By Period: The week of June 30th – July 6th (2014)
Top-seller: Freedom Wars (PSV) – 43,160
Nintendo 3DS sales: 5,424 | Total sales: 9,532,448
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 21,914 | Total sales: 6,221,649
PlayStation Vita sales: 18,438 | Total sales: 2,899,217
Vita TV sales: 2,217 | 123,292
Wii U sales: 9,961 | Total sales: 1,822,210
PlayStation 4 sales: 7,876 | 628,495
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Last week saw no notable videogame releases in Japan. The only new release to appear in the top-20 software sales chart was the PlayStation 4 port of Akiba’s Trip, which sold 3,602 copies.
At the very top of the charts was Freedom Wars, which maintained its lead for a second week in a row, followed by Yo-Kai Watch at the #2 position. At #3 was Bandai Namco’s new Taiko Drum Master game, which we’ll likely see sticking around for at least a few weeks, given how successful the series has been in the past.
On the subject of Yo-Kai Watch, a sequel to the 3DS RPG, Yo-Kai Watch 2, will be released in Japan this week, and we’ll opening sales figures for the game in next week’s sales column. Since the release of the first game, Yo-Kai Watch has grown to become one of Japan’s biggest videogame franchises in recent memory, so it should be interesting to see what kind of numbers Yo-Kai Watch 2 debuts at.
The top-20 software sales chart for last week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 01. | 01. | Freedom Wars | 43,160 | 232,048 | PSV | Sony |
| 07. | 02. | Yo-kai Watch | 28,933 | 1,176,134 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 04. | 03. | Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Great Space-Time Adventure | 24,412 | 77,508 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 03. | 04. | Mario Kart 8 | 19.386 | 512,223 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 02. | 05. | Watch Dogs | 12,783 | 76,378 | PS4 | Ubisoft |
| 06. | 06. | Watch Dogs | 12,656 | 43,684 | PS3 | Ubisoft |
| 03. | 07. | Kamen Rider: Battride War II | 10,651 | 73,300 | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
| 09. | 08. | Pokémon Art Academy | 10,003 | 56,456 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 10. | 09. | Pro Evolution Soccer 2014: Challenge of the Blue Samurai | 7,607 | 144,500 | PS3 | Konami |
| 15. | 10. | Grand Theft Auto V (Bargain Edition) | 5,717 | 12,448 | PS3 | Take Two |
| 17. | 11. | Pro Evolution Soccer 2014: Challenge of the Blue Samurai | 5,703 | 62,446 | 3DS | Konami |
| 16. | 12. | FIFA14: World Class Soccer | 5,065 | 58,878 | PS4 | Electronic Arts |
| 12. | 13. | Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth | 4,996 | 242,375 | 3DS | Atlus |
| 19. | 14. | Pokémon X and Y | 4,595 | 4,097,248 | 3DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 11. | 15. | Date A Live: Arusu Install | 4,383 | 14,086 | PS3 | Compile Heart |
| 05. | 16. | Girls und Panzer: I Will Master Tankery! | 4,016 | 35,542 | PSV | Bandai Namco |
| New | 17. | Akiba’s Trip 2 | 3,602 | New | PS4 | Acquire |
| 20. | 18. | Monster Hunter 4 | 3,327 | 3,304,016 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 23. | 19. | Mario Party: Island Tour | 3,305 | 404,211 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 22. | 20. | Mario Kart 7 | 3,214 | 2,346,622 | 3DS | Nintendo |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
