Pikmin 4 Sells Over 115,000 Units in Japan in its Second Week

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It's almost a guarantee that if you sell a limited collector's edition for any game now, it'll end up on the internet at extortionate prices thanks to scalpers. Baldur's Gate 3 is no different.

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Following Baldur's Gate 3's wildly successful PC launch and a few bug-squashing hotfixes, Larian CEO Swen Vincke says that the D&D RPG will get one more hotfix (there have been three so far) before its first big patch, which will include "+1,000 fixes and tweaks." That patch will then be followed by—and you might've been able to guess this—another patch, one which'll start to respond to player suggestions.

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While Falcom’s Ys 10: Nordics is coming to Japan next month, its Western release is still up in the air. Fortunately, Clouded Leopard Entertainment has confirmed Korean and Traditional Chinese subtitles, so those regions will experience the action RPG in September. In the meantime, check out the latest trailer, highlighting some new combat mechanics.

Upon its launch a couple of weeks ago, Pikmin 4 dominated the weekly Japan physical sales charts with over 400,000 units sold at retail, and followed that up with over 115,000 units sold in its second week. As per the newest data released by Famitsu, it has topped those charts yet again, making it three weeks in a row for the strategy title, selling over 78,000 units during the week (with lifetime physical sales in Japan climbing to nearly 600,000 units).

Shares in Japan's Sony fell 6 percent in Tokyo trade after first-quarter profit tumbled, with the entertainment conglomerate reporting lacklustre performances by its movie and financial divisions.