Period: The week of August 18th – August 24th (2014)
Top-seller: Yo-kai Watch 2 (3DS) – 77,465
Nintendo 3DS sales: 6,914 | Total sales: 9,582,949
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 28,788 | Total sales: 6,476,226
PlayStation Vita sales: 15,309 | Total sales: 3,057,748
Vita TV sales: 1,118 | 134,570
Wii U sales: 8,985 | Total sales: 1,898,896
PlayStation 4 sales: 5,923 | 671,683
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Last week saw a fair few new releases in Japan, but none of them performed spectacularly well. The Last of Us Remastered made its debut on PS4 and sold 30,587 copies in its first week. Meanwhile, Bullet Girls on the Vita sold 29,690 copies.
Also out last week were two versions of Diablo III: Reaper of Souls—one for PlayStation 3 and one for PlayStation 4, selling a combined total of 33,648 copies. Both versions of the game were published by Square Enix under their “Extreme Edges” label, which is used for Western games such as Call of Duty.
Meanwhile, coming out of Obon week, hardware and software sales across the board took a dive. This is most evident in the case of Yo-kai Watch 2, which fell from 118,526 copies the week prior to 77,465 copies. That said, I doubt Level 5 have any reason to complain—the game is already at 2.28 million copies sold at retail.
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 | 77,465 | 2,289,983 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| New | 02. | The Last of Us Remastered | 30,587 | New | PS4 | Sony |
| New | 03. | Bullet Girls | 29,690 | New | PSV | D3 Publisher |
| New | 04. | Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition | 17,832 | New | PS4 | Square Enix |
| New | 05. | Diablo III: Reaper of Souls Ultimate Evil Edition | 15,816 | New | PS3 | Square Enix |
| 02. | 06. | Hyrule Warriors | 15,142 | 84,232 | WiiU | Koei Tecmo |
| 03. | 07. | Yoshi’s New Island | 12,931 | 157,092 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 04. | 08. | Mario Kart 8 | 12,075 | 639,710 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 05. | 09. | Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 2 | 10,831 | 119,689 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 07. | 10. | Ultra Street Fighter IV | 7,928 | 61,859 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 08. | 11. | Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Great Space-Time Adventure | 7,246 | 145,967 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 09. | 12. | Yo-kai Watch | 7,189 | 1,252,231 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 06. | 13. | Monster Hunter Frontier G (Beginner’s Package) | 5,183 | 26,352 | PSV | Capcom |
| New | 14. | Chaos;Head Dual | 4,662 | New | PSV | 5pb. |
| 13. | 15. | Pokémon X and Y | 4,255 | 4,132,144 | 3DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 12. | 16. | Grand Theft Auto V (Bargain Edition) | 3,938 | 49,220 | PS3 | Take 2 |
| 10. | 17. | Senran Kagura 2: Deep Crimson | 3,829 | 59,948 | 3DS | Marvelous |
| 14. | 18. | Mario Kart 7 | 3,376 | 2,371,488 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 18. | 19. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 3,367 | 3,778,065 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 20. | 20. | Monster Hunter 4 | 3,321 | 3,330,825 | 3DS | Capcom |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
Published: Aug 27, 2014 12:56 pm