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The Japanese chart results are out, and overall they're relatively low key - one new release has taken number one spot but hardware sales are down.

Starting with software, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End has made its debut at number one, though Kirby: Planet Robobot is hanging on to second place with lifetimes sales just shy of a quarter of a million. In general a number of other ever-present titles are in the top 20, but most striking are the low sales - outside of the top three all sales numbers are in four figures. Results are below with lifetime sales in brackets.

  1. [PS4] Uncharted 4: A Thief's End (SIE, 05/10/16) – 128,725 (New)
  2. [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo, 04/29/16) – 24,298 (248,951)
  3. [3DS] Yo-kai Sangokushi (Level-5, 04/02/16) – 10,696 (509,579)
  4. [PSV] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami, 04/29/16) – 9,510 (119,310)
  5. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami, 04/29/16) – 8,473 (134,391)
  6. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 (Konami, 04/29/16) – 5,928 (76,440)
  7. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 3 (Square Enix, 03/24/16) – 5,767 (592,321)
  8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 5,693 (768,532)
  9. [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 5,237 (1,362,230)
  10. [Wii U] Super Mario Maker (Nintendo, 09/10/15) – 4,030 (874,405)
  11. [PS4] Dying Light: The Following (Warner Bros., 04/21/16) – 2,759 (13,218)
  12. [PS4] Dark Souls III (Bandai Namco, 03/24/16) – 2,642 (289,586)
  13. [PS3] Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness (Square Enix, 04/29/16) – 2,574 (27,875)
  14. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Happy Price Selection (Nintendo, 03/17/16) – 2,498 (45,601)
  15. [PSV] One Piece: Burning Blood (Bandai Namco, 04/21/16) – 2,471 (51,528)
  16. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 2,417 (158,729)
  17. [PS4] One Piece: Burning Blood (Bandai Namco, 04/21/16) – 2,301 (52,592)
  18. [Wii U] Star Fox Zero / Star Fox Guard Double Pack (Nintendo, 04/21/16) – 2,214 (32,442)
  19. [PS4] Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition (SIE, 12/03/15) – 2,196 (92,165)
  20. [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V Low Price Version (Take-Two Interactive, 10/08/15) – 2,194 (108,023)

Moving on to hardware, all systems apart from the Xbox One (which is still in last place) saw sales drop. PS4's drop was relatively minimal thanks to Uncharted 4, and the New 3DS LL (XL) hangs on to second place ahead of the Vita. The Wii U lost a little under half its sales in falling below 4000 units; the results are below with last week's sales in brackets.

  1. PlayStation 4 – 23,239 (24,880)
  2. New 3DS LL – 13,623 (19,675)
  3. PlayStation Vita – 12,299 (18,090)
  4. Wii U – 3,896 (7,224)
  5. New 3DS – 3,021 (5,187)
  6. PlayStation 3 – 997 (1,340)
  7. 3DS – 823 (1,209)
  8. 3DS LL – 128 (171)
  9. Xbox One – 115 (60)

That's it for last week's sales, which were rather uneventful in the Japanese market.

[source gematsu.com]