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PS4 games made up half of the Top 20 in Japan last week.
The No.1 game of the week was Knack, which was bundled with the console. The highest charting new ‘non-bundle’ title is Yakuza: Ishin on PS3, with the PS4 version at No.3.
3DS still factors strongly in the charts, with Dragon Quest Monsters 2 at No. 4. The game has now sold over 634,000 games in the country.
The Japanese Games Chart in full (Media Create)
1. [PS4] Knack (Sony) – 309,304 (New)
2. [PS3] Yakuza: Ishin (Sega) – 138,158 (New)
3. [PS4] Yakuza: Ishin (Sega) – 82,540 (New)
4. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters 2: Iru and Luca (Square Enix) – 72,350 (Lifetime: 634,433)
5. [3DS] Kuroko no Basuke: Shouri e no Kiseki (Namco Bandai) – 45,681 (New)
6. [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5) – 35,125 (Lifetime: 458,961)
7. [PS4] Killzone: Shadow Fall (Sony) – 32,336 (New)
8. [PS4] Battlefield 4 (EA) – 24,799 (New)
9. [3DS] Kirby: Triple Deluxe (Nintendo) – 17,665 (Lifetime: 457,796)
10. [3DS] Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo) – 15,092 (Lifetime: 1,374,333)
11. [PS4] Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends (Tecmo Koei) – 14,356 (New)
12. [WiiU] Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) – 14,330 (Lifetime: 50,047)
13. [PS4] Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag (Ubisoft) – 13,862 (New)
14. [PS4] Call of Duty: Ghosts (Square Enix) – 13,701 (New)
15. [PS4] Tomb Raider (Square Enix) – 12,093 (New)
16. [3DS] Pokemon X and Y (Nintendo) – 11,302 (Lifetime: 3,961,624)
17. [3DS] Puyopuyo Tetris (Sega) – 8,859 (Lifetime: 67,204)
18. [PS4] FIFA 14 (EA) – 8,808 (New)
19. [PS3] Mobile Suit Gundam Extreme VS. Full Boost (Namco Bandai) – 7,763 (Lifetime: 321,054)
20. [PS4] Need for Speed: Rivals (EA) – 6,602 (New)
