Period: The week of May 20th – May 26th (2013)
Top-seller: Shin Megami Tensei IV – 188,562
Nintendo 3DS sales: 14,059 | Total sales: 8,310,268
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 40,651 | Total sales: 3,181,009
PlayStation Vita sales: 12,171 | Total sales: 1,594,218
Wii U sales: 5,648 | Total sales: 928,906
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Shin Megami Tensei IV got off to a whopper of a start when it released in Japan last week. The 3DS RPG sold 188,562 copies in its first week, making it one of Atlus’ best-debuting games of the last few years.
In fact, the only recent Atlus game that has had a better launch was 2008’s Persona 4, which outsold Shin Megami Tensei IV by a very slight margin of about 4,000 copies. Persona 4 on the PS2 sold 192,812 copies in its first week.
Also released last week was Resident Evil: Revelations on consoles. Here’s a quick look at how the console versions sold in comparison to the original Nintendo 3DS version of the game:
Resident Evil: Revelations (3DS) – 146,559
Resident Evil: Revelations (PS3) – 102,673
Resident Evil: Revelations (Wii U) – 8,398
Resident Evil: Revelations (360) – 7,053
Finally, Namco Bandai’s Kamen Rider: Battride War got off to decent start as well, selling 128,659 copies in its first week.
The top-20 chart for the week was as follows:
Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
New | 01. | Shin Megami Tensei IV | 188,562 | New | 3DS | Atlus |
New | 02. | Kamen Rider: Battride War | 128,659 | New | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
New | 03. | Resident Evil: Revelations | 102,673 | New | PS3 | Capcom |
02. | 04. | Tomodachi Collection: New Life | 59,876 | 984,984 | 3DS | Nintendo |
New | 05. | Valhalla Knights 3 | 40,357 | New | PSV | Marvelous AQL |
New | 06. | Terraria | 19,861 | New | PS3 | Spike Chunsoft |
03. | 07. | Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon | 19,079 | 731,304 | 3DS | Nintendo |
04. | 08. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 15,489 | 3,232,840 | 3DS | Nintendo |
01. | 09. | Summon Night 5 | 13,624 | 119,135 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
New | 10. | Resident Evil: Revelations | 8,398 | New | WiiU | Capcom |
New | 11. | Resident Evil: Revelations | 7,053 | New | 360 | Capcom |
06. | 12. | Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen | 5,334 | 184,088 | PS3 | Capcom |
08. | 13. | Taiko no Tatsujin: Super Splendid Edition | 5,190 | 482,930 | Wii | Namco Bandai |
New | 14. | Zillions of Enemy X | 5,019 | New | PS3 | Nippon Ichi |
07. | 15. | Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission | 4,105 | 193,160 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
New | 16. | Tamagotchi no Dokidoki * Dream Omisetchi | 3,961 | New | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
09. | 17. | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 3,517 | 2,032,180 | 3DS | Nintendo |
05. | 18. | Muv-Luv Alternative | 3,138 | 15,511 | PS3 | 5pb. |
10. | 19. | Mario Kart 7 | 3,045 | 2,054,247 | 3DS | Nintendo |
16. | 20. | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) | 2,612 | 310,085 | 3DS | Capcom |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.
Published: May 29, 2013 12:30 pm