wraggster
June 27th, 2012, 23:13
After last week's massive bump in Japanese Vita sales, Sony's system has dropped back down to the level it was at two weeks (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-13-japan-chart-tokyo-jungle-takes-the-top-spot) ago - around 13K.Nintendo is still going strong with Japanese 3DS sales quadrupling those of runner-up, PlayStation 3. While some of this can be attributed to Pokémon Black & White coming out this week, the sales increase on the handheld was pretty mild - presumably because potential buyers already own the system.Proportionally, Pokémon had a much larger impact on the aging DSi that sold more than double what it did last week. Granted an extra 520 units is little more than a drop in the bucket for the whole country.Here's the full hardware chart, as reported by Andriasang: (http://andriasang.com/con1pb/media_create_sales/)
3DS: 68,056 (Last week: 61,793)
PlayStation 3: 15,680 (14,673)
Vita: 13,589 (34,459)
PSP: 8954 (9740)
Wii: 6127 (5963)
Xbox 360: 1073 (1084)
PlayStation 2: 1065 (1237)
DSi: 900 (380)
DSi XL: 704 (689)
As reported earlier this week, Pokémon Black & White 2 is selling like hotcakes (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-26-pokemon-black-and-white-2-sells-heaps-and-tons-and-millions-in-japan) with over one and a half million copies moved in its first week. That's still not as well as its predecessor which managed a whopping 2,637,285 sales in a scant two days upon its release in 2010.Meanwhile, From Software's Kinect curio Steel Battalion launched with a thud, coming in at 14th place with under 5000 units sold. Of course, Xbox 360 isn't very popular in Japan and a game that requires a niche peripheral for it was never a promising prospect, even with Capcom's strong marketing push.Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D is holding steady at second place with a mild decline from last week's (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-20-japan-chart-persona-4-revives-vita-sales) 66,434, while Persona 4: The Golden sold less than a fifth of what it did in our last report, yet still maintains a spot in the top three.
Pokémon Black & White 2 (Pokemon Co., DS): 1,561,738 - NEW
Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D (Square Enix, 3DS): 58,228 (Life to date: 721,174)
Persona 4: The Golden (Atlus, Vita): 29,293 (166,369)
Kenka Bancho Bros. Tokyo Battle Royal (Spike Chunsoft, PSP): 21,797 - NEW
Tokyo Jungle (Sony, PS3): 18,715 (165,013)
K-On After School Live!! HD Version (Sega, PS3): 13,581 - NEW
Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, Wii): 13,339 (447,126)
Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo, 3DS): 13,036 (198,047)
Dragon's Dogma (Capcom, PS3): 9162 (446,410)
Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa, PS3): 7898 (61,246)
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS): 7609 (1,631,358)
Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS): 5091 (1,746,836)
Akiba's Trip Plus (Acquire, PS3): 5034 (34,539)
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor (Capcom, Xbox 360): 4889 - NEW
Arcana Famiglia: Vascello Phantasma no Majutsushi (Comfort, PSP): 4854 - NEW
Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 4287 (965,713)
Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 3DS): 4269 (1,481,643)
Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo, 3DS): 3972 (417,760)
Gundam Seed Battle Destiny (Namco Bandai, Vita): 3668 (52,790)
Mario & Sonic at the London Olympics (Nintendo, 3DS): 2965 (186,789)
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-27-japan-chart-vita-sales-plummet-in-lieu-of-pokemon-sweeping-the-nation
3DS: 68,056 (Last week: 61,793)
PlayStation 3: 15,680 (14,673)
Vita: 13,589 (34,459)
PSP: 8954 (9740)
Wii: 6127 (5963)
Xbox 360: 1073 (1084)
PlayStation 2: 1065 (1237)
DSi: 900 (380)
DSi XL: 704 (689)
As reported earlier this week, Pokémon Black & White 2 is selling like hotcakes (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-26-pokemon-black-and-white-2-sells-heaps-and-tons-and-millions-in-japan) with over one and a half million copies moved in its first week. That's still not as well as its predecessor which managed a whopping 2,637,285 sales in a scant two days upon its release in 2010.Meanwhile, From Software's Kinect curio Steel Battalion launched with a thud, coming in at 14th place with under 5000 units sold. Of course, Xbox 360 isn't very popular in Japan and a game that requires a niche peripheral for it was never a promising prospect, even with Capcom's strong marketing push.Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D is holding steady at second place with a mild decline from last week's (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-20-japan-chart-persona-4-revives-vita-sales) 66,434, while Persona 4: The Golden sold less than a fifth of what it did in our last report, yet still maintains a spot in the top three.
Pokémon Black & White 2 (Pokemon Co., DS): 1,561,738 - NEW
Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D (Square Enix, 3DS): 58,228 (Life to date: 721,174)
Persona 4: The Golden (Atlus, Vita): 29,293 (166,369)
Kenka Bancho Bros. Tokyo Battle Royal (Spike Chunsoft, PSP): 21,797 - NEW
Tokyo Jungle (Sony, PS3): 18,715 (165,013)
K-On After School Live!! HD Version (Sega, PS3): 13,581 - NEW
Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, Wii): 13,339 (447,126)
Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo, 3DS): 13,036 (198,047)
Dragon's Dogma (Capcom, PS3): 9162 (446,410)
Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa, PS3): 7898 (61,246)
Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 3DS): 7609 (1,631,358)
Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS): 5091 (1,746,836)
Akiba's Trip Plus (Acquire, PS3): 5034 (34,539)
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor (Capcom, Xbox 360): 4889 - NEW
Arcana Famiglia: Vascello Phantasma no Majutsushi (Comfort, PSP): 4854 - NEW
Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 4287 (965,713)
Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 3DS): 4269 (1,481,643)
Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo, 3DS): 3972 (417,760)
Gundam Seed Battle Destiny (Namco Bandai, Vita): 3668 (52,790)
Mario & Sonic at the London Olympics (Nintendo, 3DS): 2965 (186,789)
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-06-27-japan-chart-vita-sales-plummet-in-lieu-of-pokemon-sweeping-the-nation