Some of the big sellers will not surprise you. Some of them might.
In the latest Weekly Famitsu, the magazine looks back at the last two years of PS4 hardware and software sales. As of February 7, 2016, here are the biggest selling games in Japan, based on Famitsu’s retail sales data:
20. Watch Dogs: 99,323 units
19. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (Subtitled Ver): 102,716 units
18. Battlefield Hardline: 113,061 units
17. Battlefield 4: 113,928 units
16. Destiny: 125,900 units
15. Yakuza: Kiwami: 131,205 units
14. Yakuza: Isshin: 134,010 units
13. Final Fantasy Type-0 HD: 140,0046 units
12. Yakuza 0: 146,510 units
11. The Witcher 3: 149,337 units
10. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes: 155,598 units
9. Dragon Quest Builders: 170,168 units
8. Star Wars Battlefront: 187,434 units
7. Grand Theft Auto V: 196,795 units
6. Fallout 4: 206,712 units
5. Bloodborne: 209,985 units
4. Call of Duty: Black Ops III: 310,238 units
3. Dragon Quest Heroes: 327,019 units
2. Knack: 400,888
1. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain: 425,971 units
Note: Knack was originally bundled with the PS4, but those bundled units are still counted, it seems.
So. Any surprises? Pretty easy to see why Sony was so keen to work with Hideo Kojima after he left Konami.
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