wraggster
December 22nd, 2011, 00:24
3DS recorded its best ever sales week in Japan to top the Japanese hardware chart during the week ended December 18, although it had a five day head start over the just launched PS Vita.
<FIGURE style="POSITION: relative; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 300px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; FLOAT: right; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); CLEAR: both; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; border-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; -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_274775_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=274775)</FIGURE>Weekly sales of Nintendo's portable came in at 367,691 units, while Vita shifted 324,859 units in its first two days of availability, Andriasang reports.On the software front, Final Fantasy XIII-2 debuted at No.1, with the PS3 version of the game selling 525,271. The Xbox 360 edition failed to make the top 20.
Last week's top-seller, Monster Hunter 3G, dropped to No.2, ahead of Mario Kart 7, Inazuma Eleven Go and Super Mario 3D Land.
The highest Vita entries were Hot Shots Golf 6 and Uncharted: Golden Abyss, which came in at No.7 and No.8 respectively.
Hardware sales (previous week)
3DS: 367,691 (350,321)
PSV: 324,859
PS3: 65,119 (44,661)
PSP: 64,468 (51,191)
Wii: 60,916 (46,018)
DSi LL: 5,600 (4,007)
X360: 3,584 (3,211)
DSi: 3,523 (2,609)
PS2: 1,400 (1,268)
DS Lite: 32 (14)
Software sales (lifetime)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Square Enix): 525,271
Monster Hunter 3G (3DS, Capcom): 208,427 (730,386)
Mario Kart 7 (3DS, Nintendo): 182,418 (789,871)
Inazuma Eleven Go (3DS, Level-5): 135,259
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS, Nintendo): 112,533 (837,143)
Kirby Wii (Wii, Nintendo): 71,028 (398,516)
Hot Shots Golf 6 (PSV, Sony): 61,412
Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PSV, Sony): 48,224
Just Dance Wii (Wii, Nintendo): 44,021 (323,293)
Poke Park 2 (Wii, Pokemon): 43,829 (164,018)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/330560/3ds-tops-vita-in-japan-ffxiii-2-sells-500k/
<FIGURE style="POSITION: relative; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px; WIDOWS: 2; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 20px 20px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; WIDTH: 300px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; DISPLAY: block; FONT: ; WHITE-SPACE: normal; ORPHANS: 2; FLOAT: right; BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(68,68,68); CLEAR: both; VERTICAL-ALIGN: baseline; BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px; WORD-SPACING: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; border-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; -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_274775_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=274775)</FIGURE>Weekly sales of Nintendo's portable came in at 367,691 units, while Vita shifted 324,859 units in its first two days of availability, Andriasang reports.On the software front, Final Fantasy XIII-2 debuted at No.1, with the PS3 version of the game selling 525,271. The Xbox 360 edition failed to make the top 20.
Last week's top-seller, Monster Hunter 3G, dropped to No.2, ahead of Mario Kart 7, Inazuma Eleven Go and Super Mario 3D Land.
The highest Vita entries were Hot Shots Golf 6 and Uncharted: Golden Abyss, which came in at No.7 and No.8 respectively.
Hardware sales (previous week)
3DS: 367,691 (350,321)
PSV: 324,859
PS3: 65,119 (44,661)
PSP: 64,468 (51,191)
Wii: 60,916 (46,018)
DSi LL: 5,600 (4,007)
X360: 3,584 (3,211)
DSi: 3,523 (2,609)
PS2: 1,400 (1,268)
DS Lite: 32 (14)
Software sales (lifetime)
Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Square Enix): 525,271
Monster Hunter 3G (3DS, Capcom): 208,427 (730,386)
Mario Kart 7 (3DS, Nintendo): 182,418 (789,871)
Inazuma Eleven Go (3DS, Level-5): 135,259
Super Mario 3D Land (3DS, Nintendo): 112,533 (837,143)
Kirby Wii (Wii, Nintendo): 71,028 (398,516)
Hot Shots Golf 6 (PSV, Sony): 61,412
Uncharted: Golden Abyss (PSV, Sony): 48,224
Just Dance Wii (Wii, Nintendo): 44,021 (323,293)
Poke Park 2 (Wii, Pokemon): 43,829 (164,018)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/330560/3ds-tops-vita-in-japan-ffxiii-2-sells-500k/