Period: The week of August 14 – August 20 (2017)
Top-seller: Dragon Quest XI – 67,705 (Nintendo 3DS)
Nintendo Switch sales: 22,277 (Last week – 87,798)
Nintendo 2DS sales: 2,999 (3,527)
New Nintendo 2DS LL sales: 14,939 (24,187)
New Nintendo 3DS sales: 575 (740)
New Nintendo 3DS LL sales: 16,083 (17,276)
Wii U sales: 151 (132)
PlayStation 4 sales: 28,779 (34,691)
PlayStation 4 Pro sales: 5,909 (7,771)
PlayStation 3 sales: 110 (95)
PlayStation Vita sales: 5,177 (4,651)
Xbox One sales: 100 (75)
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Last week, Japan didn’t get any exciting new releases but it did get Dragon Quest X’s All-In-One Package version and Dragon’s Dogma Online’s Season 3 Limited Edition on PS4. Japanese sales tracker Media Create shared the latest on software and hardware sales data from the week of August 14 through August 20, 2017.
The Snack World may have snagged the #2 spot last week, but the top-2 are back to Dragon Quest XI on 3DS and PS4. The 3DS version sold 67,705 copies last week for a total of 1,640,920 copies, and the PS4 version sold 49,543 in the week with a total of 1,291,802. This puts Dragon Quest XI at a combined total of 2,932,722. The 3 million milestone is right around the corner, but there’s no guarantee if it’ll make it on time for next week’s report.
Splatoon 2 is back to #3 with 34,108 copies sold for Nintendo Switch. Meanwhile, The Snack World charted at #4 in its second week with 25,674 copies, putting it into the six-digit territory.
Dragon Quest X: All-in-One Package featuring all expansions on PS4 released and charted at #5 with 14,052 units sold. Dragon’s Dogma Online – Season 3 Limited Edition also made its debut with 4,590 units sold on PS4 at #18.
As far as hardware sales go, it looks like retailers are back to a shorter supply of Nintendo Switch consoles, which managed to sell 22,277 units in the week. Going by Media Create’s figures, the Nintendo Switch has sold 1,457,307 units in Japan since its March launch.
The top-20 chart of the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys | Publisher |
| 01. | 01. | Dragon Quest XI | 67,705 | 1,640,920 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 03. | 02. | Dragon Quest XI | 49,543 | 1,291,802 | PS4 | Square Enix |
| 04. | 03. | Splatoon 2 | 34,108 | 949,737 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 02. | 04. | The Snack World | 25,674 | 123,208 | 3DS | Level-5 |
| New | 05. | Dragon Quest X: All-in-One Package | 14,052 | New | PS4 | Square Enix |
| 05. | 06. | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | 13,589 | 646,483 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 09. | 07. | ARMS | 6,439 | 203,722 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 12. | 08. | Hey! Pikmin | 5,960 | 120,710 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 15. | 09. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf –Welcome amiibo | 5,789 | 224,166 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 13. | 10. | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | 5,268 | 566,032 | Switch | Nintendo |
| 06. | 11. | Hitman: The Complete First Season | 5,214 | 22,466 | PS4 | Square Enix |
| 17. | 12. | Pokémon Sun & Moon | 5,048 | 3,314,619 | 3DS | Pokémon Company |
| 14. | 13. | Sumikko Gurashi: Koko Doko Nan Desu | 4,934 | 45,288 | 3DS | Nihon Columbia |
| 10. | 14. | Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy | 4,929 | 42,576 | PS4 | SIE |
| 11. | 15. | Layton’s Mystery Journey | 4,848 | 120,036 | 3DS | Level-5 |
| 07. | 16. | The Great Ace Attorney 2 | 4,829 | 85,447 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 16. | 17. | Gundam Versus | 4,754 | 162,712 | PS4 | Bandai Namco |
| New | 18. | Dragon’s Dogma Online – Season 3 Limited Edition | 4,590 | New | PS4 | Capcom |
| 18. | 19. | Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition | 3,942 | 1,195,570 | PSV | SIE |
| 20. | 20. | Mario Kart 7 | 3,535 | 2,806,124 | 3DS | Nintendo |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
