Period: The week of February 18th – February 24th (2013)
Top-seller: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance – 308,681
Nintendo 3DS sales: 25,412 | Total sales: 8,028,523
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 49,317 | Total sales: 2,658,333
PlayStation Vita sales: 11,456 | Total sales: 1,231,864
Wii U sales: 9,633 | Total sales: 791,006
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Metal Gear isn’t known for being a stylish action game, but that didn’t stop a lot of people from picking up Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance in Japan. The game sold 308,681 copies in its first week, and that’s actually a better debut than any other game in the stylish-action genre of late.
Here’s how Metal Gear Rising’s first-week sales on the PlayStation 3 compare to first-week sales of other recently released stylish-action games on the same platform:
(2008) Devil May Cry 4 – 205,390
(2009) Bayonetta – 135,242
(2012) DmC Devil May Cry – 110,429
Not being a traditional Metal Gear Solid game did take away from Rising’s sales, though. Back in 2008, Metal Gear Solid 4 sold nearly 465,000 copies in its first week—quite a bit ahead of Rising’s 308,681 copies.
The top-20 chart for the week was as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance | 308,681 | New | PS3 | Konami |
| 01. | 02. | Dragon Quest VII: Warriors of Eden | 75,426 | 1,088,341 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 02. | 03. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 74,438 | 2,666,040 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 04. | Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic | 29,402 | New | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| New | 05. | A Certain Magical and Scientific Ensemble | 13,894 | New | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 04. | 06. | Taiko no Tatsujin: Super Splendid Edition | 9,825 | 406,050 | Wii | Namco Bandai |
| 03. | 07. | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 9,664 | 1,932,156 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 05. | 08. | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) | 8,230 | 235,465 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 06. | 09. | Fantasy Life | 5,870 | 236,341 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 07. | 10. | Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb | 5,799 | 429,163 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 08. | 11. | Paper Mario: Sticker Star | 5,157 | 530,100 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 10. | 12. | Mario Kart 7 | 4,892 | 1,983,148 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 13. | Tank! Tank! Tank! | 4,714 | New | WiiU | Namco Bandai |
| 09. | 14. | Run for Money Tousouchuu | 4,682 | 432,111 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 13. | 15. | Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu/Raimei | 4,443 | 423,998 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 11. | 16. | New Super Mario Bros. U | 4,333 | 470,790 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 15. | 17. | Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 (Dubbed Version) | 3,703 | 132,643 | PS3 | Square Enix |
| New | 18. | Grisaia no Kajitsu: Le Fruit De La Grisaia Read | 3,700 | New | PSP | Prototype |
| 18. | 19. | Pokémon Black/White 2 | 3,639 | 2,969,695 | DS | Pokémon Co. |
| New | 20. | Desert Kingdom Portable | 3,194 | New | PSP | Idea Factory |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.
Published: Feb 27, 2013 12:50 pm