News: Monster Hunter 3G Passes 1m Sold
Posted 11 Jan 2012 at 15:28 by Aaron Clegg
The latest in Capcom's smash franchise becomes the first third-party 3DS title to pass a million in Japan...
The latest Japanese charts are in from Media Create, and this week brings confirmation that Capcom's faith in 3DS looks to have paid off.
It may have took a little longer than Nintendo's own big guns, but Monster Hunter Tri G officially sold over a million copies as of the first week of January - shortly after the game shipped the milestone figure. It looks well on route to sail by Capcom's expectation of 1.2 million shipped by the end of March.
There wasn't much else of note in chart, as the New Year period gave everything the traditional bump. Perhaps it's interesting to note the strong legs of Inazuma Eleven Go on 3DS, which will surely be welcome news for Level-5, who've had a particularly poor run of commercial form lately.
The software chart for the week of January 2nd to 8th is below.
No. | System | Title | Publisher |
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1 | 3DS | Mario Kart 7 157,188 / (1,317,357) | Nintendo |
2 | 3DS | Super Mario 3D Land 119,093 / (1,199,285) | Nintendo |
3 | 3DS | Monster Hunter Tri G 98,355 / (1,083,853) | Capcom |
4 | 3DS | Inazuma Eleven Go 56,134 / (325,358) | Level-5 |
5 | PS3 | Warriors Orochi 2 42,464 / (316,516) | Koei Tecmo |
6 | Wii | Just Dance 37,266 / (490,677) | Nintendo |
7 | PS3 | Final Fantasy XIII-2 35,325 / (739,561) | Square-Enix |
8 | Wii | Wii Party 33,174 / (2,256,803) | Nintendo |
9 | Wii | Kirby Wii 33,040 / (570,168) | Nintendo |
10 | Wii | Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus 30,783 / (833,757) | Nintendo |
11 | Wii | Go Vacation 26,852 / (208,017) | Bandai Namco |
12 | Wii | Mario Kart Wii 26,346 / (3,474,659) | Nintendo |
13 | 3DS | Nintendogs + Cats 24,514 / (467,914) | Nintendo |
14 | Wii | Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Xtreme 23,521 / (127,410) | Level-5 |
15 | Wii | Taiko Drum Master Wii: Definitive Edition 23,422 / (197,003) | Bandai Namco |
16 | NDS | Magician's Quest: Oshare na Mahou Tsukai 19,574 / (165,962) | Konami |
17 | NDS | One Piece: Gigant Battle 2 - New World 18,789 / (290,002) | Bandai Namco |
18 | PSP | Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP the Best) 18,293 / (154,438) | Capcom |
19 | Wii | Rhythm Heaven: Fever 15,903 / (670,305) | Nintendo |
20 | PSP | World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 15,689 / (173,093) | Konami |
Hardware yielded little seismic shift. 3DS continues to rule the roost going into the year - perhaps the real story will be whether particularly 'core' third party games like Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid and Dynasty Warriors can produce their own momentum this quarter. Vita edges closer to the 500,000 mark, at a slower rate than 3DS. It took Nintendo's system two weeks to pass the figure last spring.
No. | Console | Week Sales | Last Week Sales | LTD Sales |
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1 | Nintendo 3DS | 240,819 | 197,952 | 4,522,961 |
2 | PS3 | 74,459 | 67,199 | 7,710,844 |
3 | PSP | 71,033 | 62,746 | 18,800,397 |
4 | Wii | 49,525 | 33,208 | 12,212,743 |
5 | Vita | 42,915 | 42,648 | 482,901 |
6 | Nintendo DS | 7,536 | 5,802 | 32,816,023 |
7 | Xbox 360 | 2,738 | 2,453 | 1,538,783 |
8 | PS2 | 1,323 | 1,659 | 21,775,429 |