Period: The week of January 5th – January 11th (2015)
Top-seller: Yo-kai Watch 2: Headliner (3DS) – 74,998
Nintendo 3DS sales: 6,685 | Tot. sales: 9,793,436
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 6,308 | Tot. sales: 6,858,027
New Nintendo 3DS sales: 14,226 | Tot. sales: 423,870
New Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 30,455 | Tot. sales: 973,952
PlayStation Vita sales: 21,536 | Tot. sales: 3,451,950
Vita TV sales: 791 | Tot. sales: 152,309
Wii U sales: 10,803 | Tot. sales: 2,184,414
PlayStation 4 sales: 19,118 | Tot. sales: 1,032,001
Xbox One sales: 563 | Tot. sales: 44,467
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Now that the holidays are over and the Japanese population is back at work and school, videogame sales in the country have slowed. Just as they do every year, sales plummeted during the second week of 2015, with the highest-selling game (Yo-kai Watch 2) selling just 75,000 copies.
While that’s bad news for Japan, it’s good news (sort of) for us, since the top-20 software sales chart for the week saw the return of some older games, and we now know how they’ve been faring since their release. Of particular note is Sentouchuu: Survival Battle with the Legendary Ninjas from Bandai Namco. The game was released in October 2013 and sold less than 45,000 copies sold in its first week. Now, just over a year later, it has sold 350,000 copies, mirroring the success of its predecessor.
Meanwhile, we now know the budget-priced re-release of Grand Theft Auto V on PS3 has sold over 100,000 copies. Considering the original release has sold over 650,000 copies on PlayStation 3, that’s a rather impressive performance for the budget version. Additionally, GTAV has sold another 145,000 copies on PlayStation 4.
The top-20 software sales chart for last week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 01. | 01. | Yo-kai Watch 2: Headliner | 74,998 | 2,322,127 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 02. | 02. | Pokémon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire | 38,420 | 2,432,659 | 3DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 03. | 03. | Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS | 23,667 | 2,096,515 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 05. | 04. | Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate | 21,453 | 2,412,467 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 04. | 05. | Super Smash Bros. for Wii U | 18,884 | 548,128 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 07. | 06. | Yo-kai Watch 2: Head/Founder | 10,281 | 3,074,502 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 09. | 07. | Gundam Breaker 2 | 9,460 | 111,229 | PSV | Bandai Namco |
| 10. | 08. | Grand Theft Auto V | 9,211 | 144,876 | PS4 | Take 2 |
| 06. | 09. | Mario Kart 8 | 8,884 | 889,064 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 11. | 10. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 7,991 | 3,893,111 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 12. | 11. | Gundam Breaker 2 | 6,640 | 111,050 | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
| 08. | 12. | Final Fantasy Explorers | 5,007 | 238,804 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 14. | 13. | Mario Kart 7 | 4,691 | 2,454,992 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 13. | 14. | Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi | 4,687 | 65,671 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 31. | 15. | Grand Theft Auto V (Budget Price) | 4,641 | 107,614 | PS3 | Take 2 |
| 17. | 16. | Aikatsu! 365 Idol Days | 4,067 | 100,468 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 15. | 17. | Sumikko Gurashi: Koko Ga Ochitsukundesu | 4,052 | 90,569 | 3DS | Nippon Columbia |
| 21. | 18. | Shining Resonance | 4,021 | 106,389 | PS3 | Sega |
| 16. | 19. | Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Humanity CHAIN | 3,860 | 73,879 | 3DS | Spike Chunsoft |
| ??? | 20. | Sentouchuu: Survival Battle with the Legendary Ninjas | 3,764 | 347,793 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
Published: Jan 14, 2015 11:32 am