News: 3DS Bounces Back in Japan
Posted 26 Oct 2011 at 19:22 by Aaron Clegg
A 3DS spike sees the handheld sell more than all other systems combined last week...
The latest Japanese charts from Media Create (via NeoGAF) are in, and Nintendo's forever-doomed handheld saw sales rise to its highest levels since mid-August.
The sudden rise in sales was no doubt indebted to the release of the Misty Pink version (coming to our shores in November). It certainly wasn't down to any new software, as not a single 3DS game broke the 8,000 mark for the week.
The software chart for the week of October 17th to October 23rd is as follows (life-to-date figures are in parentheses).
01. [PS3] Macross F Hybrid Pack (Namco Bandai): 142,607 -- NEW
02. [PSP] Naruto Narutimate Impact (Namco Bandai): 53,148 -- NEW
04. [WII] Go Vacation (Namco Bandai): 47,209 -- NEW
03. [WII] Just Dance (Nintendo):45,580 (135,619)
05. [PS3] Dead Island (Spike): 39,945 -- NEW
07. [PS3] FIFA 12 World Class Soccer (Electronic Arts): 25,640 -- NEW
06. [PS3] Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami): 22,902 (356,724)
08. [PS3] Ace Combat Assault Horizon (Namco Bandai): 18,120 (167,591)
09. [PSP] AKB1/48 If I Loved an Idol in Guam (Namco Bandai): 17,562 (288,263)
10. [360] Dead Island (Spike): 13,147 -- NEW
11. [WII] Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Nintendo): 12,377 (517,691)
12. [WII] Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo): 12,334 (613,144)
13. [PS3] Deus Ex (Square Enix): 8,707
14. [PS3] NBA2K12 (Take-2 Japan): 8,701
15. [WII] Dragon Quest Collection (Square Enix): 8,354 (371,151)
16. [3DS] Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo): 7,980 (332,292)
17. [NDS] Atsumete! Kirby (Nintendo): 7,309 (265,670)
18. [3DS] Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo): 7,133 (422,495)
19. [3DS] Tetris (Namco Bandai): 6,787
20. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (Capcom): 6,685 (49,209)
The hardware chart for the same week shows significantly more Nintendominance. Here are the figures, along with last week's sales:
3DS: 73,933 (55,025)
PS3: 23,897 (28,596)
PSP: 22,095 (25,271)
Wii: 11,235 (12,161)
DSi LL: 2,005 (2,721)
X360: 1,620 (1,887)
PS2: 1,296 (1,280)
DSi: 1,293 (1,999)
DS Lite: 36 (71)