Anthem opens at nearly 78,000 retail sales in Japan.

The PlayStation 4 version of Anthem sold 77,938 retail copies during its first week of release in Japan, the latest Media Create sales figures reveal.

Also new last week, NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition for PlayStation 4 launched at 21,326 retail sales, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy launched at 4,419 sales on Switch and 3,783 sales on PlayStation 4 for a total of 8,202 opening sales, and Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match DX for Switch launched at 7,651 sales. To compare, the PlayStation 4 version of Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match opened at 46,411 retail sales back in February 2018.

On the hardware side, Switch sold 53,270 units, the PlayStation 4 family sold 17,588 units, and the 3DS family sold 4,553 units.

Get the full sales charts below.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

[PS4] Anthem (Limited Edition Included) (Electronic Arts, 02/22/19) – 77,938 (New) [NSW] New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe (Nintendo, 01/11/19) – 23,235 (455,006) [NSW] Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (Nintendo, 12/07/18) – 22,430 (2,883,416) [PS4] NieR: Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition (Square Enix, 02/21/19) – 21,326 (New) [PS4] Jump Force (Bandai Namco, 02/14/19) – 17,471 (94,365) [PS4] Kingdom Hearts III (Limited Edition Included) (Square Enix, 01/25/19) – 14,258 (770,068) [PS4] Far Cry: New Dawn (Ubisoft, 02/15/19) – 12,384 (38,668) [NSW] Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu! / Let’s Go, Eevee! (Bundle Editions Included) (Nintendo, 11/16/18) – 11,057 (1,501,846) [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo, 04/28/17) – 9,308 (2,142,329) [NSW] Super Mario Party (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 10/05/18) – 8,770 (1,027,695) [NSW] Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition (Bundle Version Included) (Microsoft, 06/21/18) – 8,380 (615,882) [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Limited Edition Included) (Nintendo, 03/03/17) – 7,748 (1,299,813) [NSW] Girls und Panzer: Dream Tank Match DX (Bandai Namco, 02/21/19) – 7,651 (New) [PS4] Catherine: Full Body (Limited Edition Included) (Atlus, 02/14/19) – 7,031 (58,855) [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Bundle Version Included) (Nintendo, 07/21/17) – 5,962 (2,938,590) [PS4] Resident Evil 2 (Z Version and Limited Edition Included) (Capcom, 01/25/19) – 5,781 (344,273) [PS4] Metro Exodus (Spike Chunsoft, 02/15/19) – 5,187 (22,701) [NSW] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Capcom, 02/21/19) – 4,419 (New) [PS4] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy (Capcom, 02/21/19) – 3,783 (New) [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Limited Edition and Bundle Versions Included) (Nintendo, 10/27/17) – 2,724 (1,954,432)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

Switch – 53,270 (65,958) PlayStation 4 – 10,632 (11,792) PlayStation 4 Pro – 6,956 (7,892) PlayStation Vita – 3,600 (1,767) New 2DS LL – 3,388 (3,358) New 3DS LL – 1,052 (1,254) 2DS – 113 (142) Xbox One X – 51 (55) Xbox One – 21 (13)

Thanks, 4Gamer.net.