Period: The week of July 30th – August 5th (2012)
Top-seller: Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online – 367,148
Nintendo 3DS sales: 42,164 | Total sales: 6,647,190
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 82,251 | Total sales: 269,731
PlayStation Vita sales: 9,038 | Total sales:Â 863,740
<< Last week’s software sales chart
Last week’s biggest release in Japan was, of course, Dragon Quest X for the Wii. Or perhaps we should refer to it by its full name: Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online. As the title hints, unlike the previous games in the series, Dragon Quest X is an MMORPG.
In its first week, Dragon Quest X sold 367,148 copies. That’s a far cry from Dragon Quest IX’s 2.31 million copies sold in a week, but Dragon Quest X’s real success will be measured in terms of how many subscribers pay the game’s monthly subscription fee in the months and years to come. Details of the game’s monthly subscription service can be found here.
In terms of sales numbers, the closest comparison we have to Dragon Quest X is Final Fantasy XIV, of which Square Enix shipped 190,000 copies in Japan during its launch window.
Meanwhile, New Super Mario Bros. 2 is now at about 621,000 copies sold, and was the #2 seller for the week. Persona 4: Arena, which dropped from #2 to #7 is now approximately at 150,000 copies sold.
The top-20 software sales chart for the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online | 367,148 | New | Wii | Square Enix |
| 01. | 02. | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 213,547 | 621,050 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 04. | 03. | Pokémon Black/White 2 | 66,758 | 2,521,764 | DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 02. | 04. | Demon Training | 31,792 | 72,064 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 06. | 05. | Just Dance Wii 2 | 29,602 | 89,723 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 09. | 06. | Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition | 21,001 | 150,655 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 02. | 07. | Persona 4: Arena | 20,477 | 148,961 | PS3 | Atlus |
| New | 08. | All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 | 20,459 | New | DS | Namco Bandai |
| 01. | 09. | Digimon World Re:Digitize | 17,508 | 134,362 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 22. | 10. | Wii Sports Resort | 15,706 | 1,012,372 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 13. | 11. | Kobitodsukan Kobito Kansatsu Set | 14,653 | 35,278 | 3DS | Nippon Columbia |
| 14. | 12. | Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb | 14,321 | 131,794 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 05. | 13. | Super Danganronpa 2 | 13,646 | 82,646 | PSP | Spike Chunsoft |
| New | 14. | All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 | 12,928 | New | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 11. | 15. | Rune Factory 4 | 11,467 | 118,439 | 3DS | Marvelous AQL |
| 12. | 16. | Power Pro Baseball 2012 | 11,292 | 94,980 | PS3 | Konami |
| 16. | 17. | Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D | 11,056 | 848,725 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 03. | 18. | Trails of Nayuta | 10,998 | 85,858 | PSP | Falcom |
| New | 19. | Smile Precure! Let’s Go! Marchen World | 8,786 | New | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 20. | 20. | Mario Party 9 | 8,718 | 510,638 | Wii | Nintendo |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.
