Pokémon X & Y Return to Top of Japanese Charts as 3DS Leads in Hardware

I hope Wii U keeps the momentum. We desperately need more third-party support. At this point developers will just ignore Nintendo's home console altogether.

Hmm, isn't this the same chart from earlier in the week? But these are the media create figures rather than the famitsu ones. If Link Between Worlds was released on the 26th, it's debut week would be Dec 23-29, not Dec 31 to Jan 5th?

It's great that the wii u is doing well in japan. Hopefully it does as well in other regions so it will get recognized as a competitor

Thats good to see that the Wii U is now selling well. If it can keep this momentum developers will start to think about release quality games on the Wii U instead of half baked ones.

So is FFX being released as a standalone game, and also bundled with X2?

Didn't they already post this? :<

Yeah, this week's chart is

01./04. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y # <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) - 152.888 / 4.129.717 <80-100%> (-2%)
02./02. [3DS] PazuDora Z: Puzzle & Dragons Z <RPG> (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} (¥4.400) - 151.806 / 1.157.503 <80-100%> (-24%)
03./01. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds # <ADV> (Nintendo) {2013.12.26} (¥4.800) - 68.578 / 293.996 <80-100%> (-70%)
04./06. [WIU] Wii Party U # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} (¥4.935) - 66.708 / 585.474 <80-100%> (-24%)
05./08. [WIU] Super Mario 3D World <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.11.21} (¥5.985) - 60.397 / 470.438 <80-100%> (-15%)
06./07. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} (¥5.985) - 56.372 / 1.022.166 <80-100%> (-25%)
07./03. [PS3] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.12.26} (¥7.140) - 50.033 / 232.671 <80-100%> (-73%)
08./09. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 # <ACT> (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) - 48.622 / 3.341.934 <80-100%> (+21%)
09./13. [3DS] Battle For Money Sentouchuu: Densetsu no Shinobi no Survival Battle! <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.17} (¥4.980) - 41.317 / 236.235 <80-100%> (+46%)
10./05. [PSV] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: Twin Pack # <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.12.26} (¥7.140) - 35.481 / 170.126 <80-100%> (-74%)

Hardware:

3DS - 187,920
Vita - 88,169
Wii U - 60,548
PS3 - 40,941

It's good to see an increase in Vita hardware sales. Such a massively underrated system.

Weird, MyNintendoNews posted the results Peach64 has as the same period you guys are covering.

@SilentHunter382 The only half baked games have come from western devs so until Wii U gains a bigger fan base there then things will stay the same.

Thanks for the update and damn, already down to 60,000? With these trends I won't be surprised to see the Wii U back to 5000-10,000 monthly which is just sad.

Final Fantasy provided quite the boost for the Vita. Solid numbers for Nintendo, doing the old Herbie 1/3 finish. If anyone actually gets that reference.

Anyone think that Dynasty Warriors is selling well because of people wanting to know about Hyrule Warriors?

@XCWarrior
Lol, I got it and just got flooded with nostalgia.
Nice reference.

@Kmno
I think it's important to remember that any boost in sales is a good thing. That means there are more Wii Us in households, and in my opinion, that means they are more likely to convince others to get them due to increased perception of popularity. Even if the sales/week slows back down, I think it will likely remain above the slower rates of 2013.

One region appears to be decent. Now they just need to do the same for every other region and maintain momentum in Japan. At least the drop off was not as bad this time. First week of Jan was terrible last year for the sheer number of returned systems and amount of stock on shelves!

A drop off after Christmas was obvious, would be interesting to see how nests weeks figures read, and also look at global charts again and see if the Wii U can beat the Xbox One again

Like i said before. Nintendo has to come up with better hardware these days! More space please so it will be more attractive to 3rd parties to have games to be installed. WII U these days is like a handheld console. Sure it's better than xbox 360 maybe, but it's just not enough. .............................................. FLAT!

And BTW i DO supoort Nintendo! My first console when i was 8. That's like 23 years ago!

I'm glad they finally joined the 3DS XL and Standard figures together

Never mind about my deleted comment.

Gets in quick people. The arm chair analysts will be here soon

well thats good for the wiiu if they keep this up the third party support might come back i hope.

This is actually REALLY good considering the expected drop off after Christmas. I mean, most people did their shopping before Christmas, so the fact there were still over 60,000 Wii U's sold is more than impressive. Vita got a huge bump from the release of Final Fantasy X/X-2, but without any substantial games on the way I'm not entirely confident the Vita will hold pace. Granted, Vita should still see a bump in the west once FFX/X-2 releases globally, even if only temporary.

I actually think the Vita will start seeing a little more success, in Japan at least. Those folks loved the PSP, and I'm sure they're looking for a reason to buy one.

One thing is for certain though, the days of near-death Wii U sales are over. Even at 60,000 per week, that's just under 250,000 per month JUST IN JAPAN. And let's cautiously lowball the remaining global sales at another 250,000 per month. That's half a million consoles per month, or 1.5 million per quarter. That's a FAR cry from the 160,000 Nintendo sold during the slowest quarter of 2013. And hopefully, as time progresses, the Wii U will actually start averaging MUCH more than just 60,000 per week in Japan. As more games release, sales will climb higher. I think Patcher's 20 million lifetime sales prediction is being flushed down the crapper as we speak lol...

@JaxonH Yeah, but in other news... The PS4 just passed 4 million units sold worldwide.

By the numbers, the Wii U should have more than this, but over the course of two months, the PS4's momentum hasn't exactly crashed down. And on top of that, it's doing it with the best games available on next gen: Assassin's Creed IV and Call of Duty Ghosts.

@kyuubikid213

And in OTHER other news, 3DS is outselling the PS4, Xbox One and PS Vita..... COMBINED.

Someone's always gonna sell more. There's only a handful of gaming devices in the market, and all but one of them are going to be selling "less than". Right now, PS4 is also selling "less than". So it's all relative.

The PS4 is doing great, and probably will til spring. But after all the hardcore fans buy one, and the fact hardly any exclusive games are on the release schedule in the near future, I predict the console will take a drastic hit. There are quite a few diehard PS fans now. More than there are for Nintendo. But the launch spurt always dies out eventually, and when it does, it's not going to be this invincible console anymore. After that, Sony's gonna have to earn each and every sale it gets.

It doesn't matter how well PS4 is doing. For one, it's riding the high of the diehard fans. For two, how many it sells has no bearing on the Wii U's success.

@Lance168 Dynasty Warriors are fun. If you ever enjoyed Double Dragon or TMNT II or III or any other beat em up, you will like Dynasty Warriors. They are just 3D versions of the same genre.