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Japan: Just Dance For Wii U Enters At 5, 3DS Sells 32k And Wii U Sells Almost 8k

This week’s Media Create sales are now in from Japan. The introduction of an increased tax price has caused a slight dip in general software and hardware sales after last week’s considerable boost, but sales aren’t as low as naturally expected. Mario Party: Island Tour continues to sell well and resumes its place as chart-topper, while new release Just Dance Wii U – the third instalment of the popular boogie game in Japan – climbs to number 5 with 18k copies sold.

Hardware sales have suffered the most from the tax increase, but are generally consistent with figures from previous weeks. The 3DS sells 32k, a sales decrease of almost 50 per cent, though the Wii U pulls in almost 8k, a fairly regular amount when compared to other weeks. You can find the top 20 software and hardware sales below.

  1. [3DS] Mario Party: Island Tour – 47,106 (257,873)
  2. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 4 – 25,572 (192,514)
  3. [3DS] Yokai Watch – 23,663 (686,387)
  4. [PS3] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – 20,799 (179,031)
  5. [Wii U] Just Dance Wii U – 18,403 (New)
  6. [PSV] Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd – 16,111 (114,738)
  7. [PS3] J-Stars Victory VS – 13,417 (114,738)
  8. [PSV] J-Stars Victory VS – 11,876 (134,522)
  9. [PS3] Hatsune Miku Project Diva F 2nd – 10,278 (70,243)
  10. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2014 – 10,081 (90,876)
  11. [PS3] Dark Souls II – 9,924 (320,177)
  12. [3DS] Kirby: Triple Deluxe – 9,914 (540,373)
  13. [3DS] Kaseki Horider: Mugen Gear – 9,704 (130,083)
  14. [PSV] Samurai Warriors 4 – 9,603 (68,796)
  15. [3DS] Pokemon X and Y – 8,328 (4,023,294)
  16. [PS4] Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes – 7,859 (112,137)
  17. [PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2014 – 7,576 (50,277)
  18. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca’s Wonderful Mysterious Keys – 6,881 (768,483)
  19. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z – 6,787 (1,430,720)
  20. [PSV] Natural Doctrine – 6,046 (New)
  1. PlayStation Vita – 25,017 (39,752)
  2. 3DS LL – 22,947 (52,124)
  3. PlayStation 4 – 13,401 (23,327)
  4. PlayStation 3 – 10,871 (17,154)
  5. 3DS – 9,091 (12,508)
  6. Wii U – 7,962 (13,026)
  7. PSP – 2,892 (4,206)
  8. PlayStation Vita TV – 1,371 (2,115)
  9. Xbox 360 – 276 (304)

 

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49 thoughts on “Japan: Just Dance For Wii U Enters At 5, 3DS Sells 32k And Wii U Sells Almost 8k”

    1. MightyNo9
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      Thats pretty bad for the PS4…. sales are wayyy off from where the WiiU was this time in its launch.

  6. Nintendo Commander Quadraxis
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    I’m always right concerning statistics…

    Always atleast 35% downfall each week for the PS4…

    The Sonyans are now losing and when Mario Kart 8 is release, we shall retake the number 1 position again…

    2. NintendoWillRise
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      Yeah, let’s see how many excuses can they come up when Wii U starts to sell, and lol at them when sony goes bankrupt and they have a useless 400 dollar brick on their living rooms :P

      1. osama bin hiden
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        I like both Sony and nintendo though. :( but if I had to pick one console it would probably be nintendos.

    4. Nintendo is my Blood
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      oh my god, the trolls have evolved NC, they are starting YouTube channels, first icy and now that 15 year old twat, guess I’ll have to do some serious photoshopping,

    6. Anonymous
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      Lol, just because it isn’t selling well in Japan, doesn’t mean it’s not selling well in general. Handhelds carry the Japanese market, home consoles usually don’t sell as well, that’s nothing new. But we all know how good the PS4 -and- the Xbox One sell in other markets. Hell, the Xbox One isn’t even present in the Japanese market but it’s still selling better than the WiiU.
      And about MK8… Well. I think it’s obvious that it’s gonna move hardware. But what will happen after MK8? That’s right, you won’t be seeing any quality titles until the end of the year. Sounds fantastic, no?

      2. MarioCop
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        Ah.. Before the end of the year, I guess new WiiU owner (mk8) will buy games from the existing catalog (w101, sm3d, dkrtf, zombieU..)

            1. Nintendo Commander Quadraxis
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              I consider it quite an accomplishment if you manage to beat my average characters in Smash Brothers…

        3. Anonymous
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          We don’t even have a release date for X, Bayonetta 2 and the Zelda games. You shouldn’t be too hopeful about the “HD Zelda game” (not Hyrule warriors, but an actualy TLOZ game), you won’t see that before next year. And Metroid? Really? There wasn’t even an announcement for a new Metroid game, so you’ll have to wait at least a year or two to get one, if at all. And saying “people can just buy the games of the existing library” is rather ignorant. What about the early adopters of the WiiU? What about the people who already have the games they wanted from the already existing library?
          No valid points in your reply, my questions from my previous comment stay unanswered, the statements still stand.

    10. Michelle
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      No offense, I hope you are right for the Wii U’s sake but how many games have Nintendo fans proclaimed would do this, that just didn’t hold the sales? Way too many, so maybe, just maybe you should wait before celebrating so early.

      As a fan of all three systems, I think it would be much more logical to just wait. What I don’t understand about you people saying this, is that the PS4 is just as new as the Wii U was in its infancy and it is in the same position the Wii U is now because they both don’t have a steady stream of games to hold those hardware sales.

      Especially in the PS4’s case, it barely has any games that probably appeal to Japanese gamers at the moment. So who is to say it will always be like that? The PS3 surely did not stay stagnant forever. So why do so many assume just because these system have poor sales now, it will always be that way?

      Once the Wii U and PS4 have a steady stream of games that interest gamers in Japan, I see their sales improving greatly, but who knows, maybe all this console doom and gloom is real and Japan just really doesn’t care that much about consoles anymore. That is also a possibility but I think it is unlikely, I just don’t think there is enough software on these systems to justify the selling of them.

      I know MK8 will make some amazing sales and push a good amount of Wii U’s but as for any system currently out right now, the real question is how long will those sales last and will it be the same as we have seen? The sales will just drop drastically back to were they were in a few weeks after that boost.

      That is the real problem at and is that these sales do not seem to be holding for any of these systems right now including their games, they just fade off shortly after a few weeks. Anyone denying that is literally just ignoring what they see in front of them because that is what is happening whether you like it or not.

  11. NoOne
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    I’m actually glad the Psv is doing better. It gives nintendo competition, and nintendo makes better games when there is competition.

    1. Nintendo Commander Quadraxis
      Reply

      Too bad that games really never were the issue with any platform…

      The biggest problems were always the delays/droughts or lack of advertising…

  13. ElberGudo
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    God guys, this is awful. The fact that the ps4 is not selling anymore is bad for Ninty and the other one with the cable box where you can kind of play games. But seriously. The ps4 decline on sales is bad for the market. Even thought my ps4 is collecting so much dust right now I wonder if it still works. Well it is still somewhat young but we need to support the company if we want more gens and games. We really are killing gaming :/

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  16. Aeolus
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    I want to see monthly sales of WiiK U in America and Europe, where it matters most, not Japan where even sony and Nintendo stopped launching their consoles there 1st

    2. Gamer
      Reply

      In Europe the WiiU does well, but in my cousin country or great britain good grief lol. Aeolus how about the PS4 ruling japan lol, 3DS is always in Beast mode.

    3. Gamer
      Reply

      Japan counts. Xenoblade exploded in japan and we cried here for it.
      MH4 sold 4 million copies in Japan alone. It reaches here and tah dah so stop twisting facts like Japan is not a relevant market lol.

  18. Gamer
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    Microsoft should bundle the xbone with titanfall and the 360 in Japan. lol. really 276 consoles sold lol.

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