Mario returns to the top in lacklustre week for Japanese charts
Posted 12 Sep 2012 at 17:55 by Aaron Clegg
A quick Japanese sales update before we all get drunk on Wii U information, although truth be told, it isn't exactly a vintage week.
A handful of new titles make the top 20, though none makes a particularly strong impression, with 3DS stalwart New Super Mario Bros. 2 returning to the top spot. Depressingly, five titles that made their debuts last week see their sales drop over 80% in their second week.
Here is the entirely unspectacular software top 20 for the week of September 3rd to 9th.
| Game/ Sales | Platform | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Super Mario Bros. 2 39,708 / 1,076,912 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 2 | Lost Heroes 32,504 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 3 | Max Payne 3 24,264 | PS3 | Rockstar Games |
| 4 | Pokémon Black 2 / White 2 21,592 / 2,729,192 | NDS | Nintendo |
| 5 | Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 18,428 / 178,020 | PSV | Sega |
| 6 | Lost Heroes 15,650 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 7 | Gekiatsu!! Pachi Game Tamashi Max 14,094 | PS3 | Fields |
| 8 | Tousouchuu: Shijou Saikyou no Hunter-Tachi Kara Nigekire! 13,060 / 122,999 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 9 | Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 12,589 / 81,954 | 3DS | Atlus |
| 10 | Dragon Quest X 11,812 / 538,547 | Wii | Square-Enix |
| 11 | Senran Kagura Burst: Guren no Shoujotachi 9,513 / 78,597 | 3DS | Marvelous |
| 12 | Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb 8,800 / 197,806 | 3DS | Bandai Namco |
| 13 | Oni Training 7,973 / 146,663 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 14 | Mobile Suit Gundam Age: Universe Accel / Cosmic Drive 7,309 / 43,212 | PSP | Bandai Namco |
| 15 | Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set 6,659 / 85,267 | 3DS | Nippon Columbia |
| 16 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Dubbed Edition 6,353 | PS3 | Square-Enix |
| 17 | Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus 6,352 / 1,066,458 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 18 | Sengoku Basara HD Collection 6,339 / 42,029 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 19 | Just Dance Wii 2 6,329 / 166,041 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 20 | Ratchet & Clank Collection 6,195 | PS3 | Sony |
The story is no more interesting in the hardware chart. Vita's new-found momentum is lost as it is found, as it races towards that drab 10k figure following last week's Miku-boost. 3DS stays comfortably top, although it shaves another 10k off its weekly total.
| System | This week's sales | Last week's sales | Life-to-date sales | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nintendo 3DS | 64,159 | 74,293 | 7,341,249 |
| 2 | PlayStation Vita | 14,106 | 50,070 | 959,540 |
| 3 | PlayStation 3 | 11,813 | 12,433 | 8,414,376 |
| 4 | PlayStation Portable | 9,065 | 10,266 | 19,287,073 |
| 5 | Wii | 6,958 | 8,680 | 12,548,832 |
| 6 | Nintendo DS | 1,269 | 1,488 | 32,867,723 |
| 7 | PlayStation 2 | 1,078 | 1,098 | 21,816,259 |
| 8 | Xbox 360 | 815 | 875 | 1,584,557 |
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