wraggster
November 14th, 2012, 23:34
Japanese 3DS (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/nintendo-3ds/games/11495/nintendo-3ds/) sales doubled during the week ended November 11 as system exclusive Animal Crossing: New Leaf (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/nintendo-3ds/rpg/12433/animal-crossing-new-leaf/) sold over 600,000 copies to storm the software chart.
<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_293473_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=293473)</figure>While 3DS sales jumped from 94,000 units the previous week to 187,000, Vita (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/331102/ps-vita-review-everything-you-need-to-know-about-ps-vita/) sales fell from close to 5,000 to 4,000, a new record low for the handheld.According to Media Create sales data republished on NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=499766), 3DS has sold over 3.8 million units in Japan year to date. In comparison, PSP has shifted 694,000 units and Vita 590,000.
Elsewhere on the latest software chart, the PS3 version of Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires debuted at No.2, one place ahead of fellow new entry Halo 4, which helped more than double weekly Xbox 360 sales to 2,900 units.
Software sales November 5-11 (lifetime total)
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS, Nintendo) - 603,064 / New
Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires (PS3, Koei Tecmo) - 70,102 / New
Halo 4 (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - 39,312 / New
Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3, Bandai Namco) - 34,789 / 399,228
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS, Nintendo) - 23,224 / 1,343,554
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (3DS, Square Enix) - 14,847 / 249,260
Silent Hill: Downpour (PS3, Konami) - 13,516 / New
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 (PSP, Konami) - 12,335 / 50,722
Okami HD (PS3, Capcom) - 11,013 / 79,657
Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition (PS3, Sega) - 10,073 / 68,211
Weekly hardware sales (previous week (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/377377/japan-new-ps3-tales-game-tops-the-chart/))
3DS - 187,077 (93,989)
PS3 - 18,043 (21,310)
PSP - 12,076 (13,868)
Vita - 4,021 (4,842)
Wii - 2,921 (3,806)
Xbox 360 - 2,908 (1,339)
PS2 - 1,187 (1,351)
DSi - 424 (568)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/378619/japan-new-animal-crossing-boosts-3ds-sales-as-vita-slips-to-record-low/
<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_293473_thumb_wide300.jpg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/viewer.php?mode=article&id=293473)</figure>While 3DS sales jumped from 94,000 units the previous week to 187,000, Vita (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/331102/ps-vita-review-everything-you-need-to-know-about-ps-vita/) sales fell from close to 5,000 to 4,000, a new record low for the handheld.According to Media Create sales data republished on NeoGAF (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=499766), 3DS has sold over 3.8 million units in Japan year to date. In comparison, PSP has shifted 694,000 units and Vita 590,000.
Elsewhere on the latest software chart, the PS3 version of Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires debuted at No.2, one place ahead of fellow new entry Halo 4, which helped more than double weekly Xbox 360 sales to 2,900 units.
Software sales November 5-11 (lifetime total)
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS, Nintendo) - 603,064 / New
Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires (PS3, Koei Tecmo) - 70,102 / New
Halo 4 (Xbox 360, Microsoft) - 39,312 / New
Tales of Xillia 2 (PS3, Bandai Namco) - 34,789 / 399,228
New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS, Nintendo) - 23,224 / 1,343,554
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (3DS, Square Enix) - 14,847 / 249,260
Silent Hill: Downpour (PS3, Konami) - 13,516 / New
World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 (PSP, Konami) - 12,335 / 50,722
Okami HD (PS3, Capcom) - 11,013 / 79,657
Yakuza 1 & 2 HD Edition (PS3, Sega) - 10,073 / 68,211
Weekly hardware sales (previous week (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/377377/japan-new-ps3-tales-game-tops-the-chart/))
3DS - 187,077 (93,989)
PS3 - 18,043 (21,310)
PSP - 12,076 (13,868)
Vita - 4,021 (4,842)
Wii - 2,921 (3,806)
Xbox 360 - 2,908 (1,339)
PS2 - 1,187 (1,351)
DSi - 424 (568)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/378619/japan-new-animal-crossing-boosts-3ds-sales-as-vita-slips-to-record-low/