News: 3DS Stays Top in Japan
Posted 23 Nov 2011 at 16:33 by Aaron Clegg
There's little stopping Nintendo's newest hardware, but the spoils of war in the software chart go to Call of Duty...
The latest Media Create chart is out (November 14th through November 20th), and once again, it's new releases on non-Nintendo systems that make the biggest impact in the software chart.
Modern Warfare 3 capitalised well on the moderate shooter market in the region, but perhaps the real story was the relatively low debut of Ni No Kuni on PS3. The big-budget RPG from Level-5 and Studio Ghibli sold considerably less than the unspectacularly-recieved DS version last year.
| No. | System | Title | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PS3 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 180,372 | Square-Enix |
| 2 | NDS | One Piece: Gigant Battle 2 116,062 | Namco Bandai |
| 3 | PS3 | Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch 67,032 | Level-5 |
| 4 | 3DS | Super Mario 3D Land 62,318 / (499,250) | Nintendo |
| 5 | PS3 | Saints Row: The Third 36,222 | THQ |
| 6 | PSP | Final Fantasy Type-0 30,543 / (682,173) | Square-Enix |
| 7 | 360 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 30.467 | Square-Enix |
| 8 | PSP | Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend 30,042 / (214,715) | Sega |
| 9 | PS3 | Sengoku Basara 3: Utage 25,771 / (149,968) | Capcom |
| 10 | PS3 | Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 22,436 | Capcom |
| 11 | PSP | Ore no Shikabane wo Koete Yuke 21,497 / (115,582) | Sony |
| 12 | Wii | PokePark 2: Beyond the World 19,246 / (55,031) | Nintendo |
| 13 | Wii | Kirby Wii 18,671 / (236,039) | Nintendo |
| 14 | 360 | Saints Row: The Third 15,380 | THQ |
| 15 | 360 | Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary 13,106 | Microsoft |
| 16 | PS3 | Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker HD Edition 12,721 / (52,464) | Konami |
| 17 | Wii | Just Dance Wii 12,477 / (216,255) | Nintendo |
| 18 | PSP | Winning Eleven 2012 9,742 / (69,362) | Konami |
| 19 | Wii | Wii Party 8,559 / (2,022,866) | Nintendo |
| 20 | PS3 | Battlefield 3 8,094 / (150,265) | EA |
In hardware, new PS3 and PSP colour bundles gave those systems a hefty bump, but 3DS remained well out in front, only down slightly from last week.
| No. | Console | Week Sales | Last Week Sales |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3DS | 96,219 | 103,962 |
| 2 | PS3 | 41,069 | 22,919 |
| 3 | PSP | 40,085 | 23,472 |
| 4 | Wii | 13,613 | 11,782 |
| 5 | DSi XL | 1,813 | 1,751 |
| 6 | Xbox 360 | 1,763 | 1,531 |
| 7 | PS2 | 1,291 | 1,294 |
| 8 | DSi | 897 | 909 |
| 9 | DS Lite | 31 | 20 |
