July 2015 NPD: Wii U software sales up 10%, 3DS up 35%, Splatoon hits 540k in the U.S.
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Nintendo has provided GamesBeat with a statement concerning this month’s NPD report.
According to the company, Wii U software sales in the U.S. have risen 10 percent through the first seven months of the year compared to the same period in 2014. That’s largely thanks to Splatoon, which is now sitting at almost 540,000 units sold in the region. As was announced last month, the game has sold close to 1.6 million copies worldwide.
“Much of [Wii U’s software] growth can be attributed to Splatoon, which inked nearly 85,000 total units in its third month to bring its lifetime total to nearly 540,000 total units in the United States alone. As of June 30, the game has sold more than 1.6 million total units around the world.”
Nintendo also shared the following regarding 3DS hardware:
“Through the first seven months of 2015, sales of Nintendo 3DS hardware have increased by nearly 35 percent over the same time frame in 2014.”
Media Create sales (8/3 – 8/9)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New 3DS LL – 29,203
PS4 – 14,619
Wii U – 13,007
Vita – 12,841
New 3DS – 7,250
PS3 – 2,567
3DS – 1,657
3DS LL – 898
Vita TV – 496
Xbox One – 200
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 44,994
PS4 – 18,740
Vita – 13,214
Wii U – 11,938
New 3DS – 7,671
PS3 – 2,540
3DS – 1,585
3DS LL – 874
Vita TV – 527
Xbox One – 186
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 181,377 / 703,933
2. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters – 84,939 / 1,202,789
3. [WIU] Splatoon – 35,620 / 519,034
4. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 18,852 / 392,837
5. [PSV] Luminous Arc Infinity – 16,217 / NEW
6. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,100 / 280,140
7. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 7,916 / 396,710
8. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 7,256 / 1,088,732
9. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 6,098 / 4,019,151
10. [PSV] IA / VT Colorful – 5,902 / 44,783
11. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 5,839 / 76,757
12. [PSV] Gal Gun: Double Peace – 5,792 / NEW
13. [PS4] Gal Gun: Double Peace – 5,020 / NEW
14. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World – 4,913 / 54,980
15. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 4,879 / 79,302
16. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 4,554 / 179,804
17. [3DS] Nobunaga’s Ambition 2 – 4,552 / NEW
18. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 4,486 / 2,677,443
19. [3DS] Cho Tousouchuu Atsumare Saikyou no Tousousya Tachi – 3,729 / 33,289
20. [3DS] Romance of the Three Kingdoms 2 – 3,433 / NEW
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Media Create software sales (7/27 – 8/2) – Top 50
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This week’s expanded Japanese software sales are as follows:
01./00. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer #
02./01. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters: Red Cat Team / White Dog Squad
03./00. [PSV] IA/VT: Colorful #
04./04. [WIU] Splatoon
05./06. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best+
06./00. [PSV] Date-A-Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation
07./02. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi #
08./08. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright / Conquest
09./00. [PSV] Ray Gigant
10./11. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
11./14. [PSV] Taiko no Tatsujin: V Version
12./10. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World #
13./15. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 #
14./00. [3DS] Corpse Party: Blood Covered – Repeated Fear #
15./12. [3DS] Great Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Naruhodou Ryuunosuke no Bouken #
16./18. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
17./09. [PS4] Batman: Arkham Knight
18./03. [PS4] Sengoku Basara 4: Sumeragi #
19./05. [PSV] Makai Shin Trillion #
20./00. [PSV] KLAP!! Kind Love And Punish #
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Over 312,000 Animal Crossing amiibo card packs sold in Japan, more on HHD sales
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Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer sold 523,000 copies in its first week in Japan (four days to be exact). According to Media Create, it saw a sell through rate of 76.29 percent.
When Animal Crossing: New Leaf launched it Japan, it managed to move just over 600,000 copies. It also sold through 96.09 percent of its initial shipment. While Happy Home Designer didn’t quite reach the same amount of success, it still performed very well – especially for a spin-off title. Happy Home Designer also boosted 3DS hardware sales, as the system’s sales essentially doubled compared to the previous week.
That’s not all from Media Create. The sales tracker reveals that more than 312,000 packs of Animal Crossing amiibo cards were sold in Japan between July 30 and August 2. As previously reported, the cards have been seeing significant shortages in the country.
Witch & Hero has sold nearly 170,000 copies
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Circle Entertainment provided an update on Witch & Hero’s sales on Twitter a few hours ago. Since launch, the game sold almost 170,000 copies worldwide.
68 percent of Witch & Hero’s sales originate from Asia, and that’s without a discount. North America and Europe appear to lag pretty far behind.
Nearly half of Witch & Hero’s North American sales came from its discount periods. Similarly, 60 percent of its sales in Europe happened while the price was slashed.
During 28 months, Witch & Hero almost reached 170K copies in global 3DS eShop. 68% come from Asia without discount. pic.twitter.com/uN5gpyu6k8
— CIRCLE Ent. (@CIRCLE_Ent) August 7, 2015
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Japan: top 20 best-selling games for 3DS, series sales
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Even more Japanese sales data has come in from Famitsu.
First up, here are the top 20 best-selling games for the 3DS in Japan (lifetime):
01. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y #
02. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf #
03. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 #
04. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Ganso / Honke
05. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire
06. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate #
08. [3DS] Mario Kart 7
09. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 #
10. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS
11. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land #
12. [3DS] Tomodachi Life #
13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate #
14. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z
15. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch
16. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden
17. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon
18. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D #
19. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru to Ruka no Fushigi na Fushigi na Kagi #
20. [3DS] Kirby Triple Deluxe
Top 100 best-selling games in Japan during the first half of 2015
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This week’s issue of Famitsu reveals the top 100 best-selling games in Japan during the first half of 2015. All data was collected between December 29, 2014 and June 28, 2015. You can check out the results in full below (thanks hiska-kun).
01. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi
02. [PS3] Dragon Quest Heroes
03. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D #
04. [WIU] Splatoon
05. [PS3] Tales of Zestiria
06. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire #
07. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates: Black Kingdom / White Kingdom #
08. [PS4] Dragon Quest Heroes #
09. [PSV] God Eater 2: Rage Burst
10. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition
Media Create sales (7/27 – 8/2)
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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:
New3DS LL 44,994
PS4 18,740
Vita 13,214
Wii U 11,938
New3DS 7,671
PS3 2,540
3DS 1,585
3DS LL 874
Vita TV 527
Xbox One 186
For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:
New 3DS LL – 21,028
PS4 – 17,656
Vita – 13,843
Wii U – 11,257
New 3DS – 5,753
PS3 – 2,956
3DS – 1,286
3DS LL – 807
Vita TV – 642
Xbox One – 211
And here are the software charts:
1. [3DS] Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer – 522,556 / NEW
2. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch Busters – 107,945 / 1,117,850
3. [PSV] IA/VT Colorful – 38,881 / NEW
4. [WIU] Splatoon – 28,256 / 483,413
5. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 14,382 / 373,985
6. [PSV] Date A Live Twin Edition: Rio Reincarnation – 13,107 / NEW
7. [PS3] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 14,835 / 70,919
8. [3DS] Fire Emblem Fates – 11,018 / 388,794
9. [PSV] Ray Gigant – 8,673 / NEW
10. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 8,533 / 272,040
11. [PSV] Taiko No Tatsujin V Version – 7,464 / 74,423
12. [WIU] Yoshi’s Woolly World – 7,176 / 50,067
13. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 6,963 / 1,081,476
14. [3DS] Corpse Party: Blood Covered …Repeated Fear – 6,664 / NEW
15. [3DS] The Great Ace Attorney – 6,090 / 175,251
16. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 6,090 / 175,251
17. [3DS] Batman: Arkham Knight – 5,977 / 67,053
18. [PS4] Sengoku Basara 4 Sumeragi – 5,564 / 40,725
19. [PSV] Makai Shin Trillion – 5,221 / 23,726
20. [PSV] KLAP!! ~kind Love and Punish~ – 5,047 / NEW
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Disney Interactive decline in latest financial quarter
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During the third quarter of 2015, Disney’s interactive division took a bit of a sales dip. This division, which is responsible for games and game-like toys, dropped $58 million for a total of $208 million. Disney attributed the loss to the slowdown of Disney Infinity sales.
Now, this isn’t actually unexpected. Disney Infinity 2.0 launched last September, so it’s only natural that sales would decline. Things will likely pick up again once Disney Infinity 3.0 arrives.
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Japan’s best-selling games of June 2015
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The latest issue of Famitsu has shared a listing of the top 30 best-selling games in Japan for the month of June 2015. You can check out the full results below.
1. [WIU] Splatoon – 368,538 (348,557 physical, 19,981 digital)
2. [3DS] Rhythm Heaven: The Best Plus – 232,459 (225,296 physical, 7,163 digital)
3. [3DS] Tobidasu! Nyanko Daisensou – 97,189 (N/A physical, 97,189 digital)
4. [3DS] Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden – 88,707 (86,338 physical, 2,369 digital)
5. [3DS] Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX – 54,544 (51,574 physical, 2,970 digital)
6. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – 52,890 (45,912 physical, 6,978 digital)
7. [3DS] Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale – 47,146 (44,902 physical, 2,274 digital)
8. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition – 45,077 (38,146 physical, 6,931 digital)
9. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 – 44,470 (42,762 physical, 1,708 digital)
10. [PS4] Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition – 37,804 (30,757 physical, 7,047 digital)
11. [PSV] Shiren the Wanderer 5 Plus – 30,887 (22,088 physical, 8,799 digital)
12. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition – 27,164 (25,272 physical, 1,892 digital)
13. [PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky FC Evolution – 27,034 (24,984 physical, 2,050 digital)
14. [3DS] Stella Glow – 23,857 (22,294 physical, 1,563 digital)
15. [3DS] Girls Mode 3 – 19,125 (17,611 physical, 1,514 digital)
16. [PS4] Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho – 17,840 (14,294 physical, 3,546 digital)
17. [3DS] Assassination Classroom: Grand Siege on Kurosensei – 16,912 (15,556 physical, 1,356 digital)
18. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire – 15,406 (14,690 physical, 716 digital)
19. [3DS] Downtown Nekketsu Jidaigeki – 15,064 (13,403 physical, 1,661 digital)
20. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for 3DS – 13,955 (12,127 physical, 1,828 digital)
21. [PSV] Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo tr. – 13,691 (12,904 physical, 787 digital)
22. [PS3] Natsuiro High School: Seishun Hakusho – 13,475 (10,515 physical, 2,960 digital)
23. [3DS] Yo-Kai Watch 2: Shinuchi – 11,645 (11,205, 440 digital)
24. [PSV] Possession Magenta – 11,571 (11,007 physical, 564 digital)
25. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf – 10,919 (9,715 physical, 1,204 digital)
26. [3DS] Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland – 10,773 (9,908 physical, 865 digital)
27. [PSV] Nobunaga no Yabou: Souzou with Power-Up Kit – 10,458 (9,360 physical, 1,098 digital)
28. [PS3] Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition – 9,362 (N/A physical, 9,362 digital)
29. [PS4] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster – 8,991 (7,642 physical, 1,349 digital)
30. [3DS] BoxBoy! – 8,879 (715 physical, 8,164 digital)
Note that these sales are based on data between May 25 and June 21.
