wraggster
June 8th, 2012, 01:02
Dragon Quest Monsters Terry's Wonderland 3D sold over 500,000 copies in its first week of availability in Japan.
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Weekly software sales (life to date)
Dragon Quest Monsters Terry's Wonderland 3D (3DS, Square Enix, 05.31.2012): 513,183
Dragon's Dogma (PS3, Capcom, 05.24.2012): 82,985 (385,025)
Mario Tennis Open (3DS, Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 41,479 (143,124)
Mario Party 9 (Wii, Nintendo, 04.26.2012): 19,627 (400,390)
Guild 01 (3DS, Level-5, 05.31.2012): 14,790
Fist of the North Star Pachislot (PS3, Sega, 05.31.2012): 13,758
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS, Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 10,018 (1,605,114)
Soukoku no Kusabi Hiiro no Kakera 3 Ashita e no Tobira (PSP, Idea Factory, 05.31.2012): 10,008
Fire Emblem Awakening (3DS, Nintendo, 04.19.2012): 9,654 (400,999)
Mario Kart 7 (3DS, Nintendo, 12.01.2011): 7,771 (1,728,338)
Weekly hardware sales (previous week (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/350083/dragons-dogma-storms-japan/))
3DS: 101,075 (55,212)
PS3: 14,799 (14,771)
PSP: 10,547 (10,617)
PSV: 7,551 (6,675)
Wii: 5,825 (6,149)
X360: 2,719 (3,069)
PS2: 1,106 (1,027)
DSi LL: 665 (628)
DSi: 379 (431)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/352660/japan-dragon-quest-monsters-sells-500k-boosts-3ds-hardware/
<figure style="margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; width: 300px; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); text-transform: none; line-height: 21px; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; clear: both; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; float: right; display: block; white-space: normal; position: relative; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="article-image article-image-alt article-image-300">http://cdn.medialib.computerandvideogames.com/screens/screenshot_284053_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=284053)</figure>A 3DS remake of the original Dragon Quest Monsters, the game knocked Dragon's Dogma down to No.2, ahead of Mario Tennis Open, Mario Party 9 and the week's second-highest new entry, Level-5 3DS game Guild 01.Weekly 3DS hardware sales almost doubled to over 100,000, Andriasang (http://andriasang.com/con1cu/media_create_sales/) reports. Nintendo's handheld outsold its closest competitor, PS3, by nearly seven units to one.
Weekly software sales (life to date)
Dragon Quest Monsters Terry's Wonderland 3D (3DS, Square Enix, 05.31.2012): 513,183
Dragon's Dogma (PS3, Capcom, 05.24.2012): 82,985 (385,025)
Mario Tennis Open (3DS, Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 41,479 (143,124)
Mario Party 9 (Wii, Nintendo, 04.26.2012): 19,627 (400,390)
Guild 01 (3DS, Level-5, 05.31.2012): 14,790
Fist of the North Star Pachislot (PS3, Sega, 05.31.2012): 13,758
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS, Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 10,018 (1,605,114)
Soukoku no Kusabi Hiiro no Kakera 3 Ashita e no Tobira (PSP, Idea Factory, 05.31.2012): 10,008
Fire Emblem Awakening (3DS, Nintendo, 04.19.2012): 9,654 (400,999)
Mario Kart 7 (3DS, Nintendo, 12.01.2011): 7,771 (1,728,338)
Weekly hardware sales (previous week (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/350083/dragons-dogma-storms-japan/))
3DS: 101,075 (55,212)
PS3: 14,799 (14,771)
PSP: 10,547 (10,617)
PSV: 7,551 (6,675)
Wii: 5,825 (6,149)
X360: 2,719 (3,069)
PS2: 1,106 (1,027)
DSi LL: 665 (628)
DSi: 379 (431)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/352660/japan-dragon-quest-monsters-sells-500k-boosts-3ds-hardware/