Period: The week of September 2nd – September 8th (2013)
Top-seller: Uta no ☆ Prince-Sama: Music 2 – 68,415
Nintendo 3DS sales: 19,114 | Total sales: 8,563,458
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 60,077 | Total sales: 3,753,093
PlayStation Vita sales: 7,314 | Total sales: 1,823,717
Wii U sales: 5,702 | Total sales: 1,067,899
<< Last week’s software sales chart
Last week’s best-selling new release was Uta no ☆ Prince-Sama: Music 2, a rhythm game by Broccoli, which sold nearly 69,000 copies in its first week on store shelves. Following quite some distance behind it at #2 was Ubisoft’s Splinter Cell: Blacklist.
At #3 was JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle, which saw a sharp drop in sales from the week prior. JoJo launched at over 425,000 copies in its first week, but sales in week 2 have dropped to 20,000—a result, perhaps, of negative word of mouth, as the game reportedly has issues that need to be ironed out.
Finally, Tecmo Koei debuted a fighting game of their own last week week—Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, which debuted at the #4 spot on PS3, with 18,608 copies sold. The Xbox 360 version sold an additional 4,862 copies. Overall, the game higher than the last iteration, Dead or Alive 5 Plus for Vita, which sold 13,000 copies at launch. Not too shabby.
On the hardware front, Nintendo 3DS sales rose once more, despite a lack of new 3DS game releases, and we’re quite certain now what the reason for that is.
The top-20 chart for the week was as follows:
Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
New | 01. | Uta no ☆ Prince-Sama: Music 2 | 68,415 | New | PSP | Broccoli |
New | 02. | Splinter Cell: Blacklist | 22,425 | New | PS3 | Ubisoft |
01. | 03. | JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle | 19,720 | 445,437 | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
New | 04. | Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate | 18,608 | New | PS3 | Tecmo Koei |
02. | 05. | Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn | 12,336 | 196,354 | PS3 | Square Enix |
07. | 06. | Tomodachi Collection: New Life | 11,814 | 1,420,996 | 3DS | Nintendo |
06. | 07. | Mario & Luigi: Dream Team | 11,466 | 293,166 | 3DS | Nintendo |
New | 08. | Killzone Mercenary | 11,053 | New | PSV | Sony |
05. | 09. | Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life | 10,740 | 255,309 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
09. | 10. | Youkai Watch | 9,539 | 164,230 | 3DS | Level 5 |
03. | 11. | Ragnarok Odyssey Ace | 9,383 | 41,005 | PSV | GungHo |
New | 12. | Puppeteer | 8,900 | New | PS3 | Sony |
10. | 13. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 7,653 | 3,402,742 | 3DS | Nintendo |
12. | 14. | Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon | 6,010 | 891,248 | 3DS | Nintendo |
04. | 15. | Lost Planet 3 | 5,516 | 33,019 | PS3 | Capcom |
New | 16. | Shirahana no Ori: Hiiro no Kakera 4: Shiki no Shi | 5,348 | New | PSP | Idea Factory |
New | 17. | Splinter Cell: Blacklist | 5,109 | New | 360 | Ubisoft |
New | 18. | Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate | 4,862 | New | 360 | Tecmo Koei |
14. | 19. | Mario Kart 7 | 4,260 | 2,116,096 | 3DS | Nintendo |
18. | 20. | Taiko no Tatsujin: Super Splendid Edition | 3,717 | 557,290 | Wii | Namco Bandai |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.