Period: The week of April 28th – May 4th (2014)
Top-seller: Yo-kai Watch (3DS) – 62,777
Nintendo 3DS sales: 7,644 | Total sales: 9,483,851
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 31,979 | Total sales: 6,019,368
PlayStation Vita sales: 23,030 | Total sales: 2,765,019
Vita TV sales: 1,687 | 109,629
Wii U sales: 8,079 | Total sales: 1,722,201
PlayStation 4 sales: 11,486 | 558,367
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Last week was Japan’s Golden Week holiday, and as such, popular software saw a slight increase in sales, alongside a boost in hardware sales for the Nintendo 3DS. Unfortunately, the 3DS was also the only platform that saw any kind of meaningful boost in sales during Golden Week.
The game that benefited most from the holiday was Yo-kai Watch, selling 62,777 copies during the week. Close behind it was Mario Golf: World Tour, which was a new release for the week. Mario Golf sold 49,889 copies.
Other recent popular releases such as Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call also managed to stay in the top 5 for the week, but sales took a dive following the #6 spot on the software sales chart. Everything below #6 sold less than 10,000 copies.
This is an alarming state of affairs, but unfortunately, it isn’t unexpected. Golden Week sales weren’t particularly impressive last year either. Here’s a look back at the top-20 software sales chart during Golden Week for the past four years:
The top-20 software sales chart for last week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 03. | 01. | Yo-kai Watch | 62,777 | 860,824 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| New | 02. | Mario Golf: World Tour | 49,889 | New | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 01. | 03. | Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment | 32,512 | 177,541 | PSV | Bandai Namco |
| 02. | 04. | Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call | 24,908 | 105,431 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 04. | 05. | Mario Party: Island Tour | 22,581 | 343,071 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 11. | 06. | Kirby Triple Deluxe | 10,046 | 569,949 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 12. | 07. | Pokémon X and Y | 8,512 | 4,049,142 | 3DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 06. | 08. | NES Remix 1+2 | 8,216 | 19,295 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| New | 09. | Touch Detective Rising 3 | 8,190 | New | 3DS | Success |
| New | 10. | Child of Light | 7,807 | New | PS4 | Ubisoft |
| 13. | 11. | Style Savvy: Trendsetters – Tokimeki UP! | 7,708 | 25,949 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 05. | 12. | The 3rd Super Robot Taisen Z | 7,000 | 193,396 | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
| 10. | 13. | Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes | 6,964 | 211,462 | PS3 | Konami |
| 08. | 14. | The 3rd Super Robot Taisen Z | 6,173 | 160,842 | PSV | Bandai Namco |
| 27. | 15. | Fossil Fighters: Infinite Gear | 5,905 | 149,703 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 20. | 16. | Just Dance Wii U | 5,246 | 39,180 | WiiU | Ubisoft |
| 14. | 17. | Samurai Warriors 4 | 4,963 | 222,974 | PS3 | Tecmo Koei |
| 23. | 18. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 4,925 | 3,726,695 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 40. | 19. | Super Mario 3D World | 4,851 | 537,274 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 22. | 20. | Monster Hunter 4 | 4,596 | 3,268,963 | 3DS | Capcom |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer and Media Create.
Published: May 8, 2014 12:32 pm