Ubisoft's hit continues to perform, though Freedom Wars takes number one
The PlayStation Vita RPG Freedom Wars topped the Japanese charts last week with nearly 190,000 sales - but Ubisoft's Watch Dogs wasn't too far behind.
Sales of Vita hardware nearly doubled on the release of Freedom Wars, though it still finished a few hundred units short of the 3DS XL. However, the most surprising story of the week was arguably Ubisoft's Watch Dogs, which sold almost 95,000 units across both PlayStation consoles - with more than 63,000 on PlayStation 4.
And it was a busy week on the software chart in general, with every one of the top six spots occupied by a new release. The software top ten is below, with lifetime sales in parentheses:

  • 1. [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, 06/26/14) - 188,888 (New)
  • 2. [PS4] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 06/26/14) - 63,595 (New)
  • 3. [PS3] Kamen Rider: Battride War II (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) - 62,649 (New)
  • 4. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu's Space-Time Great Adventure (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) - 53,095 (New)
  • 5. [PSV] Girls und Panzer: Master the Tankery (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) - 31,526 (New)
  • 6. [PS3] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 06/26/14) - 31,028 (New)
  • 7. [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) - 29,590 (1,147,202)
  • 8. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) - 23,520 (492,837)
  • 9. [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy (Nintendo, 06/19/14) - 15,373 (46,454)
  • 10. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (Konami, 05/22/14) - 13,026 (136,893)

The altogether more static hardware chart is below, with the prior week's sales 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)


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