Japanese charts - 3DS reclaims top spot, Wii U remains flat
Posted 20 Mar 2013 at 15:26 by Aaron Clegg
Another Wednesday, another bout of charts from the Far East, and things are somewhat returning to normal after last week's freak incident of a non-Nintendo console at the top of the hardware chart.
On the software side of things, we've become a little more familiar with Sony dominance, and it's very much business as usual. The only notable new 3DS release was Super Robot Wars UX, but that was narrowly beaten by both Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment on PSP and Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 on PS3.
Here's the full top 20 for the week of March 11th to 17th.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment 138,180 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 2 | Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX 128,414 | PS3 | Square-Enix |
| 3 | Super Robot Wars UX 115,384 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 4 | Animal Crossing: New Leaf 58,578 / 2,861,517 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 5 | Soul Sacrifice 29,121 / 121,517 | PSV | Sony |
| 6 | Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 26,248 / 136,477 | PS3 | Sega |
| 7 | Dynasty Warriors 8 22,122 / 272,211 | PS3 | Koei Tecmo |
| 8 | God of War: Ascension 19,744 | PS3 | Sony |
| 9 | Professor Layton and the Legacy of Civilization A 14,976 / 175,740 | 3DS | Level-5 |
| 10 | Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden 14,813 / 1,174,077 | 3DS | Square-Enix |
| 11 | Far Cry 3 14,772 / 48,054 | PS3 | Ubisoft |
| 12 | Darkstalkers Resurrection 11,591 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 13 | Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission 11,396 / 121,698 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 14 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 8,747 / 1,959,564 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 15 | Tales of Hearts R 8,409 / 63,668 | PSV | Bandai Namco |
| 16 | Doraemon: Nobita to Himitsu Dougu Hakubutsukan 8,267 / 21,035 | 3DS | FuRyu |
| 17 | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance 7,544 / 394,452 | PS3 | Konami |
| 18 | Winning Post 7 2013 7,143 | PS3 | Koei Tecmo |
| 19 | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) 7,098 / 259,835 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 20 | Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: Otome Shoujotachi no Shoumei 6,902 / 118,364 | PSV | Marvelous |
With no new Vita releases to extend last week's strong showing, Sony's handheld slipped back into a distant second place whilst 3DS returned to the top, enjoying a nice boost on last week. Wii U stays in its familiar fifth place and below 10k, blighted by no major new software in weeks.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 69,439 | 61,008 | 10,894,742 |
| 2 | PlayStation Vita | 36,028 | 63,581 | 1,394,016 |
| 3 | PlayStation 3 | 20,676 | 19,567 | 9,121,987 |
| 4 | PlayStation Portable | 12,721 | 18,023 | 19,813,837 |
| 5 | Wii U | 9,539 | 9,454 | 820,020 |
| 6 | Wii | 1,323 | 1,363 | 12,661,523 |
| 7 | Xbox 360 | 543 | 738 | 1,622,174 |
