Like every week, the major Japanese retailer Tautaya published its charts to give us a glimpse on what games achieved the best sales in Japan last week. This time around the chart is quite relevent, as it represents the first week of sales of Xbox One games in the archipelago of the rising sun.

Unfortunately, the results don’t seem too positive for Microsoft’s newly launched console.

1. Dragon Quest X – 3DS
2. Youkai Watch 2: Honke – 3DS
3. Toukiden: Kiwami – PS Vita
4. Youkai Watch 2: Ganso – 3DS
5. Samurai Warriors 4 – PS4
6. Persona 4 Arena: The Ultimax - PS3
7. Toukiden: Kiwami – PSP
8. Persona 4 Arena: The Ultimax – Limited Edition – PS3
9. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls – PS3
10. Mario Kart 8 – Wii U
11. Super Robot Wars OG Saga Masou Kishin F – PS3
12. Yoshi’s New Island – 3DS
13. The Last of Us Remastered – PS4
14. Youkai Watch – 3DS
15. Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 2 – PS3
16. Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition – PS4
17. The Amazing Spiderman 2 – PS4
18. Ultra Dimension Action Neptunia U – PS Vita
19. Medabots 8: Kabuto – 3DS
20. Medabots 8: Kuwagata – 3DS

As you can see, there’s absolutely no Xbox One game that made it into the top 20, which is fairly surprising. Luckily Xbox One titles have their own separate chart, so we can at least see which ones did best:

1. Dead Rising 3
2. Forza Motorsport  5 – Limited Edition
3. Ryse: Son of Rome
4. Battlefield 4
5. Forza Motorsport  5
6. Call of Duty: Ghosts
7. Watch_Dogs
8. Musou Orochi 2: Ultimate
9. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
10. Wolfenstein: The New Order
11. Zoo Tycoon
12. Thief
13. Tomb Rider
14. Titanfall
15. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
16. Kinect Sports Rivals
17. Need for Speed: Rivals
18. Zumba Fitness: World party

It’s not too surprising to see Dead Rising 3 at the top, as the series has always been very popular in Japan. Forza Motorsport 5 in second place (which could very well be first summing up limited and standard edition, but unfortunately we have no way to know) is not shocking as well, considering that Japanese gamers are major petrolheads.

Titanfall seems to be a lot lower in its ranking that one could have expected, given its focus on giant mecha, but it was released several months ago on Xbox 360 and PC, and that most probably cut rather radically into the Xbox One version. Another reason for Titanfall’s low position (same as Kinect Sports Rivals) is that they were bundled with the Xbox One Day One edition with Kinect, and Tsutaya only sells games, not consoles. This also means that there’s a possibility that they’ll appear in the Media Create Charts on Wednesday, which also count bundled copies.

While Tsutaya’s charts aren’t relevant for all of Japan, but only for the retailer itself, they’re normally a good indication of what has gone down during the past week in the country.

That said, It’s also worth mentioning that Tsutaya isn’t normally considered a primary shopping place for the most hardcore gamers, and this may have offset the results in Xbox One’s disfavor. In fact the Xbox brand is more popular in Japan among the core of the core and less among casuals and families.

We’ll have to wait for the Media Create charts on Wednesday to see a more precise scenario and actual numbers, but so far it seems that Xbox One’s battle in the archipelago of the Rising Run will be an uphill one.

http://www.dualshockers.com/2014/09/08/not-a-single-xbox-one-game-makes-the-top-twenty-in-major-japanese-retailers-charts/

Not surprising.

A sad sight, but let's wait till mediacreate and the others for the exact numbers.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=189891&page=1#75

Normally this would seem like an issue - but as stated, this retailer ONLY sells games. Who goes to a store, buys a console, and then goes somewhere else the same day to buy a game? On a launch week, nearly all game sales are with the console.

It seems to me Xbox and 360 had games in the top when they released....

Well, as they say, there is one or two games bundled with the console.
I remember the major complaint about PS4 launch was that very few people purchased additional games, they just settled for Knack.
This is probably the same scenario, we just need to wait a couple of days for MC numbers.

Could have swore we had this thread already.

Given the sales of the PS4 and that neither has that hit game for the Japanese market this is about expected.

The Xbox 360 made some valiant efforts in the Japanese markets with little results but this time it may not be worth it.

Bye bye Microsoft!