Media Create charts, February 14-20: Catherine moves over 163,000 units
Media Create has released its Japanese sales figures for the retail week of February 14 - 20, and it finds Catherine moving 163,762 units when combining both PS3 and Xbox 360 sales.
Catherine dominates the chart
Atlus' trippy Catherine moved 141, 816 units on PS3, taking the top spot for the week, while its Xbox 360 version moved 21,936 units and came in at the seven spot.
Debuts this week, other than Catherine were Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Two Worlds II, both of which were available on PS3 and Xbox 360. Combined sales for each were 80,966 and 32,549, respectively, with the PS3 versions of each game the dominate platform.
Hakuouki: Zuisouroku also debuted on DS for the week, as well as DJ Max Portable 3 on PSP.
Below is the full software chart for the week. The previous week’s figures can be found here.
- Catherine (PS3) - 141,826 - NEW
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3) - 67,187 - NEW
- Samurai Warriors 3 Z (PS3) - 58,089
- Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP) - 39,727
- Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (PSP) - 26,504
- Two Worlds II (PS3) - 24,324 - NEW
- Catherine (360) - 21,936 - NEW
- Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (360) - 13,779 - NEW
- Hakuouki: Zuisouroku DS (DS)- 13,373 - NEW
- Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 (DS) - 13,186
- Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii) - 10,824
- Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Wii) - 9,638
- Pokemon Black / White (DS) - 9,502
- DJ Max Portable 3 (PSP) - 8,990 - NEW
- Two Worlds II (360) - 8,225 - NEW
- Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood (PSP) - 8,193
- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (PS3) - 7,861
- Wii Party (Wii) - 7,472
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PSP) - 6,312
- Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (DS) - 6,174
Software chart offerings per system
- PSP – 5
- PS3 – 5
- NDS - 4
- Wii - 3
- 360– 3
- PS2 - 0
PSP tops hardware despite lack of new software
Sony's PSP continued to dominate the Japanese hardward charts, despite the fact there weren't any game debuts for the system in the top 10. Continued sales of Monster Hunter Freedom 3 and Radiant Mythology 3 were likely the contributing factors to the 63,330 units moved. PS3 moved 25, 242 units for the week, which is down 1,524 units over last week. PSPgo moved 2,487 units, and PS2 moved another 1,863.
The public also seems to be gearing up for the release of 3DS on February 26, as Nintendo's handheld division moved a combined 19,032 units while Wii moved 12,221 units.
Xbox 360 moved 2,183 units for the week, which is up 65 units over last week's 2,118 units. For comparisson, during the same period last year, Xbox 360 moved 2,453 units meaning console sales for Microsoft continue to be a bit flat over in Japan.
Japanese hardware, January 3 – February 20, 2011 (combined SKUs, running tally)
- PSP - 338,045
- DS - 229,449
- PS3 – 217,597
- Wii – 154,054
- Xbox 360 – 18,929
- PS2 – 13,375
Japanese hardware, February 14 – February 20, 2011 (combined SKUs):
- PSP – 65,817
- PS3 – 25,242
- DS – 19,032
- Wii – 12,221
- Xbox 360 – 2,183
- PS2 – 1,863
Japanese hardware, February 14 – February 20, 2011 (separate SKUs):
- PSP – 63,330
- PS3 – 26,766
- Wii – 15,028
- DSi LL - 10,037
- DSi – 8,022
- PSP go – 2,487
- Xbox 360 – 2,118
- PS2 – 1,665
- DS Lite – 973