This Week In Sales: PlayStation 4 Makes Its Debut

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Period: The week of February 17th – February 23rd (2014)

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Top-seller: Knack – 309,304

Nintendo 3DS sales: 9,898 | Total sales: 9,390,725

Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 22,253 | Total sales: 5,751,208

PlayStation Vita sales: 16,857 | Total sales: 2,496,293

Vita TV sales: 1,383 | 93,849

Wii U sales: 8,407 | Total sales: 1,643,095

PlayStation 4 sales: 309,154

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The PlayStation 4 was released in Japan on February 22nd, and the system sold 309,154 units in its opening weekend, according to Japanese sales tracker Media Create. In Japan, Knack was bundled with the PlayStation 4 at launch, which also gave that game the #1 spot on the software sales chart.

 

Meanwhile, Yakuza Restoration was released on February 22nd as well. The game sold 138,158 copies on PlayStation 3, and another 82,540 copies on PlayStation 4. Other notable PlayStation 4 launch games—most catering more to western tastes—sold far less, and you can see how they did in the sales chart below.

 

Overall, software sales for PS4 are, thus far, rather unimpressive, but given the relatively weak launch line-up accompanying the system, the low numbers make sense. It should be interesting to see how PS4 sales hold up in the coming weeks, as there appears to be little in the form of high-profile, exclusive software for the platform coming any time soon.

 

Finally, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on Wii U sold just 14,330 copies in its second week on store shelves, bringing total sales to a mere 50,047 copies sold thus far.

 

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

 

LwTwTitleWeekly SalesTotal SalesSys.Publisher
New01.Knack309,304NewPS4Sony
New02.Yakuza Restoration138,158NewPS3Sega
New03.Yakuza Restoration82,540NewPS4Sega
01.04.Dragon Quest Monsters 272,350634,4333DSSquare Enix
New05.Kuroko’s Basketball: Miraculous Victory45,681New3DSNamco Bandai
05.06.Yo-kai Watch35,125458,9613DSLevel 5
New07.Killzone: Shadow Fall32,336NewPS4Sony
New08.Battlefield 424,799NewPS4Electronic Arts
04.09.Kirby Triple Deluxe17,665457,7963DSNintendo
07.10.Puzzle & Dragons Z15,0921,374,3333DSGung Ho
New11.Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition14,356NewPS4Tecmo Koei
02.12.Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze14,33050,047WiiUNintendo
New13.Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag13,862NewPS4Ubisoft
New14.Call of Duty: Ghosts13,701NewPS4Square Enix
New15.Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition12,093NewPS4Square Enix
10.16.Pokémon X and Y11,3023,961,6243DSPokémon Co.
08.17.Puyo Puyo Tetris8,85967,2043DSSega
New18.FIFA 148,808NewPS4Electronic Arts
09.19.Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Full Boost7,763321,054PS3Namco Bandai
New20.Need for Speed: Rivals6,602NewPS4Electronic Arts

 

Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.


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Ishaan Sahdev
Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.