We've got the latest sales figures from Japan for the week of February 28th to March 6th, and it makes for some lovely viewing, with newcomer Triangle Strategy making its debut at the top of the pile at number 1.
PlayStation is nipping at the Switch's heel with the PS5 and PS4 versions of Gran Turismo 7 coming in at number 2 and 3 respectively (and if we're being technical, the combined sales of Gran Turismo 7 surpasses Triangle Strategy quite comfortably at a total of 137,964).
1. [NSW] Triangle Strategy (Nintendo, 04/03/22) – 86,298 / NEW
2. [PS5] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 04/03/22) – 73,399 / NEW
3. [PS4] Gran Turismo 7 (SIE, 04/03/22) – 64,565 / NEW
4. [PS4] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 55,310 / 243,800
5. [NSW] Pokemon Legends: Arceus (The Pokémon Company 01/28/22) – 50,481 / 2,120,030
6. [PS5] Elden Ring (FromSoftware, 02/25/22) – 14,746 / 104,763
7. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 14,339 / 4,470,426
8. [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 11,399 / 4,794,715
9. [NSW] Mario Party Superstars (Nintendo, 10/29/21) – 9,957 / 895,966
10. [NSW] Minecraft (Mojang, 11/05/17) – 9,474 / 2,542,20
The Switch OLED has seen a nice increase in sales this week over the previous week, most likely due to the launch of Triangle Strategy.
1. Switch OLED – 55,385 (1,333,707)
2. Switch – 26,126 (18,067,043)
3. PlayStation 5 – 22,550 (1,210,651)
4. Switch Lite – 15,441 (4,608,818)
5. PlayStation 5 Digital Edition – 3,129 (218,138)
6. Xbox Series X – 748 (85,675)
7. Xbox Series S – 573 (72,709
8. New 2DS LL – 511 (1,183,316)
9. PlayStation 4 – 11 (7,819,353)
[source nintendoeverything.com]
Comments 37
It deserves it!
Fantastic that Triangle Strategy got a strong start.
Well deserved. It’s so good!
@Thoughts they’re not
Triangle Strategy: Woo hoo, I'm the best!
Gran Turismo: Wait, what...?
@Thoughts this is their new one
Expected no less from Triangle Strategy.
But what I didn't expect is that Sony is back on the top 10 this time taking up 4 slots!
PS5 starting to chase those switch numbers
@iLikeUrAttitude Which will be gone in the next few months. Sony titles doesn't sell for long.
Elden Ring only at 70k combined looks pretty low to me. Or is it dominated by PC players?
@Lord You mean Switch OLED numbers, if they slow down the Switch OLED will beat them by next week. They had to combined their normal model PS5 numbers with their digital edition PS5 model numbers to beat the Switch OLED numbers.
@Specter_of-the_OLED Yeah Nintendo owns Japan at this point, but it's funny to see Sony pop up once in a while.
TS is amazing game, love it.
@iLikeUrAttitude Also Gran Turismo is the only franchise I believe Sony still had to this day since the PS1. I don't think I seen their other franchise made it to next gen yet. Twisted Metal, WipEout, and Ape Escape still needs to happen but sad that MediEvil, Syphon Filter, PaRappa the Rapper, Legend of Dragoon, and Tomba are all dead.
Fun fact, the Switch has now sold over 24m units in Japan. Should outsell the 3DS in the next couple of months.
I don't have Triangle Strategy yet, but I want it so badly!
Switch family of systems still hitting close to 100k a week in Japan, unreal.
Imagine how many more copies would have been sold with a decent name...jk. They could have at least slapped a different icon on switch home menu. There is no illustration just "TRIANGLE STRATEGY" like they are so proud of that name. OK, sorry, I am done talking about it, I promise! At least the game itself is not.. out of shape.
11 PS4's sold IN THE ENTIRE NATION!? What a weird number.
Awesome! More HD2D please Squareenix, sir
I figure there were some hungry Strategy type gamers wanting something like this for a long time to release.
@Justaguest what’s your three points?
Switch has now sold-through over 24 million units in Japan. It is <1 million units away from outselling the 3DS.
The year has barely started, but this is my favorite game so far. Great that it got to number one!
@Justaguest You are being obtuse. I'm sure it's just a reflex reaction.
@Grail_Quest I'm surprised they're selling ANY at this point. No one wants a PS4 at this point. It's simply limiting your playstation gaming experience in every way.
@Medic_Alert Thank you, forgot about that.
@Lord Sony’s 25k total vs Nintendo’s 95k+ total this week. Still a long way to go to make up ground especially when the OLED model alone surpassed PS5 despite the big head start.
PS5 at least isn’t currently stuck in the 10k range like usual no doubt due to three big games [Horizon/ER/GT] dropping on Sony platforms relatively close to each other. It would be a good improvement if they can at least maintain 20k units a week as their new “bottom”
@Justaguest They did the same thing with Octopath Traveler. White text black background. No doubt intentional for their HD 2D games. Would not be surprised if Live a Live does the same thing
@Bizzyb probably because they couldn’t get a PS5, it’s cheaper, and many Sony games released to this day still release a PS4 version because they know the PS5 install base isn’t big enough to justify cutting a PS4 version
@Thoughts Front Mission is already getting remade.. Or are you referring to something more tactical?
Great news for Triangle Strategy. Also, pretty crazy how the OLED model alone is close to outselling both PS5 models.
@KryptoniteKrunch Except It's not really crazy at all. You've heard about the superconductor shortage right? You can't just go and buy a PS5 like you can with a Switch.
@SteamEngenius “semiconductor”
Your point is totally right though. I am kinda surprised though, nobody is forcing people to spend money on anything else cos they can’t get a PS5. The OLED is outperforming what I thought it would do.
Not seen one myself but my OG Switch is looking a little ratty.
Well deserved. I think I like strange named games from square Enix 😁
Ug. Ive never disliked a game so much. Its a book with no real game to play. The story is as basic and boring as the battles you get to play every 2 or 3 hours of reading.
@jobvd one of their new ones. Diofield Chronicle, anyone? (Which is also coming to Switch)
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