When our “This Week In Imports” column for the week of April 5th – 11th went up, I wondered why it was subtitled “Atelier Judie Or Bust.” It wasn’t like Spencer to be extremist. Once read the post, I realized it was because Atelier Judie was virtually the only notable “new” release in Japan for the week.
Unfortunately, it debuted outside of the top-ten at the #12 position on the weekly Media Create software sales ranking, with 9,000 units sold. The top-ten itself is mostly a re-shuffling of last week’s sales report.
Lw | Tw | Title | Tw. Sales | Tot. Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
05. | 01. | New Super Mario Bros. Wii | 37,244 | 3,654,631 | Wii | Nintendo |
02. | 02. | Fist of the North Star: Musou | 34,262 | 491,186 | PS3 | Koei |
04. | 03. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 | 31,127 | 81,853 | PSP | Konami |
03. | 04. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 | 30,624 | 87,760 | PS3 | Konami |
06. | 05. | Tomodachi Collection | 22,563 | 3,090,041 | DS | Nintendo |
08. | 06. | Pokémon Ranger: Tracks of Light | 20,359 | 380,537 | DS | Nintendo |
01. | 07. | Etrian Odyssey III | 19,257 | 107,022 | DS | Atlus |
07. | 08. | Yakuza 4 | 17,788 | 518,883 | PS3 | Sega |
11 | 09. | Wii Fit Plus | 15,380 | 1,818,000 | Wii | Nintendo |
14. | 10. | Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (The Best) | 11,240 | 246,000 | PSP | Capcom |
On a slightly bright note, the lack of new releases gave games like Yakuza 4 and Fist of the North Star: Musou another week to shine in the top-ten rankings. It’s also interesting that the PSP version of Pro Baseball Spirits 2010 rose higher up on the chart, while the PS3 version went down.