This week’s Japanese charts are now in courtesy of Media Create. Mario Kart 8 slips down into second place with a further 73k copies sold as Persona Q launches with a fantastic 186k sold this week and takes the number one spot. New 3DS title Card Fight!! Vanguard Lock-On Victory!! also comes in with reasonable sales of 32k, while newly released Wolfenstein for PlayStation 3 trails with sales of 4k.
In terms of hardware, the 3DS rockets well into the lead with 36k of combined sales due to Persona Q’s launch, while the Wii U drops from Mario Kart 8 launch week’s 19k to 13,766 units sold. Here’s the top 20 software chart, followed by hardware.
- [3DS] Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth – 186,856 (New)
- [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 – 73,051 (398,943)
- [3DS] Yokai Watch – 33,380 (1,054,257)
- [3DS] Card Fight!! Vanguard Lock-On Victory!! – 32,253 (New)
- [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen – 19,941 (83,003)
- [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Side Stories – 8,390 (90,438)
- [3DS] Pro Evolution Soccer 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen – 7,668 (36,696)
- [PS4] Wolfenstein: The New Order – 7,448 (New)
- [PS4] FIFA 14 World Class Soccer – 5,126 (35,172)
- [360] Stranger of Sword City: White Palace – 5,060 (New)
- [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour – 4,938 (388,927)
- [3DS] Mario Kart 7 – 4,699 (2,331,642)
- [PS3] Rain – 4,536 (New)
- [3DS] Pokemon X and Y – 4,435 (4,078,350)
- [PS3] Wolfenstein: The New Order – 4,341 (New)
- [PSV] Chou Megami Shinkou Noire Gekishin Black Heart – 4,249 (32,646)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 – 4,112 (3,289,221)
- [PS4] inFAMOUS: Second Son – 3,973 (47,396)
- [3DS] Kirby: Triple Deluxe – 3,709 (596,131)
- [PS3] The Idolmaster: One For All – 3,598 (106,391)
- 3DS LL – 30,924 (18,776)
- Wii U – 13,766 (19,312)
- PlayStation Vita – 11,450 (12,859)
- PlayStation 4 – 9,466 (6,508)
- PSP – 9,365 (1,421)
- PlayStation 3 – 6,561 (6,922)
- 3DS – 5,346 (4,957)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 1,193 (1,098)
- Xbox 360 – 255 (225)
HAHAHAH I call it the Piss 4 is failing
I actually more surprised that a 360 game made the top 10 in Japan
Nintendo taking back their homeland. 3DS cannot be stopped.
Man japan market is sinking like a titanic…
Well that’s good that the Wii U is doing better than all the other competing consoles, but it’s a shame that Japan can only muster up about 14,000 sales.
Their home videogame market really is in a decline isn’t it?
That’s it? That’s all the more Wii U could boost the sales in Japan? Dafuq Japan?
sasori will go to play with his real “sword”…
http://memecrunch.com/meme/3QFDH/sasori-obinna-onuorah-got-butthurt
and this is what he is doing right now:
http://memecrunch.com/meme/3QFND/sasori-obinna-onuorah-is-butthurt
Wait…..Japan already got Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth? Bring it over here!!!
Localizing and translating a RPG takes time. Be patient.
*looks at the sales from last week & laughs* XD Sony’s Playstation 4 practically got curb stomped in sales by Nintendo’s Wii U! And what’s this? No Watch_Dogs to be seen at all on this!? XD Now what was sasori running his mouth off about last week about Watch_Dogs wiping the floor with Mario Kart 8? *snickers* I hope we see the same thing from the UK sales. Doubtful but it’d be nice, so we can stomp sasori’s face even further. Not really surprised by a 3DS game outselling Mario Kart 8 in Japan. It feels like Nintendo’s home consoles are practically dying in Japan. Good work making a comeback in Japan, though, Sony. It’s only by around 3k but better than nothing, right.
That would be because Watch Dogs isn’t out in Japan yet
Good…
Keep it above 10k…
I wonder if sasori will even have the BALLS to come in here with Watch_Dogs nowhere in sight on this sales chart, talking shit about how it’s crushing Mario Kart 8.
He couldn’t predict rain if he was standing outside in a thunderstorm.
>.< Maybe we can talk him into trying. Maybe a lightning bolt to his head will kick start his brain & fix his stupidity.
No, it’ll shrink him.
Because Japan is the only region Watch_Dogs is being sold in, right? /s
Not trying to defend sasori, by no means, but that argument is really bad. Just because the WiiU is doing bad in Japan, doesn’t mean it’s doing bad everywhere else either, after all. And the same goes for Watch_Dogs, because it sold very well around the world.
I don’t think Mario Kart had the Hardware-pushing power everyone thought it would. It’s really no surprise, Too Little too late on Nintendo’s part.
Still, given the games coming out halfway through WiiU’s lifespan, it will be a nice niche console at an affordable price.
I would have no choice but to agree with you… IF this was any other country BUT Japan. Japan has clearly shown it cares more for the handheld market than the home console market.
just 13k…
thats not good.
even ps4 got more this week.
omg… a 360 game abd jesus they sell more consoles than last week.
i think in two weeks the u is sadly under the ps4 again.
zelda is not that look everybody was hopping at.
Someone is damage controlling again ;)
just 13k…
thats not good.
even ps4 got more this week.
omg… a 360 game abd jesus they sell more consoles than last week.
i think in two weeks the u is sadly under the ps4 again.
zelda is not that look everybody was hopping at.
Someone is damage controlling again ;)
PS4 got a new bundle
LOL so much for “MK8 is gonna sell millions of WiiUs!!!!!!!!”.
I hope it’s like this in Japan only though, it’s probably doing better in other regions, just like other consoles too.
Funny thing is it still might. Mario Kart 8 is one of those games that continues to sell months, even years later, while also still selling a couple of consoles in the process.
Very true. But I guess we all expected it to move heaps of consoles right after launch.
It’s doing better than the PS4 and MK8 is number 2 in Japan compared to inFAMOUS which is down below
I’m not sure why you felt like it was neccessary to tell me that at this point, but thanks anyway for your input.
There’s no Wii U bundle in Japan
So, couldn’t help but notice that this site put last week’s sales in parentheses(Which shows Wii U sales decrease), but they didn’t do that in last week’s sales report(which showed huge Wii U sales increase) http://mynintendonews.com/2014/06/04/japanese-charts-nintendo-3ds-sells-23k-and-wii-u-sells-19k-with-mario-kart-8/
Hhmmm I wonder why? Oh, and Patcher I guess Nintendo isn’t gonna do that price drop like you believed. http://mynintendonews.com/2014/06/05/pachter-believes-nintendo-may-announce-50-wii-u-price-cut-at-e3-will-be-a-subdued-event/
LOLOLOL
#Sickr is a Pretendo
Now come at me :)
oh crap these clowns were lucky.
good to see the wii u still sell better than ps4 in japan.