Japan Sales Charts: Rise of the Ronin Has a Surprisingly Strong Second Week, Dragon's Dogma 2 Drops Off | Push Square

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Despite Dragon's Dogma 2 boasting marginally better launch sales than Rise of the Ronin (with both titles releasing on the same day), it's Team Ninja's PS5 exclusive that's managed to stand stronger in the latest Japanese charts. Indeed, Ronin has actually done quite well for itself, shifting an additional 20,000 retail copies over the last week, bringing its total to a fairly respectable 85,000 units. It was topped only by Princess Peach: Showtime!.

Dragon's Dogma 2, meanwhile, has suffered a drop from second down to fifth, selling just 9,000 copies. This isn't an uncommon occurrence when it comes to PlayStation software, but we've got to imagine that Capcom would have wanted a better overall result. Fortunately, the open world RPG seems to have sold incredibly well on a worldwide scale — so it's probably not a huge deal.

Overall series now at over 10 million sales

Elsewhere, the PS5 continues to tick along towards the 6 million mark. The current-gen console has performed well so far, particularly when compared to the PS4, which has been a relatively slow seller in Japan throughout its lifetime.

Robert (or Rob if you're lazy) has been a fan of PlayStation since the 90s, when Tekken 2 introduced him to the incredible world of video games. He still takes his fighting games seriously, but RPGs are his true passion. The Witcher, Dragon Quest, Mass Effect, Final Fantasy, he's played 'em all — a little too much, some might say.

I'm a little burnt out on medieval fantasy rpgs. From Elden Ring to FF16 to Baldurs Gate… which is the main put off of Dragons Dogma for me, not its quality.

Both titles are doing fairly well. Given the Japanese historical focus of Rise of the Ronin, it does make sense that it would get a boost from that. It’ll be interesting to see if the same pattern holds in the West

I just don't know why we put so much stock in Japan sales? They clearly perfer mobile/handheld games.

I'm a sucker for anything that is based on historical Japan (GoT, Sekiro,