We all hear about the globalised nature of video games, they’re becoming the number one past time for so many and have penetrated just about every culture. And while this can be said for the consoles, the same can’t be said for the games, with sales figures changing depending on the region they’re sold in.

In the same way FIFA sells better in Europe, and Call of Duty tops sales in North America, Japanese focussed games top their own sales charts.

Kan Colle Kai (Vita) and Attack on Titan (on both PS4 and Vita) have sold through 250 000 units together, keeping Street Fighter V out of the top three for the week ending 21st February.

You’ll be hard pressed to find many games at all in the top 20 coming from outside of Japan, Minecraft: PS Vita Edition being the sole Western title.

Other notable placements include Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (3DS) at number 5, Splatoon at 11 and Dragon Quest Builders (PS3) at 17.

Hardware sales are less surprising, and pretty much represent what we would have expected from sales numbers in any other territory.

PlayStation 4 holds the top spot again, selling just shy of 30 000 units in a single week, while PS Vita takes number 2 (!) at 22 000.

Nintendo hold spots 3 though 6 with New 3DS XL, New 3DS, Wii U and 3DS respectively.

Right down the bottom is Microsoft’s Xbox One, at 162.

The struggling console, dubbed by its critics as the ‘America Box’ has had a troubled time since launching in PlayStation’s homeland. The 360 faired just as poorly throughout its entire life cycle, despite attempts to get a foot hold including developing 360 exclusive JRPG’s.

It’s always interesting to see sales numbers for different regions, especially ones outside of your own. They give an insight into what gamers in that region enjoy, as well as an understanding of what will sell well there.

From these numbers for example, we can assume that RPG’s and Dynasty Warriors style games will sell better here than elsewhere, with PlayStation console exclusivity not hindering sales performance in any real way.

It’s also nice to see the Vita getting up there, while it seems to be fading into obscurity here in the West, it is still thriving in the country that gave birth to it.

[Thanks to Gematsu for the figures (LINK)]