Posted on Thursday 13-Oct-2011 11:44 AM

PES 2012, 3DS on top in Japan

F1 2011 and Rage also make the software chart top ten

By Tom Ivan for computerandvideogames.com

Winning Eleven 2012 (PES 2012 to us) entered the Japanese software chart at No.1 for the week ended October 9.

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The footy game sold 272,036 copies to beat off competition from a new PSP dating sim called AKB1/48: If I Loved an Idol in Guam, which debuted at No.2 with 236,587 sales.

The PS3 versions of F1 2011 and Rage sold 26,574 and 11,320 copies to debut at No.3 and No.8 respectively, Andriasang reports, while another Western developed new release, God of War Collection, came in at No.20.

Sales of all hardware platforms were down week-on-week. 3DS comfortably held the top spot ahead of PSP, while PS3 outsold Wii 3:1 and Xbox 360 remained ahead of the older 3DS models. Full sales figures follow below.

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Weekly software sales (lifetime)

01. Winning Eleven 2012 (PS3, Konami) 272,036 - New

02. AKB1/48: If I Loved an Idol in Guam (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 236,587

03. F1 2011 (PS3, Codemasters) - 26,574 (New)

04. Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends (Tecmo Koei) - 18,305 (101,206)

05. Legend of Heroes Ao no Kiseki (PSP, Falcom) - 16,423 (144,361)

06. Dark Souls (PS3, Namco Bandai) - 15,853 (330,139)

07. Dragon Quest Collection (Wii, Square Enix) - 15,338 (349,810)

08. Rage (PS3, Bethesda) - 11,320 (New)

09. Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Wii, Nintendo) - 10,731 (492,112)

10. Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 10,295 (587,913)

Weekly hardware sales

3DS: 58,504 (70,159)

PS3: 30,362 (39,452)

PSP: 25,401 (28,533)

Wii: 10,301 (14,034)

X360: 2,411 (3,897)

DSi LL: 2,382 (2,991)

DSi: 1,679 (2,351)

PS2: 1,351 (1,517)

DS Lite: 52 (86)

PSP go: 14 (15)

[ Source: Andriasang ]

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    JBoo on 13 Oct '11 said:

    'PS3: 30,362' 30k x 4 weeks = 120k :p that should cancel out any xbox360 usa monthly lead

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    unforgetable on 13 Oct '11 said:

    so it is the 3DS PES 2012 that has the top spot, yet when you look at the list it says PS3?

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    Noobsaibot on 13 Oct '11 said:

    Has anyone clicked the source link? What a cutie :)

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    Brainflowers on 13 Oct '11 said:

    "AKB1/48: If I Loved an Idol in Guam" - Haha only in Japan... :mrgreen:


    PS. Pipe down JBoo, you utterly insufferable fanboy.

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    dannyb77 on 13 Oct '11 said:

    "so it is the 3DS PES 2012 that has the top spot, yet when you look at the list it says PS3?"

    No it doesn't

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    Joco84 on 5 Jan '12 said:

    "so it is the 3DS PES 2012 that has the top spot, yet when you look at the list it says PS3?"

    No it doesn't

    Weekly software sales (lifetime)
    01. Winning Eleven 2012 (PS3, Konami) 272,036 - New

    Yes - it does.

    I think the title of this story is misleading, it implies PES2012 for 3DS is on top, but PES2012 for PS3 is top for games sales and the 3DS is top for hardware sales.