Japanese Sales Charts: Monster Hunter 4 Stays Strong, PS Vita and PSP Almost Even

After it’s impressive debut, Monster Hunter 4 3DS held on once again to first place in Japan, this time with just shy of 474,000 copies sold. As you’d expect, the second place game trails very far behind, with Yahari Game Demo Ore no Seishun Love-Kome Hamachi Gatteiru on PlayStation Vita moving just 16,469 copies.

Looking at hardware, the PS3 dropped to 10,749, while the PlayStation Vita and PSP were nearly identical at 5,155 and 5,082, respectively. For scale, the 3DS was the #1 selling system at 159,388.

Here’s the top 20 selling games in Japan between September 16th and 22nd, according to Media Create:

Monster Hunter 4 (3DS) – 473,739Yahari Game Demo Ore no Seishun Love-Kome Hamachi Gatteiru (PSV) – 16,469Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (PS3) – 10,648Friend Collection: New Life (3DS) – 9,724Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (3DS) – 8,645Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life (3DS) – 7,853Nobunaga’s Ambition (3DS) – 7,587Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) – 7,483Youkai Watch (3DS) – 7,226La Corda d’Oro 3: Full Voice Special (PSP) – 7,062Brothers Conflict: Brilliant Blue (PSP) – 6,865JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (PS3) – 5,101Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) – 4,940Splinter Cell: Blacklist (PS3) – 4,364Mario Kart 7 (3DS) – 4,285Romance of the Three Kingdoms (3DS) – 4,250AKB1/149: Love Election (PS3) – 3,570New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS) – 3,555Phantom Breaker: Extra (PS3) – 3,102Mushi Bugyou (3DS) – 3,055

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UK Sales Charts: Grand Theft Auto V Smashes All Records, Already 24th Highest Selling Game

As if you couldn’t guess this would happen what with its $800 million in one day and over $1 billion in three days, Grand Theft Auto V finished first in the UK sales charts, destroying all previous records to become the fastest selling game ever.

After just five days on the market, Grand Theft Auto V has already become the 24th highest selling game in the UK (11th on Xbox 360, 10th on PS3), while also selling more in its launch week than every other GTA game combined, and 2.4 times more than that of Grand Theft Auto IV. As well, it sold over 250,000 copies more than Call of Duty: Black Ops’ 2 million or so, meaning that GTA V sold roughly 2.5 million, with 57% of that on Xbox 360 and 43% on PS3.

Although GTA V accounted for 89% of all sales in the UK, there were other games, with PES 2014 finishing in 2nd place and The Last of Us (up 536%) jumping all the way to third thanks to some hardware bundles. In all, the remaining 9 games in the UK top 10 represented 4% of the overall total sold.

Here’s the top 10 selling games in the UK for the week ending September 21st, 2013:

Grand Theft Auto VPro Evolution Soccer 2014The Last of UsSaints Row IVSplinter Cell: BlacklistMinecraft: Xbox 360 EditionDiablo IIIDisney InfinityAliens: Colonial MarinesKingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix

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