Period: The week of September 1st – September 7th (2014)
Top-seller: Yo-kai Watch 2: Head/Founder (3DS) – 63,401
Nintendo 3DS sales: 5,931 | Total sales: 9,588,880
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 23,624 | Total sales: 6,529,961
PlayStation Vita sales: 14,441 | Total sales: 3,091,767
Vita TV sales: 910 | Total sales: 136,636
Wii U sales: 7,349 | Total sales: 1,914,829
PlayStation 4 sales: 7,299 | Total sales: 685,484
Xbox One sales: 25,674 | Total sales: 25,674
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Last week saw the release of the cloud-streaming Nintendo 3DS version of Dragon Quest X in Japan, which sold 52,375 at launch. As reported last night, the game was sold out in its first week, which isn’t surprising, considering Square Enix appear to have been conservative with their first shipment.
Unfortunately, it looks as though we won’t get to see just how successful Dragon Quest X on 3DS could have been in the near future, as Square Enix halted shipments of the game this week, due to technical issues. Perhaps future reports from the company will indicate how the 3DS version has performed.
Also released in Japan last week was the Xbox One and a bunch of games. The console itself sold 25,674 units in its first week. Considering that Microsoft consoles have historically been niche products in Japan, this isn’t very surprising, especially since the Xbox One launch didn’t include any software that could be considered popular in Japan.
Next week: Come back to see how Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS did. The game launches in Japan this Saturday, and it should be interesting to see how the very first portable iteration of the series does.
The top-20 software sales chart for last week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 03. | 01. | Yo-kai Watch 2: Head/Founder | 63,401 | 2,422,146 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| New | 02. | Dragon Quest X | 52,375 | New | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 02. | 03. | Toukiden Extreme | 26,599 | 105,983 | PSV | Koei Tecmo |
| 04. | 04. | Love Live! School Idol Paradise Vol.1 / Vol. 2/ Vol. 3 | 12,856 | 72,566 | PSV | Kadokawa |
| 01. | 05. | Persona 4 Arena Ultimax | 12,004 | 101,472 | PS3 | Atlus |
| New | 06. | Samurai Warriors 4 | 11,757 | New | PS4 | Koei Tecmo |
| New | 07. | Titanfall | 8,961 | New | XBO | Microsoft |
| 08. | 08. | Mario Kart 8 | 8,221 | 659,079 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 06. | 09. | Medabots 8: Kabuto / Kuwagata | 8,214 | 41,540 | 3DS | Rocket Company |
| New | 10. | Dead Rising 3 | 7,786 | New | XBO | Microsoft |
| 11. | 11. | Yoshi’s New Island | 6,919 | 173,980 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 12. | Forza Motorsport 5 | 5,948 | New | XBO | Microsoft |
| 09. | 13. | Toukiden Extreme | 5,802 | 16,828 | PSP | Koei Tecmo |
| 15. | 14. | Yo-kai Watch | 5,700 | 1,264,844 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| New | 15. | Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 | 5,222 | New | PS3 | Konami |
| 11. | 16. | Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 | 5,009 | 133,059 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 14. | 17. | Hyrule Warriors | 4,933 | 96,812 | WiiU | Koei Tecmo |
| 12. | 18. | The Last of Us Remastered | 4,898 | 44,266 | PS4 | Sony |
| 16. | 19. | Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Great Space-Time Adventure | 4,749 | 157,369 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 07. | 20. | Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Masou Kishin F – Coffin of the End | 4,437 | 33,245 | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
Published: Sep 10, 2014 01:00 pm