Software Sales
| 01./01. | [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 473.151 / 2.339.721 (-75%) |
| 02./03. | [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # <ACT> (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 104.394 / 2.757.217 (-5%) |
| 03./02. | [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) – 88.219 / 448.334 (-76%) |
| 04./00. | [3DS] Sentouchu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) – 44.565 / NEW |
| 05./00. | [PS3] Saint Seiya: Brave Soldiers # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥7.480) – 29.314 / NEW |
| 06./00. | [PS3] FIFA 14 # <SPT> (Electronic Arts) {2013.10.17} (¥7.665) – 26.170 / NEW |
| 07./00. | [PS3] Beyond: Two Souls <ADV> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.10.17} (¥5.980) – 22.481 / NEW |
| 08./06. | [PS3] Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club! <SLG> (Sega) {2013.10.10} (¥8.379) – 11.819 / 85.515 (-84%) |
| 09./04. | [PS3] Tales of Symphonia Chronicles <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.10} (¥6.980) – 11.221 / 88.450 (-85%) |
| 10./05. | [PSV] Danganronpa 1 & 2: Reload <ADV> (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.10.10} (¥5.229) – 9.532 / 85.704 (-87%) |
| 11./11. | [3DS] Tomodachi Collection: New Life # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 7.928 / 1.474.096 (+3%) |
| 12./00. | [PSP] J-League Pro Soccer Club! 8: Euro + <SPT> (Sega) {2013.10.17} (¥5.229) – 7.024 / NEW |
| 13./13. | [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 6.937 / 3.445.311 (+2%) |
| 14./07. | [PS3] Fairy Fencer F # <RPG> (Compile Heart) {2013.10.10} (¥7.329) – 6.167 / 46.833 (-85%) |
| 15./08. | [PSV] Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club! <SLG> (Sega) {2013.10.10} (¥7.329) – 5.879 / 39.778 (-83%) |
| 16./10. | [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.09.26} (¥6.615) – 5.600 / 121.655 (-49%) |
| 17./17. | [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life # <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.01} (¥5.480) – 5.451 / 296.178 (+1%) |
| 18./16. | [3DS] Youkai Watch <RPG> (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 4.552 / 204.892 (-18%) |
| 19./19. | [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team # <RPG> (Nintendo) {2013.07.18} (¥4.800) – 4.020 / 332.884 (-14%) |
| 20./22. | [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) – 3.896 / 918.767 |
Hardware Sales
| 3DS | 154.578 |
| PS Vita | 25.763 |
| PS3 | 11.643 |
| PSP | 3.651 |
| Wii U | 2.999 |
| Wii | 806 |
| Xbox 360 | 539 |
Well, it didn’t take too long for the Vita sales to drop again. As I said in last week’s Media Create post, neither the PCH-2000 nor Danganronpa 1 & 2 Reload have the legs to keep the Vita hardware numbers high for long. But there is still hope. While remakes don’t necessarily stay on for long, they do give a boost to sales. And if Tearaway can win buyers over, that will be a major win for Sony’s second handheld.
Speaking of consoles looking to make an impact, the Wii U continues to free fall, going below 3,000 units sold this past week. However, that should change some with the releases of three major Wii series games in the next two weeks: Wii Sports Club (10/30), Wii Party U (10/31), and Wii Fit U (10/31); all three coming off games that sold at least 3 million in the region. We’ll be able to see numbers on the software side for Wii Party U since it will be the only game that has had a physical release from the beginning. Wii Sports Club will be digital only. And while Wii Fit U will have a physical version, it will be digital-only in the region until February 2014.
Also, Sonic Lost World will release tomorrow in the region. However, since Japan hasn’t historically taken to the blue hedgehog, I don’t expect much from it.
At the top of the charts, Pokemon X & Y continue to sell, joining Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Mario Kart 7, New Super Mario Bros. 2, and Monster Hunter 4 in Japan’s 2 million club for 3DS. It will be interesting to see which gets to 3 million first between X & Y and second place Monster Hunter 4, which sold another 100,000 units this past week to move within 250,000 of the mark.
As for the rest of the chart, it was a fairly rough week for anything not named Pokemon, Monster Hunter, or Grand Theft Auto. The top new game this week, Sentouchu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle!, sold under 45,000 units. Fairy Fencer F, one of the games we’re hoping to get a localization for, dropped 85% to sell just above 6,000 units. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon needed only 3,896 to claim the 20th spot. And except for a couple of games here and there, most everything was down.
