Japanese Sales Charts: Yoshi’s New Island Debuts at Number 2 (Week Ending July 27, 2014)
Japan’s sales data for last week is in, and Nintendo’s 3DS continues to dominate the software and hardware charts.
This week saw the release of Yoshi’s New Island, some four months after it was released in the West. Coming in at number two in the software charts with almost 60,000 sales, it was’t nearly enough to beat continuing 3DS best-seller, Yokai Watch 2 from Level 5, with another 180,000 sales tallied.
The Wii U returned to having a sole title in the top 20, with the little game that could, Mario Kart 8, strengthening its sales to bump back up to number three, selling about 20% more than last week’s 15,000.
In hardware, Nintendo’s systems actually rose in sales, albeit slightly, which contrasted with every other console’s continued decline in numbers. The positions remain the same, with the 3DS on top and the Wii U at number three.
So overall, a seemingly positive week for the Big N in homeland Japan. Check out the full list below and let us know your thoughts in the comments section.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke (Level-5, 07/10/14) – 180,880 (1,829,533)
- [3DS] Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo, 07/24/14) – 58,285 (New)
- [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 18,129 (560,487)
- [PSV] Oreshika: Tainted Bloodblines (SCEJ, 07/17/14) – 17,690 (111,465)
- [PSV] Tokyo New World Record: Operation Abyss (5pb., 07/24/14) – 15,242 (New)
- [PSV] Corpse Party: Blood Drive (5pb., 07/24/14) – 13,688 (New)
- [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) – 10,620 (1,218,698)
- [PS3] Under Nigh In-Birth Exe:Late (Arc System Works, 07/24/14) – 9,171 (New)
- [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) – 9,080 (110,558)
- [PS3] Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea (Gust, 07/17/14) – 7,432 (51,177)
- [3DS] Gundam Try Age SP (Bandai Namco, 07/17/14) – 7,110 (28,634)
- [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy (Nintendo, 06/19/14) – 5,768 (75,404)
- [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, 06/26/14) – 5,344 (267,771)
- [3DS] Pokemon X / Y (Pokemon, 10/12/13) – 5,089 (4,112,000)
- [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V Low Price Version (06/26/14) – 5,026 (28,685)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom, 09/14/13) – 4,591 (3,316,196)
- [PS3] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 06/26/14) – 3,684 (63,269)
- [PS4] FIFA 14 (EA, 02/22/14) – 3,587 (71,128)
- [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 3,346 (2,355,647)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 3,068 (3,764,042)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- 3DS LL – 31,789 (31,192)
- PlayStation Vita – 21,875 (27,352)
- Wii U – 9,429 (8,209)
- PlayStation 3 – 7,175 (7,389)
- 3DS – 6,656 (6,185)
- PlayStation 4 – 5,581 (6,456)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 1,767 (2,249)
- PSP – 489 (556)
- Xbox 360 – 122 (129)
Source: Gematsu