3DS finally knocked off the top spot in Japan
Posted 14 Mar 2013 at 17:19 by Aaron Clegg
The latest Media Create charts from Japan are out, and for the second week in a row, it's a healthily busy situation, especially for Sony platforms.
New releases for each of Sony's three systems impressively occupied the top of the software chart, but Nintendo's Animal Crossing: New Leaf still holds in there with very strong legs.
There are no signs of Wii U software in the chart this week, but a resurgent Vita has a mighty five titles in the top 20.
Here is the full software chart for the week of March 4th to 10th.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 110,229 | PS3 | Sega |
| 2 | Soul Sacrifice 92,396 | PSV | Sony |
| 3 | Uta no Prince-Sama: All Star 67,217 | PSP | Broccoli |
| 4 | Animal Crossing: New Leaf 63,285 / 2,802,940 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 5 | Tales of Hearts R 55,258 | PSV | Bandai Namco |
| 6 | Dynasty Warriors 8 46,866 / 250,090 | PS3 | Koei Tecmo |
| 7 | Far Cry 3 33,281 | PS3 | Ubisoft |
| 8 | Professor Layton and the Legacy of Civilization A 30,078 / 160,764 | 3DS | Level-5 |
| 9 | Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden 24,045 / 1,159,265 | 3DS | Square-Enix |
| 10 | Soul Sacrifice: "United Front" Double Pack 22,050 | PSV | Sony |
| 11 | Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 21,915 / 110,302 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 12 | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 17,833 / 386,908 | PS3 | Konami |
| 13 | Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: Otome Shoujotachi no Shoumei 17,138 / 111,461 | PSV | Marvelous |
| 14 | Doraemon: Nobita to Himitsu Dougu Hakubutsukan 12,768 | 3DS | FuRyu |
| 15 | Phantasy Star Online 2: Special Package 10,031 / 71,258 | PSV | Sega |
| 16 | Crysis 3 9,602 | PS3 | EA |
| 17 | Macross 30: Ginga o Tsunagu Utagoe 9,294 / 72,383 | PS3 | Bandai Namco |
| 18 | Shining Ark 9,161 / 63,999 | PSP | Sega |
| 19 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 8,452 / 1,950,816 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 20 | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) 8,096 / 252,737 | 3DS | Capcom |
The real headline is, for once, to be had in the software chart. Following last week's price cut, Vita has enjoyed a second consecutive week of big new software, keeping its hardware total high. Coinciding with a gentle slump for 3DS, it meant Vita found itself at the top of the hardware chart.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PlayStation Vita | 63,581 | 62,543 | 1,357,988 |
| 2 | Nintendo 3DS | 61,008 | 77,439 | 10,825,303 |
| 3 | PlayStation 3 | 19,567 | 25,725 | 9,101,311 |
| 4 | PlayStation Portable | 18,023 | 11,171 | 19,801,116 |
| 5 | Wii U | 9,454 | 10,021 | 810,481 |
| 6 | Wii | 1,363 | 1,383 | 12,660,200 |
| 7 | Xbox 360 | 738 | 486 | 1,621,631 |
