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The Witcher 3 was the best-selling title in Japan last week

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News by Stephany Nunneley-Jackson Former News Editor
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt debuted in Japan last week on May 21, and by May 24 it sold over 67,000 units on PlayStation 4.

According to the latest Media Create charts, Gerlat's latest adventure moved a total of 67,385 units which along with other PS4 offerings helped the console move an addition 607 units over last week.

The prior reporting period showed a rather large hardware decline, but along with the aforementioned uptick in PS4 sales, Vita, Wii U, New 3DS, 3DS LL, and Xbox One all showed increased sales.

The full hardware and software charts are below courtesy of Gematsu.

Software Sales (followed by lifetime sales)

  1. [PS4] The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Spike Chunsoft, 05/21/15) – 67,385 (New)
  2. [PSV] Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (SCE, 03/19/15) – 11,898 (167,176)
  3. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (GungHo Online Entertainment, 04/30/15) – 10,876 (243,559)
  4. [PSV] Lovely x Cation 1&2 (5pb., 05/21/15) – 6,835 (New)
  5. [3DS] Girls Mode 3: Kirakira Code (Nintendo, 04/16/15) – 6,313 (134,526)
  6. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) – 5,758 (995,065)
  7. [PS4] Final Fantasy X | X-2 HD Remaster (Square Enix, 05/14/15) – 5,591 (21,504)
  8. [PSV] Abunai Koi no Sousashitsu: Eternal Happiness (QuinRose, 05/21/15) – 4,266 (New)
  9. [3DS] Pokemon Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire (Pokemon, 11/21/14) – 4,081 (2,626,570)
  10. [3DS] Bravely Second: End Layer (Square Enix, 04/23/15) – 3,393 (138,298)
  11. [3DS] Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo, 09/13/14) – 3,221 (2,233,937)
  12. [Wii U] Mario Party 10 (Nintendo, 03/12/15) – 2,720 (143,683)
  13. [Wii U] Xenoblade Chronicles X (Nintendo, 04/30/15) – 2,625 (104,137)
  14. [PS4] Dying Light (Warner Bros., 04/16/15) – 2,518 (46,969)
  15. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 2,317 (3,975,250)
  16. [3DS] Yokai Watch 2: Shinuchi (Level-5, 12/14/14) – 2,280 (2,608,486)
  17. [Wii U] Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Nintendo, 12/06/14) – 1,989 (638,100)
  18. [Wii U] Dragon Quest X: Legend of the Ancient Dragon Online (Square Enix, 04/30/15) – 1,963 (107,305)
  19. [PS4] Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair (D3 Publisher, 04/02/15) – 1,861 (42,589)
  20. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (Capcom, 10/11/14) – 1,842 (2,529,565)

Hardware Sales (followed by last week’s sales)

  • PlayStation 4 – 12,096 (11,489)
  • PlayStation Vita – 11,352 (10,685)
  • New 3DS LL – 10,134 (11,340)
  • Wii U – 7,611 (6,428)
  • New 3DS – 3,609 (3,483)
  • PlayStation 3 – 2,627 (2,964)
  • 3DS LL – 827 (790)
  • 3DS – 687 (742)
  • PlayStation Vita TV – 423 (439)
  • Xbox One – 308 (148)

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