Sat, Mar 26, 2011 | 22:58 GMT
Japanese charts, March 7-13: 3DS still tops, Dynasty Warriors 7 crowned winner
Media Create has released the units sales chart for hardware and software amid the harrowing tsunami disaster in Japan last week. For the week ending March 13, Dynasty Warriors 7 came out tops, along with 3DS.
Dramatic battles with cool music
Koei’s Dynasty Warriors 7 topped the software chart with its debut, selling 253,900 units.
Dissidia: 012 Duodecim Final Fantasy dropped to second place, and Professor Layton maintained the third spot for the third week in a row.
Other debuts for the week of March 7 -13 were Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen in fourth with 24,344 units moved, and Fairy Tail Portable Guild 2 in ninth place moving 18,134 units.
The chart didn’t deviate much from the week prior, however, Way of the Samurai 4 dropped drastically from second place to tenth.
Below is Media Create’s top 20 sales chart for the week ending March 13, 2011.
- Dynasty Warriors 7 Tecmo (PS3) – 253,900 (NEW)
- Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy (PSP) – 64,996
- Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (3DS) 29,157
- Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan (PSP) – 24,344 (NEW)
- Nintendogs + Cats Nintendo (3DS) – 23,885
- Phantasy Star Portable 2: Infinity (PSP) – 2,0884
- SD Gundam G Generation World (PSP) – 20,410
- Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP) -18,554
- Fairy Tail Portable Guild 2 (PSP) – 18,134 (NEW)
- Way of the Samurai 4 (PS3) – 17,143
- Samurai Warriors Chronicle (3DS) -12,728
- Digimon Story: Super Xros Wars Blue/Red (DS) – 10,460
- Winning Eleven 3D Soccer (3DS) – 8,482
- Pokemon Black/White (DS) – 7,944
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) – 7,919
- Samurai Warriors 3 Z (PS3) – 6,568
- Wii Party (Wii) – 6,072
- Super Street Fighter IV 3D (3DS) – 5,821
- Disgaea 4 (PS3) 5,769
- Ridge Racer 3D Namco Bandai (3DS) 5,711
Software chart offerings per system
- 3DS – 6
- PSP – 6
- PS3 – 4
- DS – 2
- Wii – 2
- Xbox 360 – 0
3DS and PSP down, PS3 up
3DS sales were down 50 percent over the week prior, with the handheld moving 96,463 units for the period. Lifetime sales of the device are reaching 681,000.
Dynasty Warriors 7 did well for PS3 allowing the consoles to move 6,488 units more than last week. PSP sales dropped considerably, as it moved 44,646 units compared to last week’s 76,246 units.
Despite the debut of the hack and slash, it wasn’t enough to topple 3DS or PSP, and both were number one and two, respectively, on the chart despite the drop in sales.
Xbox 360, older DS models, PSPgo and PS2 sales didn’t change much over last week, nor the week prior to that.
Japanese hardware, January 3 – March 13, 2011 (combined SKUs, ytd)
- 3DS – 680,850
- PSP – 607,229
- PS3 – 299,575
- DS – 277,358
- Wii – 187,386
- Xbox 360 –26,444
- PS2 –18,246
Japanese hardware, March 7 – March 13, 2011 (combined SKUs):
- 3DS – 96,463
- PSP – 45,577
- PS3 – 32,406
- DS – 13,255
- Wii – 9,519
- 360 – 1,796
- PS2 – 1,348
Japanese hardware, March 7 – March 13, 2011 (separate SKUs):
- 3DS – 96,463
- PSP – 44,646
- PS3 – 32,406
- Wii – 9,519
- DSi LL – 6,836
- DSi – 5,888
- 360 – 1,796
- PS2- 1,348
- PSP go- 931
- DS Lite -531
9 comments
#1
The_Red
19/03/11, 9:30 pm
It baffles me how Dynasty Warriors keeps selling there. I mean, releasing the EXACT same game for 6 main games and 125 spin-offs should kill any game or genre let alone a shallow and mediocre title like DW.
#2
Aimless
19/03/11, 9:37 pm
@1 You could aim similar sentiments at Madden or FIFA.
Not to say I think those are bad games — I’ve no real opinion on the matter — but they’re analogous in the sense that it’s hard to appreciate the differences between iterations unless you’re fairly intimately familiar with the series to begin with.
#3
Neolucifer
19/03/11, 11:42 pm
The above poster is entirely right .
If you actually knew and played the franchise , you’d notice some really important change within that new Dynasty Warriors title .
The western world barely have a reason to judge anyway , not when they’ve got a cod serie that , as a matter of fact , features less changes than Dynasty Warriors.
#4
nolgan
19/03/11, 11:43 pm
@1
COD refried .. are exactly the same
and stupid people, goes through a box and again, to play the same, here in uk and usa we are more stupid
saga HALO refried =
#5
2plus2equals5
20/03/11, 1:38 pm
Time 2 or 3 weeks and the 3ds will sell as the psp
#6
DaMan
20/03/11, 4:17 pm
as soon as more software comes along, the 3DS sales will triple.
#7
2plus2equals5
20/03/11, 9:32 pm
@6:
no doubts, but in the first weeks of its life the long awaited 3ds alone doesn’t make great numbers, is it possible that only nintendo games and something else sell nintendo consoles?
Remember that in Japan there was a huge tsunami, so i think that games and consoles’ sells will go down.
#8
DaMan
20/03/11, 10:46 pm
there isn’t enough games for it yet anyway. the numbers are actually impressive for something that just came out. isn’t it’s price almost double that of psp in JP btw?
as with any other new device, sales go up as the size of software library increases. that and like you mentioned, keeping in mind that gaming isn’t exactly the most important concern for japanese atm..
#9
2plus2equals5
21/03/11, 10:28 am
@8: These are data from the week before the tsunami, next week we’ll see what are its results on the japanese gaming economy.
For the rest, a psp costs half of a 3ds but is also a 6 year old console vs a 3 weeks old console, not the same thing.
I don’t understand why people is buying psp instead of a 3ds. Everyone in japan has a ds, why are they using their money for a psp instead of using(or saving) them for a 3ds?
If i want a console i buy it(or save money for it), i don’t buy another console! Console means games, buying psp means buying games, that means less interest, time and money for other consoles.
Are japanese really interested on 3ds? I repeat, are nintendo games(and something else) the only games that sells nintendo consoles?