Palworld tops PS5 download rankings in Japan 

Sony recently revealed the download rankings for its Japanese PlayStation Store for October 2024. The rankings include five lists, one for each of the PlayStation’s currently available online platforms (the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, PlayStation VR2, and a separate list for free-to-play titles). Sony also listed the October rankings for the United States and Canada to show how different titles fared in each country. 

Palword and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 are October’s most downloaded PlayStation 5 titles 

At the top of Japan’s most downloaded PlayStation 5 titles sits Pocketpair’s Palword which, despite the Nintendo lawsuit, has been doing well since its October 4 launch in Japan. Coming in second place is Spike Chunsoft’s Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero.  

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 reigns supreme as the United States and Canada’s most downloaded PlayStation 5 title, and Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero also takes the second place in these countries. Bandai Namco recently revealed that 90% of Sparking Zero’s sales have been from the US and Europe, so the high placement doesn’t come as a big surprise. 

Monster Hunter World and Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 are the top PlayStation 4 digital titles 

Following the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, it looks as though PlayStation 4 owners in Japan are sharpening their skills in Capcom’s Monster Hunter World. This increase in players could also be attributed to Japanese Vtubers such as Usada Pekora, Houshou Marine, and Sakura Miko playing the game.  

Those who aren’t carving monsters are instead playing Square Enix’s Romancing SaGa: Revenge of the Fallen – a 3D remake of a beloved classic RPG – which takes the second spot as the second most downloaded PlayStation 4 title in Japan. 

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6’s availability on last-generation platforms earns it the top spot as the United States and Canada’s most downloaded PlayStation 4 game. Minecraft’s endless creative possibilities allow the game to nab second place despite being thirteen years old. 

PlayStation VR and VR2 are homes to many sword, wand, and gun-toting titles 

The most downloaded titles for the PlayStation VR2 and VR2 share various similarities. Beat Games’ Beat Saber continues to take top spots for the most downloaded digital PlayStation VR2 games in all three countries, with the lightsaber rhythm game being number 1 in Japan and number 2 in the United States and Canada. Taking the second spot in Japan is Into the Radius – a single-player survival shooter developed by CM Games set in a dystopian location known as the Pechorsk Anomaly Zone. Beating out Beat Saber in the United States and Canada is the Vertigo Games’ light-hearted Arizona Sunshine Remake, which has you killing zombies in a postapocalyptic America. 

The PlayStation VR continues to draw in players eight years after its initial launch, with Square Enix RPG Kai-ri-Sei Million Arthur VR taking the top spot in Japan and platformer Sony’s Astro Bot Rescue Mission nabbing first place in the United States and Canada. The popularity of Bethesda Game Studios’ worlds hasn’t waned, considering enough people are playing the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR for the game to warrant second place in all three countries. 

Free-to-play titles remain lucrative on Sony’s consoles 

NC Soft’s MMORPG Throne and Liberty rounds out Sony’s lists as the most downloaded free-to-play title on the PlayStation Store in Japan, the United States, and Canada. Things shake up in second place, as MiHoYo’s Genshin Impact is more popular in Japan while Epic Games’ Fortnite remains a mainstay in the United States and Canada. 

Some of the placement of these titles could change or stay the same once the November rankings come out. No matter the rankings, it’s safe to say that Sony’s PlayStation Store has some fun and interesting titles no matter which country you’re in.