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This week's game sales in Japan were the worst since 2001

by rawmeatcowboy
22 May 2015
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We've already shared these numbers, but here they are again for those that missed them the first time.

01./00. [PS4] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (Square Enix) {2015.05.14} (¥7.344) - 15.913 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2015.04.29} (¥4.320) - 13.844 / 232.683 (-64%)
03./03. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2015.03.19} (¥2.592) - 11.303 / 155.278 (-37%)
04./02. [3DS] Style Savvy 3: Kira Kira Code (Nintendo) {2015.04.16} (¥5.076) - 7.422 / 128.213 (-66%)
05./00. [PS4] Borderlands: The Handsome Collection (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2015.05.14} (¥6.804) - 6.922 / NEW
06./05. [WIU] Mario Kart 8 # (Nintendo) {2014.05.29} (¥6.156) - 5.405 / 989.307 (-43%)
07./06. [3DS] Bravely Second: End Layer (Square Enix) {2015.04.23} (¥6.458) - 5.260 / 134.905 (-44%)
08./04. [WIU] Xenoblade Chronicles X # (Nintendo) {2015.04.29} (¥8.316) - 4.236 / 101.511 (-64%)
09./07. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon Co.) {2014.11.21} (¥4.937) - 3.648 / 2.622.489 (-57%)
10./34. [PS4] Dying Light (Warner Entertainment Japan) {2015.04.16} (¥8.208) - 3.252 / 44.450 (+38%)
11./08. [WIU] Mario Party 10 # (Nintendo) {2015.03.12} (¥5.616) - 3.204 / 140.963 (-57%)
12./09. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo) {2014.09.13} (¥5.616) - 3.133 / 2.230.716 (-56%)
13./10. [3DS] Yo-kai Watch 2: Shin Uchi (Level 5) {2014.12.13} (¥4.968) - 2.723 / 2.606.206 (-56%)
14./13. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) - 2.439 / 3.972.933 (-48%)
15./12. [WIU] Dragon Quest X: Inishie no Ryuu no Denshou Online (Square Enix) {2015.04.30} (¥4.104) - 2.300 / 105.342 (-51%)
16./30. [PS4] Tropico 5 (Square Enix) {2015.04.23} (¥8.424) - 2.133 / 17.997 (-20%)
17./11. [3DS] Theatrhythm Dragon Quest (Square Enix) {2015.03.26} (¥6.264) - 2.072 / 117.161 (-57%)
18./14. [WIU] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U # (Nintendo) {2014.12.06} (¥7.776) - 2.041 / 636.111 (-54%)
19./19. [3DS] Xenoblade Chronicles 3D |new 3DS| (Nintendo) {2015.04.02} (¥3.996) - 1.944 / 84.347 (-45%)
20./24. [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2015 (Konami) {2015.03.26} (¥8.208) - 1.863 / 100.345

- worst since 2001
- 235,000 video games were sold in Japan at retail
- sixty percent drop in retail game sales from the previous week
- 61.93 percent drop for the week when compared to the same time last year
- Media Create explains that the reason for this decline was due to a lack of new games

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