Persona 3 Reload Sells Over 116,000 Units on Japanese Debut

Final week was one other large one for main new releases, with RPG followers specifically being handled to the one-two punch of Persona 3 Reload and Granblue Fantasy: Relink– each of which have gotten off to strong begins in Japan, as per weekly bodily gross sales information launched by Famitsu.

Persona 3 Reload was the best-selling sport of the week, promoting a complete of over 116,000 copies throughout PS5 and PS4, with the PS5 model sitting on prime of the charts (over 76,000 models bought) and the PS4 model slotting in at No. 3 (over 40,000 models bought).

For context, nonetheless, although the sport’s debut in Japan isn’t something to scoff at, it’s, maybe, softer than some might have anticipated, having bought lower than each Persona 5 Royal and Persona 5 Strikers did upon their respective releases in Japan. Then once more, Atlus just lately introduced that Persona 3 Reload bought over one million models worldwide in its first week, making it the developer’s largest launch thus far.

Fellow newly-released RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink was the week’s second-biggest vendor. It bought over 48,000 models on PS5 (ranked No. 2 within the charts) and over 22,000 models on PS4 (which is positioned No. 5), collectively promoting over 70,000 models. That’s lower than what 2.5D fighter Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising managed upon its launch in December (over 86,000 models), however once more, we all know it’s doing effectively worldwide, so there’s that.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, which noticed a formidable chart-topping debut final week, has moved all the way down to the seventh and eighth positions, with its PS5 and PS4 variations promoting over 16,000 models and over 15,000 models respectively.

On the {hardware} entrance, the Nintendo Change is again to being the week’s chief, having bought over 41,000 models over the course of the week, whereas the PS5 follows behind with over 34,000 models bought.

You may take a look at the total {hardware} and bodily software program gross sales charts for the week ending February 4 under.

Software program gross sales (adopted by lifetime gross sales):

1. [PS5] Persona 3 Reload – 76,368 (New)
2. [PS5] Granblue Fantasy: Relink – 48,765 (New)
3. [PS4] Persona 3 Reload – 40,024 (New)
4. [NSW] Jujutsu Kaisen: Cursed Conflict – 25,242 (New)
5. [PS4] Granblue Fantasy: Relink – 22,083 (New)
6. [NSW] Shiren the Wanderer: The Thriller Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island – 18,103 (103,527)
7. [PS4] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth – 16,503 (93,637)
8. [PS5] Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 15,388 (118,328)
9. [NSW] Tremendous Mario Bros. Marvel – 14,140 (1,715,110)
10. [NSW] Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru! – 11,464 (960,282)

{Hardware} gross sales (adopted by final week’s gross sales):

• Nintendo Change – 41,966 (46,435)
• PS5 – 34,484 (49,945)
• Xbox Sequence X/S – 3,177 (3,905)