Recently, Sony Interactive Entertainment released theirweekly sales chartfor its PS4 downloads in Japan, related to the period between August 14th and August 20th.
For the first time infour weeks,Dragon Quest XIhas finally been deposed from its top spot, falling to fourth place and overthrown by Toby Fox’sUndertale.
Indie RPGUndertaletakes the top spot!
Undertalealso managed to pass three moreDragon Questtitles;Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line,Dragon Quest X: All-in-One PackageandDragon Quest.
Below you can read the full chart:
Undertale has proved to be a winner in Japan with no higher public acclaim there than beating four Dragon Quest games. That said, Square Enix still gets the bragging rights of having four games in the top-five.
Despite being available only digitally, Sonic Mania appears to have had a weak launch. Apparently, Sega needs more than a nostalgic game to move the Japanese audience back into the Sonic fold.
It’s also worth mentioning that it was only digital sales forDragon Quest XIthat were toppled, as its 3DS and PS4 versions remained at the top of the Media Create charts for physical retail sales. The PS4 itself also jumped back on top of the week, beating both the 3DS and the Switch, selling 34,688, 34,596 and 22,277 units respectively.
While PS4 and 3DS remained relatively stable in the second half of the Obon shopping period, the Switch ran out of steam once more, probably affected by more shortages following the relatively larges shipment that Nintendo managed to pump into the market alongside Splatoon 2.
