Media Create Sales Japan Top 20 - Week #33 2018

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Here are the Media Create sales figures for Week #33 2018: [prebreak]1[/prebreak]

Week 33 numbers are in and we see Minecraft climb into the #1 position of the top 20 chart!
Splatoon 2 sits in the #2 spot with 2.5million units sold to date and Nintendo hold the first 13 places of the chart, with 17 places of the top 20, overall.
There are no new releases for this period.

Not much movement in hardware, but Switch sees a small rise of 4.5k units sold.

<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 (07<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</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;">25.948</td><td style="text-align:right;">212.170</td><td><span style="color:#080">+53%</span></td></tr><tr><td>02 (02<span style="color:#00F">&#x25AC;</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;">24.188</td><td style="text-align:right;">2.556.846</td><td><span style="color:#080">+12%</span></td></tr><tr><td>03 (03<span style="color:#00F">&#x25AC;</span>)</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;">21.109</td><td style="text-align:right;">162.020</td><td><span style="color:#080">+0%</span></td></tr><tr><td>04 (06<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</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;">20.346</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.708.892</td><td><span style="color:#080">+14%</span></td></tr><tr><td>05 (05<span style="color:#00F">&#x25AC;</span>)</td><td>3DS</td><td>WarioWare Gold</td><td>ETC</td><td>Nintendo</td><td>2018.08.02</td><td>¥4.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">20.142</td><td style="text-align:right;">70.344</td><td><span style="color:#080">+5%</span></td></tr><tr><td>06 (08<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</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;">18.520</td><td style="text-align:right;">315.658</td><td><span style="color:#080">+13%</span></td></tr><tr><td>07 (09<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Pro Baseball Famista Evolution</td><td>SPT</td><td>Bandai Namco Games</td><td>2018.08.02</td><td>¥6.100</td><td style="text-align:right;">13.259</td><td style="text-align:right;">71.776</td><td><span style="color:#800">-15%</span></td></tr><tr><td>08 (13<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</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;">12.111</td><td style="text-align:right;">102.235</td><td><span style="color:#080">+11%</span></td></tr><tr><td>09 (16<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</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;">9.682</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.084.321</td><td><span style="color:#080">+17%</span></td></tr><tr><td>10 (17<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</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;">8.707</td><td style="text-align:right;">596.203</td><td><span style="color:#080">+14%</span></td></tr><tr><td>11 (18<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;">8.447</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.703.711</td><td><span style="color:#080">+31%</span></td></tr><tr><td>12 (12<span style="color:#00F">&#x25AC;</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;">8.002</td><td style="text-align:right;">183.627</td><td><span style="color:#800">-30%</span></td></tr><tr><td>13 (20<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;">7.066</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.795.879</td><td><span style="color:#080">+17%</span></td></tr><tr><td>14 (01<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>PS4</td><td>Yakuza 3</td><td>ADV</td><td>Sega</td><td>2018.08.09</td><td>¥3.990</td><td style="text-align:right;">6.753</td><td style="text-align:right;">32.800</td><td><span style="color:#800">-74%</span></td></tr><tr><td>15 (21<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</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;">5.766</td><td style="text-align:right;">39.742</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>16 (15<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaire's Conspiracy DX</td><td>ADV</td><td>Level 5</td><td>2018.08.09</td><td>¥5.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">5.101</td><td style="text-align:right;">14.805</td><td><span style="color:#800">-47%</span></td></tr><tr><td>17 (11<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>NSW</td><td>Okami HD</td><td>ADV</td><td>Capcom</td><td>2018.08.09</td><td>¥2.990</td><td style="text-align:right;">4.758</td><td style="text-align:right;">18.848</td><td><span style="color:#800">-66%</span></td></tr><tr><td>18 (22<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;">4.703</td><td style="text-align:right;">222.514</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>19 (37<span style="color:#080">&#x25B2;</span>)</td><td>PS4</td><td>Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018</td><td>SPT</td><td>Konami</td><td>2018.04.26</td><td>¥7.980</td><td style="text-align:right;">3.449</td><td style="text-align:right;">227.851</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>20 (04<span style="color:#800">&#x25BC;</span>)</td><td>PS4</td><td>Fire Pro Wrestling: World</td><td>SPT</td><td>Spike Chunsoft</td><td>2018.08.09</td><td>¥5.800</td><td style="text-align:right;">3.326</td><td style="text-align:right;">23.544</td><td><span style="color:#800">-84%</span></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;">54.647</td><td style="text-align:right;">50.143</td><td style="text-align:right;">22.277</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.569.320</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.458.308</td><td style="text-align:right;">4.881.939</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#094697;"> </td><td>PS4</td><td style="text-align:right;">25.843</td><td style="text-align:right;">22.026</td><td style="text-align:right;">34.688</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.131.118</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.125.144</td><td style="text-align:right;">7.023.521</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#E7E7E7;"> </td><td>3DS</td><td style="text-align:right;">11.896</td><td style="text-align:right;">10.910</td><td style="text-align:right;">34.596</td><td style="text-align:right;">349.595</td><td style="text-align:right;">1.077.621</td><td style="text-align:right;">24.172.374</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#474747;"> </td><td>PSV</td><td style="text-align:right;">3.083</td><td style="text-align:right;">3.507</td><td style="text-align:right;">5.177</td><td style="text-align:right;">131.698</td><td style="text-align:right;">245.326</td><td style="text-align:right;">5.919.578</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#40A23F;"> </td><td>XB1</td><td style="text-align:right;">96</td><td style="text-align:right;">74</td><td style="text-align:right;">100</td><td style="text-align:right;">10.310</td><td style="text-align:right;">5.414</td><td style="text-align:right;">98.746</td></tr><tr><td style="background:#FFFFFF;"> </td><td>ALL</td><td style="text-align:right;">95.565</td><td style="text-align:right;">86.660</td><td style="text-align:right;">97.099</td><td style="text-align:right;">3.192.041</td><td style="text-align:right;">3.945.490</td><td style="text-align:right;">42.096.158</td></tr></table></div>
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Huh. It's weird to see Minecraft holding its own in Japan, alongside newer titles.
 

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jesus nintendo has 17 out of 20 top selling game spots in japan.

It wouldn't be so bad for Sony if those 3 where at least in the top somewhere but you you have to scroll way down before it's a non Nintendo system game.

I am not sure what's going on here, the PS4 has a larger install base so in my opinion the games should be dominating the charts? Unless the PS4 attach rate is that low? Or is it just everyone is going completely digital and those sales are not being tracked?
 

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It wouldn't be so bad for Sony if those 3 where at least in the top somewhere but you you have to scroll way down before it's a non Nintendo system game.

I am not sure what's going on here, the PS4 has a larger install base so in my opinion the games should be dominating the charts? Unless the PS4 attach rate is that low? Or is it just everyone is going completely digital and those sales are not being tracked?
Handhelds were always big in Japan so one that gave the console experience would definitely take off there.

Plus all the smaller franchises that usually went on the 3DS and especially Vita are shifting to Switch now
 

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