Japanese Sales Chart: Freedom Wars Dominates Software, PS Vita Gets a Hefty Raise

As Sony teased, Freedom Wars had a great launch in Japan last week, moving over 188,000 units and taking first place overall. In fact, it was a great week for PlayStation, with five of the top six games all on either PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, or PlayStation Vita, including Watch Dogs on PS4 at over 63,000 and Kamen Rider: Battride War II on PS3 at over 62,000.

Looking at hardware, the Vita got a nice boost of over 10,000 compared to last week, while the PS4, PS3, and PS Vita TV all saw some raises as well. Unfortunately, the PSP fell yet again and sold under 1,500 units.

Here’s how each system sold, along with the top 20 selling games in Japan between June 23 and June 29, 2014, according to Media Create:

Systems (Last Week in Parentheses)

1. 3DS LL – 22,803 (21,459)
2. PlayStation Vita – 22,192 (11,937)
3. Wii U – 10,653 (10,715)
4. PlayStation 4 – 8,059 (7,009)
5. PlayStation 3 – 7,480 (6,339)
6. 3DS – 5,081 (4,582)
7. PlayStation Vita TV – 2,727 (1,444)
8. PSP – 1,445 (2,335)
9. Xbox 360 – 201 (214)

Games (Lifetime in Parentheses)

1. Freedom Wars (PS Vita) – 188,888
2. Watch Dogs (PS4) – 63,595
3. Kamen Rider: Battride War II (PS3) – 62,649
   
4. Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu’s Space-Time Great Adventure (3DS) – 53,095
5. Girls und Panzer: Master the Tankery (PS Vita) – 31,526
   
6. Watch Dogs (PS3) – 31,028
   
7. Yokai Watch (3DS) – 29,590 (1,147,202)
8. Mario Kart 8 (Wii U) – 23,520 (492,837)
9. Pokemon Art Academy (3DS) – 15,373 (46,454)
10. Pro Evolution Soccer 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (PS3) – 13,026 (136,893)
11. Date A Live: Ars Install (PS3) – 9,703
12. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (3DS) – 7,072 (237,379)
13. Kamen Rider: Battride War II (Wii U) – 6,936
14. Warriors Orochi 3 Ultimate (PS4) – 6,768
15. Grand Theft Auto V Low Price Version (PS3) – 6,732
16. FIFA 14 (PS4) – 6,510 (53,813)
17. Pro Evolution Soccer 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (3DS) – 6,454 (56,742)
18. Robotics;Notes Elite (PS Vita) – 5,467
    
19. Pokemon X/Y (3DS) – 4,641 (4,092,653)
20. Monster Hunter 4 (3DS) – 4,250 (3,300,689)

Do you think Freedom Wars will have similar success when it comes West later this year?

[Source: 4Gamer via Gematsu]