Persona 5 sold 264,793 units on PlayStation 4 and 72,974 on PlayStation 3 for a total of 337,767 copies moved during its first week of sales in Japan, the latest Media Create sales figures reveal.
Persona 5 is the fastest selling entry in the Persona series yet. The second fastest selling title is the original Persona for PlayStation, which opened at 201,147 sales.
The Atlus-made RPG, combined with the newly launched PlayStation 4 slim model and Pro Evolution Soccer 2017, pushed PlayStation 4 sales to 96,433 units this week, making up 63.7 percent of the week’s hardware sales.
Get the full sales charts below.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS4] Persona 5 (Atlus, 09/15/16) – 264,793 (New)
- [PS3] Persona 5 (Atlus, 09/15/16) – 72,794 (New)
- [PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (Konami, 09/15/16) – 66,037 (New)
- [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (Konami, 09/15/16) – 34,502 (New)
- [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura (Level-5, 07/16/16) – 19,726 (1,224,376)
- [3DS] Dragon Ball Fusions (Bandai Namco, 08/04/16) – 7,220 (159,638)
- [Wii U] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Mojang, 06/23/16) – 7,168 (121,795)
- [3DS] Chou Sentouchuu: Kyuukyoku no Shinobu to Battle Player Choujou Kessen (Bandai Namco, 09/15/16) – 5,782 (New)
- [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X: Kami no Shou / Ryuu no Shou (GungHo Online Entertainment, 07/28/16) – 5,782 (174,953)
- [PS4] BioShock: The Collection (2K Games, 09/15/16) – 5,544 (New)
- [3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo, 04/29/16) – 5,387 (433,736)
- [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 4,986 (874,366)
- [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 5,082 (2,889,923)
- [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Game of the Year Edition (Spike Chunsoft, 09/01/16) – 4,188 (21,911)
- [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (10/08/15) – 4,180 (160,600)
- [PS4] Tales of Berseria (Bandai Namco, 08/18/16) – 3,745 (218,119)
- [PS4] Tokyo Xanadu eX+ (Falcom, 09/12/16) – 3,712 (18,870)
- [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 3,396 (1,468,812)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Happy Price Selection) (Nintendo, 03/17/16) – 2,908 (93,181)
- [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 2,722 (238,675)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- PlayStation 4 – 96,433 (560)
- 2DS – 18,754 (NA)
- New 3DS LL – 15,808 (17,122)
- PlayStation Vita – 12,931 (10,280)
- New 3DS – 3,047 (3,184)
- Wii U – 2,703 (3,527)
- PlayStation 3 – 1,099 (1,143)
- 3DS – 425 (412)
- Xbox One – 156 (232)
- 3DS LL – 106 (113)
Thanks, 4Gamer.net.