PlayStation VR Sells 52K Units First Week in Japan - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 19 October 2016 / 11,761 Views

The PlayStation VR debuted in Japan and sold 51,644 units in its first week, according to Media Create.

Monster Hunter Stories (3DS) remains in first place in its second week with sales of 67,133 units. Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration (PS4) debuted in second with sales of 21,152 units.

The PlayStation 4 sold 30,154 units. The Nintendo 3DS sold 27508 units, the PlayStation Vita sold 8,772 units and the Wii U sold 2,430 units. The PlayStation 3 sold 814 units and the Xbox One sold 323 units.

Here is the complete top 20 chart:

[3DS] Monster Hunter Stories (Capcom, 10/08/16) – 67,133 (207,736)
[PS4] Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration (Square Enix, 10/13/16) – 21,152 (New)
[Wii U] Paper Mario: Color Splash (Nintendo, 10/13/16) – 20,894 (New)
[PSV] Divine Prison Tower: Mary Skelter (Compile Heart, 10/13/16) – 18,358 (New)
[3DS] Yo-kai Watch 3: Sushi / Tempura (Level-5, 07/16/16) – 11,255 (1,284,437)
[PS4] Persona 5 (Atlus, 09/15/16) – 8,147 (354,101)
[Wii U] Minecraft: Wii U Edition (Mojang, 06/23/16) – 6,472 (151,101)
[PS4] PlayStation VR Worlds (SIE, 10/13/16) – 5,983 (New)
[PS4] BlazBlue: Central Fiction (Arc System Works, 10/06/16) – 5,898 (26,507)
[PS4] FIFA 17 (EA, 09/29/16) – 5,565 (74,125)
[PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SIE, 03/19/15) – 5,559 (896,633)
[3DS] Puzzle & Dragons X: Kami no Shou / Ryuu no Shou (GungHo Online Entertainment, 07/28/16) – 5,080 (195,639)
[3DS] Chou Sentouchuu: Kyuukyoku no Shinobu to Battle Player Choujou Kessen (Bandai Namco, 09/15/16) – 4,816 (23,645)
[3DS] Kirby: Planet Robobot (Nintendo, 04/29/16) -4,504 (453,580)
[PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Low Price Version) (10/08/15) – 4,157 (177,397)
[PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2017 (Konami, 09/15/16) – 3,419 (99,047)
[3DS] Dragon Ball Fusions (Bandai Namco, 08/04/16) – 3,419 (99,047)
[PS3] Persona 5 (Atlus, 09/15/16) – 3,195 (103,548)
[PS4] LEGO Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (Warner Bros., 10/13/16) – 3,184 (New)
[Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 3,101 (1,482,283)

A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.

16 Comments

Squall_Leonhart (on 19 October 2016)

Not bad for Japan!! Bought mine on Sunday and loving it so far... Better than I was expecting! Only downside is the resolution, it's a tad lower than I would like!

DrBuckaroo Squall_Leonhart (on 19 October 2016)

I agree. The sense of immersion is awesome. For 1st gen, this is a really nice piece of hardware, but looking forward to better resolution, better tracking, and wider field of view for future generations. Overall, I am very pleased with my PSVR.

DonFerrari Squall_Leonhart (on 20 October 2016)

Considering how much graphics have evolved from 1st gen of vg and 1st gen of TVS and how much motion sensor also evolved the starting point of PSVR is a very good one if it indeed keeps evolving.

Ganoncrotch (on 19 October 2016)

Wait are the numbers under the picture of the PSVR the first week sales for each of the listed Hardware? If so that is amazing for the PSVR and also wow at the 323 Xbox ones on launch if that is what those numbers are saying.

mountaindewslave Ganoncrotch (on 19 October 2016)

no goof, those are just what those systems did in the same week recently when the PS VR was released

Ganoncrotch Ganoncrotch (on 19 October 2016)

If that is the case then the X1 could be undertracked by a factor of 10 in japan compared to the vgchartz numbers since it hasn't had a week over double digits recorded on here in some time, unless the slim unit launched in Japan that week, not sure.