Period: The week of February 17th – February 23rd (2014)
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:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Knack | 309,304 | New | PS4 | Sony |
| New | 02. | Yakuza Restoration | 138,158 | New | PS3 | Sega |
| New | 03. | Yakuza Restoration | 82,540 | New | PS4 | Sega |
| 01. | 04. | Dragon Quest Monsters 2 | 72,350 | 634,433 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| New | 05. | Kuroko’s Basketball: Miraculous Victory | 45,681 | New | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 05. | 06. | Yo-kai Watch | 35,125 | 458,961 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| New | 07. | Killzone: Shadow Fall | 32,336 | New | PS4 | Sony |
| New | 08. | Battlefield 4 | 24,799 | New | PS4 | Electronic Arts |
| 04. | 09. | Kirby Triple Deluxe | 17,665 | 457,796 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 07. | 10. | Puzzle & Dragons Z | 15,092 | 1,374,333 | 3DS | Gung Ho |
| New | 11. | Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition | 14,356 | New | PS4 | Tecmo Koei |
| 02. | 12. | Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze | 14,330 | 50,047 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| New | 13. | Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag | 13,862 | New | PS4 | Ubisoft |
| New | 14. | Call of Duty: Ghosts | 13,701 | New | PS4 | Square Enix |
| New | 15. | Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition | 12,093 | New | PS4 | Square Enix |
| 10. | 16. | Pokémon X and Y | 11,302 | 3,961,624 | 3DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 08. | 17. | Puyo Puyo Tetris | 8,859 | 67,204 | 3DS | Sega |
| New | 18. | FIFA 14 | 8,808 | New | PS4 | Electronic Arts |
| 09. | 19. | Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Full Boost | 7,763 | 321,054 | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| New | 20. | Need for Speed: Rivals | 6,602 | New | PS4 | Electronic Arts |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.
Published: Feb 26, 2014 08:30 am