Japanese Sales Chart: Yokai Watch 2 on top during slow sales week (Week Ending January 11, 2015)
The latest sales data from Japan is in, and this week we see a dramatic drop in sales across the board, particularly in hardware.
The 3DS is still the number one selling device, despite selling less than half as many units as the previous week. Wii U sales also dropped dramatically from 30,000 to 10,000 to come in at fifth place again.
In software, little has change in terms of the top twenty, despite lower numbers, with the 3DS again selling more titles than other platforms, including the top four best-sellers: Yokai Watch 2, Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire, Super Smash Bros., and Monster Hunter 4.
The Wii U is only represented by two titles this week, with Super Smash Bros. and Mario Kart 8 coming into the top ten at five and nine, respectively. Captain Toad has dipped out of the top twenty this week.
Check out the full list below and let us know your thoughts on the post-holiday sales numbers.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 74,998 (2,322,127)
- [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 38,420 (2,432,659)
- [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 23,667 (2,096,515)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 21,453 (2,412,467)
- [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 18,884 (548,128)
- [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 10,281 (3,074,502)
- [PSV] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco, 12/18/14) – 9,460 (111,229)
- [PS4] Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games, 12/11/14) – 9,211 (144,876)
- [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 8,884 (889,064)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 7,991 (3,893,111)
- [PS3] Gundam Breaker 2 (Bandai Namco, 12/18/14) – 6,640 (111,050)
- [3DS] Final Fantasy Explorers (Square Enix, 12/18/14) – 5,007 (238,804)
- [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 4,691 (2,454,992)
- [3DS] Gotouchi Tetsudou: Gotouchi Chara to Nihon Zenkoku no Tabi (Bandai Namco, 11/27/14) – 4,687 (65,671)
- [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V Budget Version (Rockstar Games, 06/26/14) – 4,641 (107,614)
- [3DS] Aikatsu! 365-Hi no Idol Days (Bandai Namco, 12/04/14) – 4,067 (100,468)
- [3DS] Sumikkogurashi koko ga Ochitsukun desu (Nihon Colombia, 11/20/14) – 4,052 (90,569)
- [PS3] Shining Resonance (Sega, 12/11/14) – 4,021 (106,389)
- [3DS] Attack on Titan: The Last Wings of Mankind CHAIN (Spike Chunsoft, 12/04/14) – 3,860 (73,879)
- [3DS] Sentouchu Densetsu no Shinobi to Survival Battle (Bandai Namco, 10/17/13) – 3,764 (347,793)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- New 3DS LL – 30,455 (76,439)
- PlayStation Vita – 21,536 (56,700)
- PlayStation 4 – 19,118 (42,216)
- New 3DS – 14,226 (40,338)
- Wii U – 10,803 (30,031)
- PlayStation 3 – 8,216 (17,867)
- 3DS – 6,685 (17,293)
- 3DS LL – 6,308 (19,096)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 791 (1,305)
- Xbox One – 563 (637)
Source: Gematsu