The 3DS remained Japan’s best-selling videogame system, as sales...
The 3DS remained Japan’s best-selling videogame system, as sales soared to 350,300 from 206,000 the prior week (CED Dec 12 p6), according to Media Create data for the week ended Dec. 11. It was helped by the one-two-three punch of…
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Capcom’s Monster Hunter 3G, which easily became Japan’s best-selling videogame in its first week available, and continued strong demand for Nintendo’s Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land, all for the handheld 3D system. Capcom sold 522,000 copies of Monster Hunter 3G. Mario Kart 7, the prior week’s No. 1 game, dipped to No. 2, sales falling to 183,800 from 423,600. Super Mario 3D Land remained No. 3, but sales grew to 89,700 from 73,900. Cumulative 3DS hardware sales grew to an estimated 3.2 million in Japan. All weekly sales estimates are rounded to the nearest 100. The PSP moved up one to No. 2 on the hardware chart, sales improving to 51,200 from 39,500. The Wii moved up one to No. 3, sales growing to 46,000 from 31,100. The PS3 fell two to No. 4 despite sales increasing to 44,700 from 40,700. Every other system trailed far behind again. The DSi LL remained No. 5, sales improving to 4,000 from 2,900. The Xbox 360 repeated at No. 6, sales growing to 3,200 from 1,700. The DSi was again No. 7, sales increasing to 2,600 from 1,500. The PS2 remained No. 8, sales dipping to 1,300 from 1,500. The DS Lite repeated at No. 9, sales again well below 100. Rounding out the top five on the software chart were two games for the PS3: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim from Bethesda Softworks at No. 4 in its first week, moving 75,900 copies, and Namco Bandai’s Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs., down three in its second week, sales tumbling to 56,600 from 349,800.