HomeNewsPaper Mario Loses #1 Spot in Japan Game Sales to Ghost of Tsushima News Paper Mario Loses #1 Spot in Japan Game Sales to Ghost of Tsushima The sales numbers are in! Paper Mario: The Origami King has now been suprassed by Ghost of Tsushima during its first week since launch. Ghost of Tsushima is a Playstation 4 exclusive game, which has taken the top sales spot in its launch week with a total of 212,915 sales. Paper Mario: The Origami King made its debut coming in 2nd place with 109,092 sales. Animal Crossing: New Horizons sits at #3 with 71,897, Ring Fit Adventure in #4 with 36,183, and the Switch version of eBaseball coming in at #5 with 29,719. Here are the top 15 games sold in Japan for the week of July 13, 2020 – July 19, 2020 (the first listed number is this week’s sales numbers followed by the total number of sales; it will show “NEW” is this is a new game with no previous sales numbers to show): 1) [PS4] Ghost of Tsushima <ADV> (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2020.07.17} (¥6.900) – 212.915 / NEW <80-100%>2) [NSW] Paper Mario: The Origami King <ADV> (Nintendo) {2020.07.17} (¥5.980) – 109.092 / NEW <40-60%>3) [NSW] Animal Crossing: New Horizons # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2020.03.20} (¥5.980) – 71.897 / 5.186.283 <80-100%> (+28%)4) [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure <HOB> (Nintendo) {2019.10.18} (¥7.980) – 36.183 / 1.173.243 <80-100%> (-18%)5) [NSW] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 <SPT> (Konami) {2020.07.09} (¥6.980) – 29.719 / 124.595 <60-80%> (-69%)6) [PS4] eBaseball Powerful Pro Baseball 2020 <SPT> (Konami) {2020.07.09} (¥7.980) – 26.951 / 118.498 <80-100%> (-71%)7) [NSW] Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics <TBL> (Nintendo) {2020.06.05} (¥3.980) – 20.586 / 235.891 <80-100%> (+2%)8) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe <RCE> (Nintendo) {2017.04.28} (¥5.980) – 10.031 / 3.035.989 <80-100%> (-8%)9) [NSW] Together! The Battle Cats <SLG> (Ponos) {2020.07.16} (¥3.500) – 9.725 / NEW <40-60%>10) [NSW] Pokemon Sword / Shield # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2019.11.15} (¥5.980) – 7.843 / 3.662.804 <80-100%> (+0%)11) [PS4] Sword Art Online: Alicization Lycoris # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2020.07.09} (¥7.600) – 7.831 / 81.162 <60-80%> (-89%)12) [NSW] Splatoon 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2017.07.21} (¥5.980) – 7.104 / 3.493.303 <80-100%> (-5%)13) [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate # <FTG> (Nintendo) {2018.12.07} (¥7.200) – 6.253 / 3.758.033 <80-100%> (-9%)14) [NSW] Minecraft # <ADV> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2018.06.21} (¥3.600) – 5.659 / 1.444.331 <80-100%> (-5%)15) [NSW] Super Mario Party # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2018.10.05} (¥5.980) – 5.190 / 1.491.649 <80-100%> (-3%) Pretty interesting to see a Playstation 4 exclusive, Ghost of Tsushima, take the #1 spot in sales. If you would like to see any additional information on these sales numbers, please check either this thread on Resetera or Famitsu. ⬅️ Last week’s sales charts (July 6, 2020 – July 12, 2020) Chad Wohlgemuth I am a gamer in his 30's who has had to adapt to entering the workforce while finding time to game. I enjoy keeping up to date with the latest video game news and playing games from the NES all the way to Xbox one, Playstation 4 and Nintendo switch. Share This Previous ArticlePaper Mario : The Origami King Review Next Article"Another Crusade" - A Spiritual Successor To Super Mario RPG July 25, 2020