BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Debuts with 16k Copies Sold in Japan

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BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle was released in Japan last week on May 31, 2018, and sales tracker Media Create reports that 15,967 copies were sold in total for the cross-over, tag-based fighting game.

BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Sales

  1. [PS4] BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle {2018-05-31} — 11,696 / NEW
  2. [NSW] BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle {2018-05-31} — 4,271 / NEW

Representative Series’ Sales Comparison

Below is a comparison to the Japanese opening sales (followed by lifetime sales) of some of the previous games in the franchises involved in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle.

*BBTAG sales numbers are from Media Create, the rest are from the Famitsu sales tracker.

  1. [PS3 + 360] Persona 4 Arena {2012-07-26} —138,286 / 204,617
  2. [PS3] Persona 4 Arena Ultimax {2014-08-28} — 89,468 / 120,109
  3. [PS3] BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma {2013-10-24} — 85,285 / 120,410
  4. [PS4 + PS3] BlazBlue: Central Fiction {2016-10-06} — 44,514 / 71,536
  5. [PS4 + NSW] BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle {2018-05-31} — 15,967 / NEW
  6. [PS3] Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late {2014-07-24} — 10,934 / 20,983
  7. [PS4] Under Night In-Birth Exe:Latest {2017-07-20} — 7,831 / 15,232

This Week’s Software Sales

The top selling games in Japan from May 28 to June 3, 2018, via Media Create.

  1. [PS4] Dark Souls Remastered (From Software) {2018-05-24} – 19,870 / 91,608
  2. [PS4] Detroit: Become Human (Sony Interactive Entertainment) {2018-05-25} (¥6.900) – 16,932 / 56,480
  3. [NSW] Splatoon 2 (Nintendo) {2017-07-21} – 14,317 / 2,350,839
  4. [PS4] BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works) {2018-05-31} – 11,696 / NEW 
  5. [NSW] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) {2018-05-03} – 11,534 / 154,571
  6. [NSW] Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Nintendo) {2017-04-28} – 10,656 / 1,562,148
  7. [PS4] Full Metal Panic! Fight: Who Dares Wins (Bandai Namco Games) {2018-05-31} – 10,520 / NEW 
  8. [NSW] Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo) {2018-03-16} – 8,655 / 517,963
  9. [NSW] The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Nintendo) {2017,03,03} – 6,722 / 1,004,689
  10. [PS4] Liar Princess and the Blind Prince (Nippon Ichi Software) {2018-05-31} – 6,487 / NEW 
  11. [NSW] Liar Princess and the Blind Prince (Nippon Ichi Software) {2018-05-31} – 6,412 / NEW 
  12. [NSW] Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit (Nintendo) {2018-04-20} – 6,271 / 180,391
  13. [PS4] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 (Konami) {2018-04-26} – 5,140 / 201,702
  14. [NSW] Super Mario Odyssey (Nintendo) {2017-10-27} – 4,964 / 1,735,133
  15. [PSV] Liar Princess and the Blind Prince (Nippon Ichi Software) {2018-05-31} – 4,519 / NEW 
  16. [PS4] Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1+ # (Compile Heart) {2018-05-31} – 4,367 / NEW 
  17. [NSW] BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle (Arc System Works) {2018-05-31} – 4,271 / NEW
  18. [3DS] Pokemon Ultra Sun / Ultra Moon (Pokemon Co.) {2017-11-17} – 3,438 / 1,641,634
  19. [NSW] Shantae: Half-Genie Hero – Ultimate Edition (Oizumi Amuzio) {2018-05-31} – 3,303 / NEW
  20. [NSW] The Snack World: TreJarers Gold (Level 5) {2018-04-12} – 2,946 / 88,623

BlazBlue Cross Tag Battle was released for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and PC in Japan on May 31, 2018, and in North America on June 5, 2018.

— ResetEra, 4Gamer