Monster Hunter: World Tops List of Best-Selling Physical PS4 Games in Japan Since 2014

We recently reported that Capcom’s Monster Hunter: World was the best-selling PlayStation 4 game in Japan in 2018. However, a new list of top 50 best-sellers shared by Famitsu reveals that Monster Hunter: World is also the highest-selling game at Japanese retail since 2014, when the PS4 launched in the country.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age and Final Fantasy XV claimed second and third positions, respectively, followed by the recently released Kingdom Hearts III. Rounding up the top five is Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4.

Japan’s top 50 boxed best-sellers since 2014 are as follows:

1. Monster Hunter: World
2. Dragon Quest XI
3. Final Fantasy XV
4. Kingdom Hearts III
5. Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
6. Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
7. NieR: Automata
8. Knack
9. Persona 5
10. Call of Duty: WWII
11. Grand Theft Auto V (price revised edition)
12. Call of Duty: Black Ops III
13. Minecraft
14. Yakuza 6
15. Resident Evil 7
16. Dark Souls III
17. Dragon Quest Heroes
18. Resident Evil 2
19. Marvel’s Spider-Man
20. Dragon Quest Heroes 2
21. Battlefield 1
22. Judgment
23. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 Remix
24. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018
25. Rainbow Six Siege
26. Earth Defense Force 5
27. Gran Turismo Sport
28. Tales of Berseria
29. Fallout 4
30. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
31. Dragon Quest Builders 2
32. Dragon Quest Builders
33. Red Dead Redemption 2
34. Bloodborne
35. Horizon Zero Dawn
36. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016
37. Star Wars Battlefront
38. Yakuza Kiwami 2
39. Grand Theft Auto V
40. Ghost Recon: Wildlands
41. God Eater 3
42. Ace Combat 7
43. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
44. Uncharted 4
45. Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise
46. Dynasty Warriors 9
47. Gundam Versus
48. Everybody’s Golf
49. Winning Eleven 2018
50. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Any surprises for our readers in this list?

[Source: Famitsu via Reddit]