This week’s video game hardware and software charts are now in via Media Create. It hasn’t really been a great week for any platform with the Wii U particularly struggling. However, it should be noted that there still appears to be stock issues with the Wii U in Japan with 32GB Premium consoles and Wii U Super Mario Maker bundle shipments set to arrive this Saturday. Anyway, here’s the best-selling titles this week in Japan.
Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)
- [PS4] Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis (Bandai Namco, 02/25/16) – 33,195 (New)
- [3DS] Mega Man Legacy Collection (Capcom, 02/25/16) – 23,942 (New)
- [PSV] Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis (Bandai Namco, 02/25/16) – 22,303 (New)
- [PS3] Kamen Rider: Battride War Genesis (Bandai Namco, 02/25/16) – 22,280 (New)
- [PSV] Attack on Titan (Koei Tecmo, 02/18/16) – 22,178 (84,290)
- [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (Nintendo, 02/18/16) – 22,032 (63,768)
- [PSV] Kan Colle Kai (Kadokawa Games, 02/18/16) – 21,587 (162,344)
- [PS4] Attack on Titan (Koei Tecmo, 02/18/16) – 16,803 (77,959)
- [PS3] TV Anime The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls G4U! Pack Vol. 9 (Bandai Namco, 02/25/16) – 12,792 (New)
- [PS4] Street Fighter V (Capcom, 02/18/16) – 11,206 (53,196)
- [PSV] Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm Standard Edition (Sprite, 02/25/16) – 10,189 (New)
- [PS3] Attack on Titan (Koei Tecmo, 02/18/16) – 10,013 (37,428)
- [Wii U] Splatoon (Nintendo, 05/28/15) – 9,378 (1,270,149)
- [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 8,251 (676,254)
- [PSV] Dragon Quest Builders (Square Enix, 01/28/16) – 8,008 (270,190)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter X (Capcom, 11/27/15) – 7,356 (2,698,831)
- [PSv] Hero Must Die (NIS, 02/25/16) – 7,018 (New)
- [PS4] Ikenie to Yuki no Setsuna (Square Enix, 02/18/16) – 6,619 (40,248)
- [3DS] Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final (Atlus, 02/10/16) – 6,559 (117,316)
- [3DS] Yo-kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad (Level-5, 07/11/15) – 6,345 (2,217,048)
Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)
- PlayStation 4 – 26,502 (29,363)
- PlayStation Vita – 17,368 (22,191)
- New 3DS LL – 17,257 (16,533)
- Wii U – 5,392 (3,902)
- New 3DS – 4,944 (4,363)
- 3DS – 2,694 (2,427)
- PlayStation 3 – 1,493 (1,665)
- 3DS LL – 550 (569)
- Xbox One – 60 (162)
“Sh-sh-sh-shortages are for real th-though!”
Like I said, if this is really because of a Wii U stock shortage, it’s says a lot about how Nintendo feels about the Wii U. :/
It’s hard to believe how well something can continue selling, long after I left it for dead (the 3DS that is).
The 3DS will be alive and well for another 3 years because Pokémon and Yokai Watch.
I just wonder how well Yokai Watch has sold since it’s release on 3DS? I highly doubt it will ever be as big as Pokémon.
Looks like some stock is coming through. As noted in the article, some of the big name stores will receive stock on Saturday. The still limited and two of the stores will only be selling one per person.
So the low sales are b/c of shortages?
Yes the lower sales are but hard to say how much higher it would be if stock levels were normal.
R.I.P Xbox One in Japan. 60 Units in 1 Week. The supposed excuse for Nintendo is Low Stock, which I am skeptical about, but what’s the Xbox One’s Excuse?
Japanese just not into the Xbox one. It is that simple.
Stock shortages huh? Didnt they gain that experience with Wii? Thats stupid wouldnt they had thought about producing enough to met demand? Somy can with PS4
I think I read somewhere the Wii U stock will be back to normal at the end of March 2016. So it’s not surprising the sales are low but after April 2016, Nintendo should not have any excuse. Saying that if Nintendo did not implemented any region lock in their sustems, they could have take some stock from US and Europe and meet the demand in Japan within 2 weeks (hope they learn their lesson).
Looking at how the wii U was received and despite the NX coming next year (hopefully) the wii u will do very well until the end of the first year of the NX. (I am doing a patcher here)
I really believe the adoption rate for the NX will be really slow if the NX is a home console (I am doing a patcher again!!!) cause the timing would be just very bad if released in 2016. Personnaly I would not release the NX before the end of 2017 which is far enough that people don’t wait for the PS5 or Xbox 720-2 but also give enough time to get a huge libraries of games during the launch windows. Addtionaly people who brought their wii u in 2012 will be satisfy enough to invest their money into a new system.