Period: The week of July 22nd – July 27th (2014)
Top-seller: Yo-kai Watch 2 (3DS) – 180,880
Nintendo 3DS sales: 6,656 | Total sales: 9,551,714
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 31,789 | Total sales: 6,340,161
PlayStation Vita sales: 21,875 | Total sales: 2,987,351
Vita TV sales: 1,767 | 129,111
Wii U sales: 9,429 | Total sales: 1,848,506
PlayStation 4 sales: 5,581 | 647,682
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On July 24th, Nintendo released Yoshi’s New Island for the Nintendo 3DS in Japan. The game sold just 58,285 copies in its first week. By comparison, 2007’s Yoshi’s Island DS sold 303,114 copies at launch. That’s quite the difference.
So, did the new game flop? I’m not sure. Yoshi’s New Island is actually part of Nintendo’s “Monthly Recommended Software Campaign” for the 3DS. Anyone that buys a brand new 3DS between July 24th and August 31st can download the game for free. Naturally, that affected sales to some extent, but without a shipment number, it’s hard to say just how much.
Meanwhile, 5pb published Corpse Party: Blood Drive for the PS Vita. The game sold 13,688 copies, which is in line with the launch sales of previous games in the series. Below is a look at how those games—all of which were on PSP—performed:
(2010) Corpse Party – 13,566
(2011) Corpse Party: Book of Shadows – 15,249
(2012) Sachiko’s Game of Love – Hysteric Birthday 2U – 7,301
(That last one is something of a spin-off, hence the lower sales.)
Also released last week was Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late for PlayStation 3. Arc System Works published the game, and it sold 9,171 copes in its first week.
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: Head/Founder | 180,880 | 1,829,533 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| New | 02. | Yoshi’s New Island | 58,285 | New | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 05. | 03. | Mario Kart 8 | 18,129 | 560,487 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 02. | 04. | Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines | 17,690 | 111,465 | PSV | Sony |
| New | 05. | Tokyo New World Record: Operation Abyss | 15,242 | New | PSV | 5pb. |
| New | 06. | Corpse Party: Blood Drive | 13,688 | New | PSV | 5pb. |
| 06. | 07. | Yo-kai Watch | 10,620 | 1,218,698 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| New | 08. | Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late | 9,171 | New | PS3 | Arc System Works |
| 08. | 09. | Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Great Space-Time Adventure | 9,080 | 110,558 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 03. | 10. | Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea | 7,432 | 51,177 | PS3 | Gust |
| 04. | 11. | Gundam TriAge SP | 7,110 | 28,634 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 09. | 12. | Pokémon Art Academy | 5,768 | 75,404 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 07. | 13. | Freedom Wars | 5,344 | 267,771 | PSV | Sony |
| 12. | 14. | Pokémon X and Y | 5,089 | 4,112,000 | 3DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 11. | 15. | Grand Theft Auto V (Bargain Edition) | 5,026 | 28,685 | PS3 | Take Two |
| 15. | 16. | Monster Hunter 4 | 4,591 | 3,316,196 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 10. | 17. | Watch Dogs | 3,684 | 63,269 | PS3 | Ubisoft |
| 14. | 18. | FIFA 14: World Class Soccer | 3,587 | 71,128 | PS4 | Electronic Arts |
| 22. | 19. | Mario Kart 7 | 3,346 | 2,355,647 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 23. | 20. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 3,068 | 3,764,042 | 3DS | Nintendo |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
Published: Jul 30, 2014 11:01 am