New 3DS titles have made a significant impact on the Japanese sales charts, but the number one selling game of the week is Sega's Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity for the PSP - a new iteration in the popular Monster Hunter-esque series that sold 206,654 on its debut.
The second highest new entry, at number two, is Namco Bandai's SD Gundam G Generation World on the PSP with 192,981 sales. The Wii version charted at number 12 with 28,119 units sold.
As a result the highest-selling 3DS title was Level-5's Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle at number three, with 119,591 units sales. An impressive figure considering the charts only take into account the first two days that it, and the 3DS itself, went on sale.
The second biggest seller was nintendogs + cats at number five with 64,213 sales, followed by Samurai Warriors: Chronicles at number six, (49,327) Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition at number seven (44,649), Ridge Racer 3D at number eight (38,226), and Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D at number 15 (26,345). Pilotwings Resort was not part of the Japanese launch line-up.
With the weekend total for the 3DS hardware put at 374,764 the total of all software sales for the format suggests an overall attach rate of almost exactly 1:1.
It has been a generally busy week by any standard, with Nippon Ichi's Disgea 4 also debuting at number four with 79,425 sales and THE iDOLM@STER 2 on Xbox 360 squeezing into the top 10 with a creditable 34,621 unit sales.
As a result there is only title from the previous week in the top 10 (Monster Hunter Freedom 3 at number nine, and only four overall in the top 20.
Last Week This Week Title Format New Entry 1 Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity PSP New Entry 2 SD Gundam G Generation World PSP New Entry 3 Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle 3DS New Entry 4 Disgaea 4 PS3 New Entry 5 nintendogs + cats 3DS New Entry 6 Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 3DS New Entry 7 Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition 3DS New Entry 8 Ridge Racer 3D 3DS 4 9 Monster Hunter Freedom 3 PSP New Entry 10 THE iDOLM@STER 2 360 New Entry 11 Rune Factory Oceans PS3 New Entry 12 SD Gundam G Generation World Wii New Entry 13 Killzone 3 PS3 New Entry 14 Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5 PSP New Entry 15 Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D 3DS 3 16 Samurai Warriors 3 Z PS3 1 17 Catherine PS3 New Entry 18 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's World Championship 2011: Over the Nexus DS 2 19 Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 PS3 New Entry 20 Rune Factory Oceans Wii
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