This Week In Sales: Japan Got The Witcher 3, Too

Period: The week of May 18th  – May 24th (2015)

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Top-seller: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS4) – 67,385

Nintendo 3DS sales: 687 | Tot. sales: 9,836,164

Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 827 | Tot. sales: 6,904,048

New Nintendo 3DS sales: 3,609 | Tot. sales: 556,423

New Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 10,134 | Tot. sales: 1,351,875

PlayStation Vita sales: 11,352 | Tot. sales: 3,788,672

Vita TV sales: 423 | Tot. sales: 163,920

Wii U sales: 7,611 | Tot. sales: 2,337,877

PlayStation 4 sales: 12,096 | Tot. sales: 1,488,614

Xbox One sales: 308 | Tot. sales: 51,602

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Last week saw the release of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in Japan. The game was published in Japan by Spike Chunsoft, who have a history of bringing Western titles to their domestic market, and sold 67,385 copies in its first week.

 

The only other new releases for the week that charted were Lovely x Cation 1 & 2 on the PS Vita, and that sold 6,835 copies. Further down the list we also have Abunai: Koi no Sousa Shitsu – Eternal Happiness, which sold 4,266 copies.

 

The complete top-20 software sales chart for last week is as follows:

 

Lw Tw Title Weekly Sales Total Sales Sys. Publisher
New 01. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 67,385 New PS4 Spike Chunsoft
03. 02. Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition 11,898 167,176 PSV Sony
03. 03. Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition 10,876 243,559 3DS GungHo
New 04. Lovely x Cation 1 & 2 6,835 New PSV 5pb
04. 05. Style Savvy 3 6,313 134,526 3DS Nintendo
06. 06. Mario Kart 8 5,758 995,065 WiiU Nintendo
01. 07. Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster 5,591 21,504 PS4 Square Enix
New 08. Abunai: Koi no Sousa Shitsu – Eternal Happiness 4,266 New PSV Asgard
09. 09. Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire 4,081 2,626,570 3DS Pokémon Co.
07. 10. Bravely Second 3,393 138,298 3DS Square Enix
12. 11. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS 3,221 2,233,937 3DS Nintendo
11. 12. Mario Party 10 2,720 143,683 WiiU Nintendo
08. 13. Xenoblade Chronicles X 2,625 104,137 WiiU Nintendo
10. 14. Dying Light 2,518 46,969 PS4 Warner Ent.
14. 15. Animal Crossing: New Leaf 2,317 3,975,250 3DS Nintendo
13. 16. Yo-kai Watch 2: Headliner 2,280 2,608,486 3DS Level 5
18. 17. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U 1,989 638,100 WiiU Nintendo
15. 18. Dragon Quest X: Legend of the Ancient Dragon 1,963 107,305 WiiU Nintendo
34. 19. Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair 1,861 42,589 PS4 D3 Publisher
25. 20. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate 1,842 2,529,565 3DS Capcom

 

Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.


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