PS3 and Resident Evil 6 claim top spots on Japanese charts

Resident Evil 6 claimed the top software spot at Japanese retail this week, and PS3 knocked 3DS LL off its top spot on the hardware charts.

The latest from Capcom moved 634,933 units on PS3 and 41,652 on Xbox 360 for a combined total of 676,585 units.

PS3 sales jumped considerably with 42,218 units sold over last week's 8,935 units. Xbox 360 units jumped quite a bit as well, with 4,894 units sold compared to last week's 742 units.

Other hardware units dropped in sales. Vita and 3DS LL showed considerable declines with 7,957 (14,469) and 39,046 (55,353) units moved, respectively.

Here’s the full software chart for the period. Life-to-date sales are in parentheses:

1. [PS3] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom, 10/04/12) – 634,933 (New)
2. [PS3] World Soccer: Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami, 10/04/12) – 223,884 (New)
3. [PSP] Summon Night 3 (Namco Bandai, 10/04/12) – 51,453 (New)
4. [PSP] Sol Trigger (Imageepoch, 10/04/12) – 42,037 (New)
5. [360] Resident Evil 6 (Capcom, 10/04/12) – 41,652 (New)
6. [3DS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (Nintendo, 09/27/12) – 34,288 (100,196)
7. [3DS] New Super Maro Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 29,978 (1,217,056)
8. [PSP] SD Gundam G Generation Overworld (Namco Bandai, 09/27/12) – 28,730 (238,545)
9. [PS3] F1 2012 (Codemasters, 10/04/12) – 14,454 (New)
10. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Nintendo, 06/23/12)- 12,208 (2,789,367)
11. [3DS] Run For Money: Flee From the Strongest Hunters in History (Namco Bandai, 07/05/12) – 11,385 (171,912)
12. [3DS] New Egokoro Classroom (Nintendo, 09/13/12) – 10,367 (78,759)
13. [PS3] Dead or Alive 5 (Tecmo Koei, 09/27/12) – 9,490 (76,067)
14. [PSP] Final Fantasy III (Square Enix, 09/20/12) – 7,496 (69,070)
15. [3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Namco Bandai, 07/12/12) – 6,891 (229,265)
16. [PS3] Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Spike Chunsoft, 09/20/12) – 6,559 (36,011)
17. [PSP] Students of Round: The Eternal Legend (Kadokawa Games, 10/04/12) – 5,725 (New)
18. [3DS] Medabots 7 Kabuto Ver. / Kuwagata Ver. (Rocket Company, 09/13/12) – 5,676 (82,205)
19. [3DS] Demon Training (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 5,345 (174,152)
20. [Wii] Dragon Quest X (Square Enix, 08/02/12) – 5,184 (567,930)

Here’s the hardware chart for the same period. Last week’s sales are in parentheses:

• PS3 - 42,218 (8,935)
• 3DS LL – 39,046 (55,353)
• 3DS – 24,623 (24,822)
• PSP - 17,769 (23,061)
• Vita - 7,957 (14,469)
• 360 - 4,894 (742)
• Wii - 4,849 (5,421)
• PS2 - 894 (1,103)
• DSi LL – 344 (429)
• DSi – 330 (365)

Thanks, Gematsu.