wraggster
April 4th, 2014, 20:40
Western made action romp Grand Theft Auto V has achieved the rare honour of featuring in an annual Japanese games chart.
Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/you-might-be-surprised-how-grand-theft-auto-v-did-in-ja-1558103625?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow) reports that Famitsu’s Japanese Top Ten (http://www.famitsu.com/news/201404/04051082.html) for the year between April 1st 2013 and April 3rd 2014 features the PS3 version of Rockstar’s game in seventh place.
Pokemon X/Y was the best selling game of the period with 4,328,008 units sold with fellow 3DS title Monster Hunter 4 claiming second thanks to 3,429,862 sales.
Grand Theft Auto V managed sales of 699,182, placing it above Wii Party U and New Super Mario Bros U.
Seven of the top ten games are for 3DS, with Wii U claiming two and PS3 one.
Here’s the Top Ten in full:
1. Pokemon X/Y (3DS): 4,328,008
2. Monster Hunter 4 (3DS): 3,429,862
3. Tomodachi Collection Shin Seikatsu (3DS): 1,635,099
4. Puzzle and Dragons (3DS): 1,358,548
5. Animal Crossing New Leaf (3DS): 774,152
6. Dragon Quest Monsters 2 (3DS): 710,303
7. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3): 699,182
8. Wii Party U (Wii U): 697,042
9. Yokai Watch (3DS): 652,803
10. New Super Mario Bros U (Wii U): 622,502
GTA V grabbed a rare Western 40/10 in Famitsu (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/grand-theft-auto-v-becomes-second-western-game-to-grab-40-40-from-famitsu/0122101) last year and enjoyed week one sales of 360,115 (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/grand-theft-auto-v-enjoys-strong-debut-in-japan/0122710)on PS3 – the best ever numbers for a game developed in the West.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/grand-theft-auto-v-makes-annual-japanese-best-seller-list/0130750
Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/you-might-be-surprised-how-grand-theft-auto-v-did-in-ja-1558103625?utm_campaign=Socialflow_Kotaku_Twitter&utm_source=Kotaku_Twitter&utm_medium=Socialflow) reports that Famitsu’s Japanese Top Ten (http://www.famitsu.com/news/201404/04051082.html) for the year between April 1st 2013 and April 3rd 2014 features the PS3 version of Rockstar’s game in seventh place.
Pokemon X/Y was the best selling game of the period with 4,328,008 units sold with fellow 3DS title Monster Hunter 4 claiming second thanks to 3,429,862 sales.
Grand Theft Auto V managed sales of 699,182, placing it above Wii Party U and New Super Mario Bros U.
Seven of the top ten games are for 3DS, with Wii U claiming two and PS3 one.
Here’s the Top Ten in full:
1. Pokemon X/Y (3DS): 4,328,008
2. Monster Hunter 4 (3DS): 3,429,862
3. Tomodachi Collection Shin Seikatsu (3DS): 1,635,099
4. Puzzle and Dragons (3DS): 1,358,548
5. Animal Crossing New Leaf (3DS): 774,152
6. Dragon Quest Monsters 2 (3DS): 710,303
7. Grand Theft Auto V (PS3): 699,182
8. Wii Party U (Wii U): 697,042
9. Yokai Watch (3DS): 652,803
10. New Super Mario Bros U (Wii U): 622,502
GTA V grabbed a rare Western 40/10 in Famitsu (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/grand-theft-auto-v-becomes-second-western-game-to-grab-40-40-from-famitsu/0122101) last year and enjoyed week one sales of 360,115 (http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/grand-theft-auto-v-enjoys-strong-debut-in-japan/0122710)on PS3 – the best ever numbers for a game developed in the West.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/grand-theft-auto-v-makes-annual-japanese-best-seller-list/0130750