Period: The week of September 3rd – September 9th (2012)
Top-seller: New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 39,708
Nintendo 3DS sales: 25,246 | Total sales: 6,814,686
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 38,913 | Total sales: 526,563
PlayStation Vita sales: 14,106 | Total sales: 959,540
<< Last week’s software sales chart
Last week didn’t see any real high-profile releases in Japan. Lost Heroes, Namco Bandai’s Gundam + Kamen Rider + Ultra Man crossover dungeon-crawler, was the best-selling new game for the week. The Nintendo 3DS version took the #2 spot at 32,504 copies, while the PSP version came in at #6 with 15,650 copies sold.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 returned to the top of the chart as the #1 seller.
Meanwhile, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f fell from its #1 spot last week to #5 this week, dropping 88.4% in sales. For comparison, last year’s Project Diva Extend dropped 83.7% and 2010’s Project Diva 2nd dropped 85% in their second weeks.
PlayStation Vita sales dropped by a large margin, too. Last week, the Vita sold 50,070 units, whereas this week, the system’s sales dropped to 14,106 . This actually makes sense, as Media Create reported that 23,000 of last week’s Vita hardware sales came from a Hatsune Miku: Project f Crystal White Vita bundle.
The top-20 software sales chart for the week was as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 04. | 01. | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 39,708 | 1,076,912 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 02. | Lost Heroes | 32,504 | New | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| New | 03. | Max Payne 3 | 24,264 | New | PS3 | Take 2 |
| 08. | 04. | Pokémon Black/White 2 | 21,592 | 2,729,192 | DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 01. | 05. | Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f | 18,428 | 178,020 | PSV | Sega |
| New | 06. | Lost Heroes | 15,650 | New | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| New | 07. | Gekiatsu!! Pachigame Soul MAX Evangelion 7 x Pulse of Life | 14,094 | New | PS3 | Fields |
| 11. | 08. | Run For Money Tousouchuu | 13,060 | 122,999 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 02. | 09. | Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers | 12,589 | 81,954 | 3DS | Atlus |
| 10. | 10. | Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online | 11,812 | 538,547 | Wii | Square Enix |
| 03. | 11. | Senran Kagura Burst: Crimson Girls | 9,513 | 78,597 | 3DS | Marvelous AQL |
| 13. | 12. | Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb | 8,800 | 197,806 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 15. | 13. | Demon Training | 7,973 | 146,663 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 06. | 14. | Mobile Suit Gundam AGE | 7,309 | 43,212 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 16. | 15. | Kobitodsukan Kobito Kansatsu Set | 6,659 | 85,267 | 3DS | Nippon Columbia |
| New | 16. | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Dubbed) (Bargain Edition) | 6,353 | New | PS3 | Square Enix |
| 17. | 17. | Wii Sports Resort | 6,352 | 1,066,458 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 07. | 18. | Sengoku Basara HD Collection | 6,339 | 42,029 | PS3 | Capcom |
| 14. | 19. | Just Dance Wii 2 | 6,329 | 166,041 | Wii | Nintendo |
| New | 20. | Ratchet & Clank Collection | 6,195 | New | PS3 | Sony |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.
Published: Sep 12, 2012 01:55 pm