Global HW UP! ALL SW UP! 29nd June 2013

[Kresnik]

Finally! This was super duper late.

So, on the hardware side, at least Wii-U climbed to be above Wii; and Vita actually posting some fairly 'alright' numbers this week, even if it is solely because of Japan.

But I have a large number of issues with the software numbers this week. My biggest recurring problem is the Jak Collection. I just don't understand where these sales have suddenly come from. Maybe, yes - a couple of weeks ago, some USA retailers discounted the game and it started selling better, so it showed up here. But what else happened a couple of weeks ago? The Vita version released. The version we don't have a single sale of in the database. So yeah...

Also, poor opening for Muramasa. We guessed that it was overtracked in NA in the pre-orders charts, but still. I suspect this number might have something to do with shipping issues though. The game didn't release on the day it was supposed to, according to a number of posts I've read on both reddit & neogaf, but shipped 1-2 days late. Could that be why there was some trouble with the tracking? Seems likely.

Game & Wario I know nothing about though. Has it literally just sold that badly? Seem unlikely, but I guess we'll see in a few day's time when we get June's NPD. Which will also tell us how the tracking has been for both Animal Crossing & The Last of Us in the USA.

Grats to Animal Crossing for grabbing the top spot though!