Yakuza 5 Released in Japan; Beats Wii U Launch

– December 12, 2012

The Hit is Out on Nintendo

Sega’s Playstation 3 exclusive Yakuza 5 sold more units in Japanese stores for its launch last week than Nintendo sold Wii U hardware units in its launch the same week.

The Media Create data, as revealed by CVG, shows how powerful the Yakuza brand has become in the region. Yakuza 5 sold more than 356,000 units in the period, while just over 308,000 Wii Us were sold. It was the top software seller for the week, and it was also a convincingly better performer than any Wii U launch title in Japan–or the launch titles combined. The only three Wii U games to chart on the Media Create data–New Super Mario Bros. U, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, and Nintendo Land–together sold just over 342,000 units.

The Media Create data is considered the official barometer of Japanese game and media sales.

To be fair, Yakuza 5 had a two-day leg up on the Wii U launch, but any good Sega news is welcome given how Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed appears to have sputtered in the West. Critically acclaimed with a rare perfect score from Famitsu in tow, the robust sales may be enough to convince Sega to bring Yakuza 5 to the Western market if they hold; we’ll see.

SSJSonicXX14

Posted December 13, 2012 at 5:44 PM

@Ricardo

Hifihedgehog

Posted December 14, 2012 at 5:18 AM

I know several people who served missions in Japan, including a Sonic fan artist, and found that Sonic is not very popular there. But hated? I think he is more underappreciated than anything else by the Japanese who would rather dabble with games with the likes of Hazuki and Miku Hatsune.

Posted December 14, 2012 at 5:23 AM

FYI: Yazuka=Hazuki. lol

Posted December 14, 2012 at 4:28 PM

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