Tag Archives: japanese charts

Thu, Jan 05, 2012 | 11:30 GMT

Japanese charts: Vita decline continues, Mario Kart 7 tops software

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PlayStation Vita sales have suffered for a second week, seeing another decline and even beaten by PSP again.

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Thu, Jan 05, 2012 | 04:03 GMT

3DS sells close to 500,000 Japanese units in record week

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Media Create’s sales figures for the week ending December 25, 2011 -released over the holiday break – paint a grim picture for Sony’s new hardware.

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Wed, Dec 21, 2011 | 16:03 GMT

Japanese charts: Vita launch fails to topple 3DS, FFXIII-2 debuts with 524k

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Despite the launch of Vita last weekend, Nintendo’s 3DS still sits atop of the Japanese hardware charts, but Final Fantasy XIII-2 debuts with less than overwhelming sales numbers.

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Thu, Dec 15, 2011 | 08:59 GMT

Japanese Charts: 3DS sees biggest sales week ever

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Media Create’s weekly release of Japanese sales figures revealed the titan that is Monster Hunter still has the power to wow, propelling the 3DS to new heights. Meanwhile, the most Western of Western RPGs won local hearts.

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Wed, Dec 07, 2011 | 21:14 GMT

Japanese charts: 3DS sales soar due to Mario Kart 7

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Media Create has released its weekly sales chart, and unsurprisingly, Mario Kart 7 is king of the software chart with 423,619 units moved. It also contributed to almost a doubling of 3DS sales over the prior week.

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Wed, Nov 30, 2011 | 16:40 GMT

Japanese charts: Skyward Sword debuts in top spot, Wii sales double

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Media Create has released its weekly sales chart, and unsurprisingly, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword topped the software chart with 194,978 units moved. The game’s debut also contributed to the doubling of Wii sales, but it still wasn’t enough to pull the console out of the number four spot.

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Wed, Nov 23, 2011 | 18:16 GMT

Japanese charts: Modern Warfare 3 bests high-profile regional favorites

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Media Create has released its weekly sales chart, and Modern Warfare 3 topped the software chart, besting high-profile Japanese debuts Ni no Kuni and One Piece Gigant Battle

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Thu, Nov 17, 2011 | 12:46 GMT

3DS, Hatsune Miku head up Japanese charts, Peace Walker HD starts off slow

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3DS and Sega were the big winners of the Japanese charts this week, with the former again moving more than 100,000 units.

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Wed, Nov 09, 2011 | 18:05 GMT

Japanese charts: Super Mario 3D Land wins, 3DS stays on top

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Media Create has released its unit sales chart for the week of October 31 through November 6, and of the nine title debuts this week, Super Mario 3D Land took the top spot, besting Uncharted 3 by 218,493 units.

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Wed, Nov 02, 2011 | 17:50 GMT

Japanese charts – Final Fantasy Type-0 moves close to 500,000 units

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Media Create has released its weekly sales chart for Japan during the week of October 24-30, and Final Fantasy Type-0 topped software with close to 500,000 units sold. 3DS stayed on top in hardware, outselling PSP 2-to-1.

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Fri, Oct 28, 2011 | 00:30 BST

Japanese Charts – Macross tops, Western shooters respectable

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Media Create’s sales tracking data for the week of October 17 to October 23 shows a mixed bag dominated by a popular and long-lasting anime franchise.

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Wed, Oct 19, 2011 | 20:01 BST

Japanese charts – Assault Horizon and 3DS tops, PSPgo delisted by Media Create

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Media Create has released sales data for the week of October 10 through 16, and the Japanese market apparently went rather gaga over Ace Combat: Assault Horizon in a week full of new releases.

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Thu, Oct 13, 2011 | 09:26 BST

Winning Eleven, 3DS come out top in Japanese charts

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Winning Eleven 2012 held off a dating sim to get to the top of the Japanese software charts. Who says it isn’t exciting to cover this stuff?

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Wed, Sep 28, 2011 | 17:46 BST

Japanese charts: Dark Souls debut tops, Gears 3 boosts 360 sales

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Media Create has released its retail sales list for the week ending September 26, and it finds Dark Souls debuting in the top slot for PS3 with 279,567 copies moved.

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Thu, Sep 22, 2011 | 13:41 BST

Dragon Quest Collection tops the Japanese charts

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Three NES titles have picked up the top spot in the Japanese charts for the week ending September 18th as Square Enix’s Dragon Quest Collection, a compilation of the first three titles in the series emulated for Wii.

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Fri, Sep 09, 2011 | 03:15 BST

Japanese Charts – Grand Knights History knocks Monster Hunter down

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The PSP absolutely dominated the Japanese software charts this week, but the 3DS maintained a precarious hold over hardware.

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Fri, Sep 02, 2011 | 02:11 BST

Japanese Charts – Monster Hunter triumphs again, 3DS still spiking

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The rumblings of the upcoming release crunch are already visible in this week’s Japanese charts, but while the 3DS stole the hardware sales glory and a PS3 game nabbed top spot on the charts, elsewhere it’s all about the PSP.

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Thu, Aug 25, 2011 | 06:13 BST

Japanese Charts – PS3 up, 3DS down but still on top

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A relatively slow week on the Japanese charts thanks to a bleak release schedule, but Sony saw an upturn on the back of the PlayStation 3 price cut.

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Fri, Aug 19, 2011 | 08:08 BST

Japanese Charts: 3DS software boosted by console price cut

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It’s amazing what a bit of rampant price slashing will do for a console and its software.

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Fri, Aug 12, 2011 | 02:51 BST

Japanese Charts – 3DS takes dramatic dive, sports rule the charts

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Media Create’s Japanese sales tracking for the week ending August 7 show the 3DS taking an expected downturn, a chart dominated by summer fun, and the PS3 looking very quiet indeed.

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