It seems Japan is finally starting to tire of interior design and mortgage payments, as new entry Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden knocked Animal Crossing: New Leaf off the top of the software charts.
The top 5 was dominated by 3DS titles, led by the new Dragon Quest which sold 872,922 in its first week after shipping 1 million units.
- [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden - 872,922 (New entry)
- [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 81,559 (Lifetime sales - 2,513,424)
- [3DS] Fantasy Life - 13,342 (221,720)
- [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 11,685 (1,910,708)
- [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - 10,523 (218,097)
While on the hardware charts sales of the 3DS XL and 3DS both saw growth, with 37396 and 12617 more sold than last week respectively.
- 3DS XL - 89,050 (Last week - 51,654)
- 3DS - 38,645 (26,028)
- PlayStation 3 - 17,004 (18,106)
- Wii U - 12,185 (12,959)
- PSP - 11,056 (12,191)
- PlayStation Vita - 8,762 (9,596)
- Wii - 1,945 (1,904)
- Xbox 360 - 593 (870)
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