;">53.745</td><td style="text-align:right;">50.239</td><td style="text-align:right;">98.999</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.365.361</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.196.986</td><td style="text-align:right;">4.677.980</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#094697;"> </td><td>PS4</td><td style="text-align:right;">20.309</td><td style="text-align:right;">17.596</td><td style="text-align:right;">30.878</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.045.602</td><td style="text-align:right;">901.699</td><td style="text-align:right;">6.938.005</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#E7E7E7;"> </td><td>3DS</td><td style="text-align:right;">11.577</td><td style="text-align:right;">7.131</td><td style="text-align:right;">34.145</td><td style="text-align:right;">305.489</td><td style="text-align:right;">793.806</td><td style="text-align:right;">24.128.268</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#474747;"> </td><td>PSV</td><td style="text-align:right;">4.277</td><td style="text-align:right;">4.112</td><td style="text-align:right;">4.545</td><td style="text-align:right;">118.355</td><td style="text-align:right;">225.758</td><td style="text-align:right;">5.906.235</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#40A23F;"> </td><td>XB1</td><td style="text-align:right;">765</td><td style="text-align:right;">79</td><td style="text-align:right;">77</td><td style="text-align:right;">9.701</td><td style="text-align:right;">5.055</td><td style="text-align:right;">98.137</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> </td><td>ALL</td><td style="text-align:right;">90.673</td><td style="text-align:right;">79.157</td><td style="text-align:right;">168.962</td><td style="text-align:right;">2.844.508</td><td style="text-align:right;">3.155.976</td><td style="text-align:right;">41.748.625</td></tr></table></div>

This week's hardware sales

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[comput3rus3r]

Piracy is making Nintendo Switches sell like a Pac-Man.

The Locked down XBOX1 on the other hand is not even a pebble.

 

[Vieela]

Taiko is an undying franchise in Japan, isn't it? Everytime a new taiko game breathes Japan gaming market goes LJKLADJLKSAJDJLKHNDL

 

[snails1221]

Every week the Xbox one's share on the chart gets smaller

 

[sarkwalvein]

So Xbox sold 79 units last week in Japan?
Great! It is already doing better than last year!

 

[Issac]

Whoa, the Xbox1 sold 10 times as many consoles this week compared to last week! And compared to this week last year. Huh!

 

[Marco_Buns]

Wow, Octopath dropped really hard.

 

[Xzi]

I am sorry to have kept you waiting. We hope that you will be able to consider the download version if you do not mind. # Octopus Traveler

So it was a sequel to Octodad all along?!

 

[supergamer368]

“Octopus Traveler”

 

[sarkwalvein]

The marvellous world of katakana.

 

[Song of storms]

Xbox never sold well in Japan. Why are you all so surprised? XD

 

[Xandrid]

Darn you nintendo for letting octopath drop because you didn't think people would buy the game

 

[hamohamo]

Goddamn. Nintendo games are doing exceptionally well this week. Only 4 ps4 games this week?

 

[fatsquirrel]

Piracy is making Nintendo Switches sell like a Pac-Man.

The Locked down XBOX1 on the other hand is not even a pebble.

Clearly you have absolutely no clue about the Japanese console and game market.

 

[Song of storms]

I'm surprised that the Nintendo 3DS is still selling a fair amount of consoles!

 

[comput3rus3r]

Clearly you have absolutely no clue about the Japanese console and game market.

ok. so it's just a coincidence.

 

[zwq939681378]

ok. so it's just a coincidence.

When Switch hadn't been hacked, I had seen a lot of “Pac Man”, so those were all just coincidences?

 

[Psionic Roshambo]

Only 4 PS4 games on the top 20 list?... I thought Sony had this gen in the bag but really looks like Nintendo is taking home all the cash.