Following a great week for the PlayStation Vita because of Persona 4: Dancing All Night, things returned to normal, with the system dropping to 14,000 in sales and P4D selling 13,000 copies, bringing its lifetime total to 107,000.
Elsewhere, the only new release in the top 20 was Zettai Geigeki Wars: Metropolis Defenders on PS Vita, which sold just 2,800 copies. The PlayStation 3 version finished outside the top 20.
Despite the slow week, PlayStation 4 sales actually increased by 3,700, moving it into second place behind the new 3DS XL.
Here’s how each system sold, along with the top 20 selling retail games in Japan from June 29 – July 5, 2015, according to Media Create:
Games (Lifetime)
- Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright/Conquest (3DS) – 54,896 (315,571)
- Rhythm Heaven: The Best+ (3DS) -34,467 (301,193)
- Splatoon (Wii U) – 34,135 (382,175)
- Persona 4: Dancing All Night (PS Vita) – 13,028 (107,064)
- Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition (PS Vita) – 11,941 (232,530)
- Mario Kart 8 (Wii U) – 7,833 (1,053,734)
- Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden (3DS) – 6,656 (105,445)
- Return to PopoloCrois: A Story of Seasons Fairytale (3DS) – 4,992 (60,768)
- Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition (PS4) – 4,920 (47,246)
- Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire (3DS) – 4,719 (2,653,053)
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) – 4,276 (3,992,729)
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (PS4) – 3,529 (125,567)
- Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS (3DS) – 3,325 (2,253,580)
- Girls Mode 3: Kira Kira Code (3DS) – 3,148 (161,545)
- Zettai Geigeki Wars: Metropolis Defenders (PS Vita) – 2,831
- Puzzle & Dragons: Super Mario Bros. Edition (3DS) – 2,708 (272,776)
- Chaos;Child (PS Vita) – 2,556 (12,882)
- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (Wii U) – 2,536 (651,565)
- Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (PS4) – 2,430 (41,188)
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Evolution (PS Vita) – 2,142 (30,275)
Systems (Previous Week)
- New 3DS LL – 19,475 (21,818)
- PlayStation 4 – 18,171 (14,482)
- PlayStation Vita – 14,067 (23,134)
- Wii U – 12,781 (13,166)
- New 3DS – 5,506 (8,294)
- PlayStation 3 – 3,102 (2,761)
- 3DS – 1,394 (1,396)
- 3DS LL – 861 (847)
- PlayStation Vita TV – 741 (820)
- Xbox One – 235 (243)
How much longer do you think Persona 4: Dancing All Night will remain in the top 10?
2 Years Later: PS4 Goals
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PS4 Promised Features - Has Sony Delivered?
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PlayStation Mobile
"We're also focused on expanding the world of PlayStation content to smartphones and tablets via PlayStation Mobile" - Andrew House
Oh, Andrew. You guys really did try with PlayStation Mobile, but with the recent announcement of PSM ending it is hard to take this quote too seriously. While Sony did try with PSM, it quickly took a backseat to their efforts in promoting the PS4. Sony obviously made the right choice in focusing on the console instead, but it doesn't make PlayStation Mobile's impending death less sad.
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PS4 Will Predict What You Want to Buy
“Our long-term vision is to reduce download times of digital titles to zero. If we know enough about you to predict the next game you'll purchase then that game will be loaded and ready to go before you even click the buy button.” - Mark Cerny
Whoa there, Big Brother. This is one goal of the PS4 that I'm glad didn't happen. With hard-drive space already at a premium, I'm glad I haven't woken up to any random games downloaded onto my system!
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Resume Play
"The hardware supports suspending and resuming of play sessions. Just hit the power button and the system enters a low power state with the play session preserved in RAM. You'll just hit the power button again and promptly be back playing the game at the exact spot you left off." - Mark Cerny
Resume Play finally got added in version 2.50 of the PS4 firmware. Which is available to download now.
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Video Killed the Picture
"Our goal is to make the sharing of video as popular in the PlayStation 4 generation as the sharing of screenshots is today." - Mark Cerny
The share button has made it extremely easy to capture and share video off the PlayStaiton 4. This is one goal that Sony has definitely accomplished as my Twitter feed is always full of PS4 videos. Although, it might not work for everyone.
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More Pownce than Facebook
"The PlayStation Network will get to know you by understanding your personal preferences and the preferences of your community, and turns this knowledge into useful information that will help to enhance future gameplay. So like when your friends purchase a new game you'll know immediately, so you can join into the action." - David Perry
The 'What's New' section of the PlayStation 4 does show what friends are buying, but it is hardly enhancing gameplay. Sony's social network for gamers has hardly been as all-encompassing as initially planned.
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Instant? Not Really
"Imagine you're in the store, checking out the latest titles and you see something that catches your eye. No problem! You can simply press the X button to hop in and start playing the game. With Gaikai in the PlayStation Store, you'll be able to instantly experience anything you want." - David Perry
While the ability to start games before they are fully downloaded has definitely been implemented, it is far from an instant process. One area where this is the case is the PS Now's storefront where it only takes a few seconds to load into a PS3 title.
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Try Before You Buy
"I've always liked the concept of 'try it for free, share it if you like it and pay only for the games that you fall in love with'." - David Perry
That is great that you like that, David, but there isn't currently a way to try every game for free. Share Play has helped in showing off games to friends, but even that still requires somebody to buy it beforehand and that it isn't blocked.
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Stream to the World!
"We're making it so that your friends can actually look over your shoulder virtually and interact with you while you're playing; and if you allow them, your friends can also post comments to your screen. You can solicit support from them, or you can just trash talk with them." - David Perry
The PlayStation 4's streaming capabilities have definitely made it easy to let your friends (and the rest of the internet) watch and interact with you while playing a game. This is one goal they have nailed.
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Sharing is Caring
"You can ask your friend on the internet who's finished the game, to take over your controller and assist. We're building this capability into the PS4 and the PlayStation Network." - David Perry
Despite it taking quite a bit for this feature to come to fruition, Share Play is currently in full effect. Better late than never!
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Untapped Potential
"We're helping fuel the imagination of our developers by giving them new spectating tools. Now, imagine a developer using these tools: if they identify a gaming expert, they can give them director-level status, so they can manipulate levels to assist you during your gameplay. Developers can insert command buttons for certain levels, where friends can drop in special items for you, such as giving you a health potion when you're in critical condition." - David Perry
The potential is there to make spectating a more important experience than it already is, but no developer is really taking advantage of it so far. It is a big risk to take on a feature that not everyone uses, but it could be revolutionary if used correctly. Hopefully, we'll see this in the future, but right now it just isn't happening.
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Remote Play Everything
"Our long-term goal is to make every PlayStation 4 title playable on the PS Vita." - David Perry
Before the PlayStation 4 released, Sony decided to make Remote Play a requirement for all games released on the system. This is one goal that they have absolutely achieved with it even allowing players to play Bloodborne on their Vita.
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PlayStation Now But Not Right Now
"Although PS3 titles aren't natively supported on the PS4, we're exploring some very unique opportunities enabled by cloud technology, with the long-term vision of making PS3 games ubiquitous on any device. The technology is so advanced that someday we could easily put PS1/PS2/PS3 and the PS Mobile games on any device, including the PS4." - David Perry
PlayStation Now currently allows PS4 owners to stream PS3 titles, but that is it. No retro titles are currently on the system and support for other devices are coming at a later time. This is a good first step, but the service isn't where they want it to be.
