Akiba's Trip PS4 fails to trouble Japanese chart

Nudity-obsessed brawler can't take advantage of a slow week for games

News by Matthew Handrahan Editor-in-Chief

Published on July 10, 2014

There were was little action in the Japanese software chart last week, with only one new entry: the bizarre and potentially offensive Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed.

With gameplay built around exposing demon-possessed humans - judging by the available screenshots, often young women - by beating them until their clothes fall off, Akiba's Trip charted twice in the top ten when its PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita versions were released in November last year, selling a combined total of almost 55,000 copies in its debut week.

The PlayStation 4 release has failed to make the same impact, selling a shade over 3,600 units and creeping into the chart at 17.

Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed will be released in North America by Marvelous in August. It remains to be seen how well its unique combination of brawling and near-nudity will be received outside of Japan.

The software top ten is below, with lifetime sales in parentheses:

1. [PSV] Freedom Wars (SCEJ, 06/26/14) - 43,160 (232,048)
2. [3DS] Yokai Watch (Level-5, 07/11/13) - 28,933 (1,176,134)
3. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Don and Katsu's Space-Time Great Adventure (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) - 24,412 (77,508)
4. [Wii U] Mario Kart 8 (Nintendo, 05/29/14) - 19,386 (512,223)
5. [PS4] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 06/26/14) - 12,783 (78,378)
6. [PS3] Watch Dogs (Ubisoft, 06/26/14) - 12,656 (43,684)
7. [PS3] Kamen Rider: Battride War II (Bandai Namco, 06/26/14) - 10,651 (73,300)
8. [3DS] Pokemon Art Academy (Nintendo, 06/19/14) - 10,003 (56,456)
9. [PS3] Pro Evolution Soccer 2014: Aoki Samurai no Chousen (Konami, 05/22/14) - 7,607 (144,500)
10. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V Low Price Version (06/26/14) - 5,717 (12,448)

The hardware chart is below, with the prior week's sales in parentheses:

1. 3DS LL - 21,914 (22,803)
2. PlayStation Vita - 18,438 (22,192)
3. Wii U - 9,961 (10,653)
4. PlayStation 4 - 7,876 (8,059)
5. PlayStation 3 - 7,511 (7,480)
6. 3DS - 5,424 (5,081)
7. PlayStation Vita TV - 2,217 (2,727)
8. PSP - 1,579 (1,445)
9. Xbox 360 - 180 (201)

Charts courtesy of Media Create, via Gematsu.

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