It was a down week all around in Japan, with Dark Souls 2: Scholar of the First Sin on PlayStation 4 managing to be the #1 title of the week by selling just 20,500 copies.
Last week’s top title, 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku Hen, fell to 2nd and 3rd on PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 3, respectively, moving a combined 30,000 units. As for Bloodborne, which celebrated crossing 1 million units sold worldwide yesterday, it finished in 6th and brought its lifetime retail sales in Japan to 185,000.
Looking at hardware, the PS4 barely edged out the PS Vita to be the top-selling system of the week, despite falling to 17,885.
Here’s how each system sold, along with the top 20 selling retail games in Japan from April 6 – 12, 2015, according to Media Create:
Systems (Previous Week)
- PlayStation 4 – 17,885 (26,738)
- PlayStation Vita – 17,517 (21,584)
- New 3DS LL – 16,955 (22,183)
- Wii U – 6,654 (7,486)
- New 3DS – 6,222 (8,242)
- PlayStation 3 – 4,221 (5,743)
- 3DS LL – 1,986 (2,256)
- 3DS – 1,678 (1,893)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 511 (672)
- Xbox One – 238 (902)
Games (Lifetime)
- Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin (PS4) – 20,494
- 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku Hen (PS Vita) – 15,394 (136,613)
- 3rd Super Robot Wars Z: Tengoku Hen (PS3) – 14,582 (123,783)
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PS Vita) – 11,842 (84,942)
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (PS3) – 10,777 (130,285)
- Bloodborne (PS4) – 9,780 (184,957)
- Sword Art Online: Lost Song (PS Vita) – 9,037 (171,613)
- Mario Party 10 (Wii U) – 8,954 (112,442)
- Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (3DS) – 8,905 (65,837)
- Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Koro-sensei (3DS) – 8,555 (44,631)
- Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (3DS) – 7,275 (2,581,192)
- Theatrhythm Dragon Quest (3DS) – 7,111 (99,965)
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 (PS Vita) – 6,984 (76,236)
- Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (PS4) – 6,362 (27,944)
- Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (3DS) – 6,057 (2,593,401)
- Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2015 (PS3) – 5,993 (83,131)
- Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2015 (PS Vita) – 5,251 (62,788)
- Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth (PS Vita) – 5,218 (123,656)
- Mario Kart 8 (Wii U) – 4,961 (956,963)
- Resident Evil Revelations 2 (PS3) – 4,892 (107,992)
Do you think Bloodborne will reach 200,000 this month?
