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The 3DS remained Japan’s best-selling videogame system, according to...

The 3DS remained Japan’s best-selling videogame system, according to Media Create data for the week ended Nov. 20. But sales slipped to 96,200 units from 104,000 the prior week (CED Nov 21 p11). Cumulative 3DS sales grew to an estimated…

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2.5 million in Japan, according to Media Create’s data. All weekly sales estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. The PS3 moved up one to No. 2 among videogame hardware systems, sales jumping to 41,100 from 22,900, likely helped by strong demand for the PS3 SKU of Activision’s game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, of which Square Enix published a subtitled version in Japan. The title easily became the best-selling videogame there its first week available, moving 180,400 copies. The PSP dipped one to No. 3 among videogame systems in Japan, but sales grew to 40,100 from 23,500. The Wii was again No. 4, sales growing to 13,600 from 11,800. The DSi LL remained No. 5, sales flat at 1,800. The Xbox 360 repeated at No. 6, sales growing to 1,800 from 1,500. The PS2 was again No. 7, sales flat at 1,300. The DSi remained No. 8, sales flat at 900. The DS Lite was again No. 9, sales again well below 100. Sega’s Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Extend for the PSP, the prior week’s No. 1 videogame, slid to No. 8 in its second week as sales tumbled to 30,000 from 184,700. Also beating it this time were two more new releases: Namco Bandai’s One Piece: Gigant Battle 2: New World for the DS, No. 2 with 116,100 sold, and Level-5’s Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, No. 3 with 67,000 sold. Nintendo’s Super Mario 3D Land for the 3DS remained No. 4 in its third week, but sales fell to 62,300 from 93,400. The PS3 version of THQ’s Saints Row: The Third was No. 5 in its first week, moving 36,200 copies.