This Week In Sales: Divas Fall And Lost Heroes Rise

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Period: The week of September 3rd ā€“ September 9th (2012)

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Top-seller:Ā New Super Mario Bros. 2 ā€“ 39,708

Nintendo 3DS sales: 25,246 | Total sales: 6,814,686

Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 38,913 | Total sales: 526,563

PlayStation Vita sales: 14,106 | Total sales:Ā 959,540

<< Last weekā€™s software sales chart

 

Last week didnā€™t see any real high-profile releases in Japan. Lost Heroes, Namco Bandaiā€™s Gundam + Kamen Rider + Ultra Man crossover dungeon-crawler, was the best-selling new game for the week. The Nintendo 3DS version took the #2 spot at 32,504 copies, while the PSP version came in at #6 with 15,650 copies sold.

 

New Super Mario Bros. 2 returned to the top of the chart as the #1 seller.

 

Meanwhile, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f fell from its #1 spot last week to #5 this week, dropping 88.4% in sales. For comparison, last yearā€™s Project Diva Extend dropped 83.7% and 2010ā€™s Project Diva 2nd dropped 85% in their second weeks.

 

PlayStation Vita sales dropped by a large margin, too. Last week, the Vita sold 50,070 units, whereas this week, the systemā€™s sales dropped to 14,106 . This actually makes sense, as Media Create reported that 23,000 of last weekā€™s Vita hardware sales came from a Hatsune Miku: Project f Crystal White Vita bundle.

 

The top-20 software sales chart for the week was as follows:

 

Lw Tw Title Weekly Sales Total Sales Sys. Publisher
04. 01. New Super Mario Bros. 2 39,708 1,076,912 3DS Nintendo
New 02. Lost Heroes 32,504 New 3DS Namco Bandai
New 03. Max Payne 3 24,264 New PS3 Take 2
08. 04. PokƩmon Black/White 2 21,592 2,729,192 DS PokƩmon Co.
01. 05. Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 18,428 178,020 PSV Sega
New 06. Lost Heroes 15,650 New PSP Namco Bandai
New 07. Gekiatsu!! Pachigame Soul MAX Evangelion 7 x Pulse of Life 14,094 New PS3 Fields
11. 08. Run For Money Tousouchuu 13,060 122,999 3DS Namco Bandai
02. 09. Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers 12,589 81,954 3DS Atlus
10. 10. Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online 11,812 538,547 Wii Square Enix
03. 11. Senran Kagura Burst: Crimson Girls 9,513 78,597 3DS Marvelous AQL
13. 12. Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb 8,800 197,806 3DS Namco Bandai
15. 13. Demon Training 7,973 146,663 3DS Nintendo
06. 14. Mobile Suit Gundam AGE 7,309 43,212 PSP Namco Bandai
16. 15. Kobitodsukan Kobito Kansatsu Set 6,659 85,267 3DS Nippon Columbia
New 16. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (Dubbed) (Bargain Edition) 6,353 New PS3 Square Enix
17. 17. Wii Sports Resort 6,352 1,066,458 Wii Nintendo
07. 18. Sengoku Basara HD Collection 6,339 42,029 PS3 Capcom
14. 19. Just Dance Wii 2 6,329 166,041 Wii Nintendo
New 20. Ratchet & Clank Collection 6,195 New PS3 Sony

 

Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.


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Ishaan Sahdev
Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.