Middle-earth: Shadow of War opens at 20,144 copies sold.

The PlayStation 4 version of Middle-earth: Shadow of War sold 20,144 copies during its opening week in Japan, the latest Media Create sales figures reveal.

Also new this week, Square Enix’s Lost Sphear sold 7,363 units on PlayStation 4 and 5,770 units on Switch for a total of 13,133 copies sold. Sony’s PlayStation VR-only title No Heroes Allowed! VR also sold 5,457 units.

On the hardware front, Switch continues to sell high numbers at 40,803 units sold. The PlayStation 4 family sold 22,706 units, and the 3DS family sold 20,745 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

[PS4] Middle-earth: Shadow of War (Warner Bros., 10/12/17) – 20,144 (New) [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 19,622 (1,232,523) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04,28,17) – 13,321 (747,454) [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga + Bowser’s Minions (Nintendo, 10/05/17) – 12,215 (38,003) [NSW] Pokken Tournament DX (Nintendo, 09/22/17) – 8,367 (97,135) [PS4] Lost Sphear (Square Enix, 10/12/17) – 7,363 (New) [PS4] FIFA 18 (Limited Editions and Bundles Included) (Electronic Arts, 09/29/17) – 6,703 (75,791) [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 6,088 (610,953) [NSW] Lost Sphear (Square Enix, 10/12/17) – 5,770 (New) [PS4] No Heroes Allowed! VR (SIE, 10/14/17) – 5,457 (New) [PS4] The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III (Limited Edition Included) (Falcom, 09/28/17) – 5,457 (105,298) [PS4] Pro Evolution Soccer 2018 (Konami, 09/14/17) – 4,307 (102,018) [PS4] Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 (Ubisoft, 10/05/17) – 4,093 (14,919) [NSW] Fire Emblem Warriors (Nintendo, 09/28/17) – 4,016 (53,531) [NSW] Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver. (Capcom, 08/25/17) – 3,966 (155,634) [3DS] The Snack World: Trejarers (Level-5, 08/10/17) – 3,939 (180,898) [NSW] Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 for Nintendo Switch (Bandai Namco, 09/07/17) – 3,815 (44,239) [3DS] Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (Square Enix, 07/29/17) – 3,659 (1,741,582) [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf Amiibo+ (Nintendo, 11/23/16) – 3,497 (253,665) [PSV] Yoshiwara Higanbana: Kuon no Chigiri (Prototype, 10/12/17) – 3,396 (New)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

Switch – 40,803 (38,204) PlayStation 4 – 16,933 (16,680) New 2DS LL – 10,569 (12,658) New 3DS LL – 8,369 (8,534) PlayStation 4 Pro – 5,773 (5,869) PlayStation Vita – 3,938 (3,545) 2DS – 1,565 (1,594) New 3DS – 242 (265) Xbox One – 71 (186) PlayStation 3 – 65 (72) Wii U – 58 (45)

Thanks, 4Gamer.net.