Japanese Video Game Chart: Nintendo Takes the Holidays
Monster Hunter and PSP still lead the chart.
The Japanese game industry was as slow as the rest of the world when it came to new releases (as in, there were none this week), but that didn’t stop people from buying games in their droves over the holiday period.
The Media Create software chart (27th December 2010 - 2nd January 2011) is dominated with Nintendo products as a result, with Donkey Kong Country Returns netting an impressive 107,000 units to take #2.
1 Monster Hunter Portable 3rd – Capcom (PSP) – 283,931
2 Donkey Kong Country Returns – Nintendo (Wii) – 107,487
3 Wii Party – Nintendo (Wii) – 102,933
4 AKB1/48 – Namco Bandai (PSP) – 63,513
5 Mario Sports Mix – Nintendo (Wii) – 58,109
6 Pokemon Black/Pokemon White – Pokemon Company (DS) – 57,576
7 Ni no Kuni – Level-5 (DS) – 53,295
8 Inazuma Eleven 3 – Level-5 (DS) – 45,306
9 The 3rd Birthday – Square Enix (PSP) – 45,105
10 Gundam Musou 3 – Namco Bandai (PS3) – 43,283
Wii Party, Mario Sports Mix, Pokemon Black and White and Level-5’s Ni no Kuni and Inazuma Eleven 3 hunker down in the Top 10. The PSP does its best to fight back with Capcom’s beast-slaying RPG Monster Hunter Portable 3rd maintaining its #1 position and The 3rd Birthday bringing up the rear at #9. Namco Bandai’s AKB1/48 game - starring a manufactured army of squeaky-clean female teenagers - holds steady at #4.
Hardware Chart - Home Console
Wii: 77,307
PS3: 76,422
360: 3,708
PS2: 2,480
Hardware Chart - Handheld
PSP: 99,703
DSi: 48,039
DSi LL: 47,798
PSP Go: 9,083
DS Lite: 3,741
The Wii certainly benefited from the surge in software sales, as it takes the lead in the home console hardware chart. The PS3, despite only having one game in the Top 10, also sees a huge rise in sales over the last week, challenging Nintendo’s white box by a mere 1000 units. The PSP is the clear winner overall, taking the lead in the handheld-specific chart too. Even the PSP Go got some love, overtaking sales of the creaky DS Lite for the week.
Things will likely return to normal soon, with the realisation that January holds no promise for anyone and many analysts predicting doom and gloom for the industry. Just like the rest of the world, then.
The Media Create software chart (27th December 2010 - 2nd January 2011) is dominated with Nintendo products as a result, with Donkey Kong Country Returns netting an impressive 107,000 units to take #2.
1 Monster Hunter Portable 3rd – Capcom (PSP) – 283,931
2 Donkey Kong Country Returns – Nintendo (Wii) – 107,487
3 Wii Party – Nintendo (Wii) – 102,933
4 AKB1/48 – Namco Bandai (PSP) – 63,513
5 Mario Sports Mix – Nintendo (Wii) – 58,109
6 Pokemon Black/Pokemon White – Pokemon Company (DS) – 57,576
7 Ni no Kuni – Level-5 (DS) – 53,295
8 Inazuma Eleven 3 – Level-5 (DS) – 45,306
9 The 3rd Birthday – Square Enix (PSP) – 45,105
10 Gundam Musou 3 – Namco Bandai (PS3) – 43,283
Wii Party, Mario Sports Mix, Pokemon Black and White and Level-5’s Ni no Kuni and Inazuma Eleven 3 hunker down in the Top 10. The PSP does its best to fight back with Capcom’s beast-slaying RPG Monster Hunter Portable 3rd maintaining its #1 position and The 3rd Birthday bringing up the rear at #9. Namco Bandai’s AKB1/48 game - starring a manufactured army of squeaky-clean female teenagers - holds steady at #4.
Hardware Chart - Home Console
Wii: 77,307
PS3: 76,422
360: 3,708
PS2: 2,480
Hardware Chart - Handheld
PSP: 99,703
DSi: 48,039
DSi LL: 47,798
PSP Go: 9,083
DS Lite: 3,741
The Wii certainly benefited from the surge in software sales, as it takes the lead in the home console hardware chart. The PS3, despite only having one game in the Top 10, also sees a huge rise in sales over the last week, challenging Nintendo’s white box by a mere 1000 units. The PSP is the clear winner overall, taking the lead in the handheld-specific chart too. Even the PSP Go got some love, overtaking sales of the creaky DS Lite for the week.
Things will likely return to normal soon, with the realisation that January holds no promise for anyone and many analysts predicting doom and gloom for the industry. Just like the rest of the world, then.
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