Nintendo sold another 100,000 3DS units in Japan during the week ended November 13 to top the hardware chart.
3DS's closest rivals, PSP and PS3, shifted 23,472 units and 22,919 respectively, while DSi LL sales came in at 1,751 units, around 200 units ahead of Xbox 360, with the PS2 about the same distance behind Microsoft's console.
On the software front, PSP rhythm action game Hatsune Miku Project Diva Extend debuted at No.1.
The PS3 and Wii versions of Capcom action title Sengoku Basara 3 Utage entered at No.2 and No.6, the PSP remake of PSone RPG Oreshika debuted at No.3, Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker HD Edition for PS3 at No.7, and Pokepark 2 for Wii at No.8.
Weekly hardware sales
3DS: 103,962 (145,271)
PSP: 23,472 (27,952)
PS3: 22,919 (26,966)
Wii: 11,782 (11,725)
DSi LL: 1,751 (2,041)
X360: 1,531 (1,699)
PS2: 1,294 (1,457)
DSi: 909 (1,057)
DS Lite: 20 (33)
Weekly software sales
Hatsune Miku Project Diva Extend (Sega)
Sengoku Basara 3 Utage (Capcom)
Ore no Shi wo Koete Yuke (Sony)
Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo)
Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix)
Sengoku Basara 3 Utage (Capcom)
Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker HD Edition (Konami)
Pokepark 2 Beyond the World (Pokemon)
Kirby Wii (Nintendo)
Battlefield 3 (EA)
Comments
14 comments so far...
Cogglesz on 17 Nov '11 said:
Wow thats pretty impressive! More than all the other consoles combined.
Sentinator on 17 Nov '11 said:
Not just Japan but its experienced a sales revival. Problem haters?
FallenDesire on 17 Nov '11 said:
Good to see Hatsune Miku at the top.
mkwuk on 17 Nov '11 said:
Just goes to show, Ninty should never release another console without a proper Mario game ready on launch day
a_adji on 17 Nov '11 said:
Did anyone really doubt apart from Ninty haters and internet bedroom journalists?
it was a price issue and especially when it cost more then a console.
Sentinator on 17 Nov '11 said:
I was worried when they reported the losses. But really losses are also partly with something out of Nintendo's control (bad Yen). There were also analysts saying 3DS was failing despite Nintendo posting 3DS selling more than DS had at this point.
Its going to end the same with Wii U as well. Even if a new Xbox launches. I guess this chart is right after all http://nintendookie.files.wordpress.com ... -cycle.png
a_adji on 17 Nov '11 said:
But I think people are allot harder one them for some reason compared with the other two whos losses this gen surpass what Ninty was going through and that was when the market was good, really good in fact.
Japan had the floods to deal with and bad economy etc but yet everyone wanted to cut Nintendo down to size when all they have done is try to innovate and push the industry forwards where as the other two are about business. Do you think Sony or Ms head honchos would take a pay cut if they were in that situation?
Sentinator on 17 Nov '11 said:
I doubt they would. People in the Nintendo forum showed me Sony's entertainment division actually made bigger losses than Nintendo because of their televisions. I guess Japan got hit pretty bad thanks to floods and bad yen. 3DS will probably take off more when Mario Kart 7 comes out.
deepbluerd on 17 Nov '11 said:
You can say what you want about the 3DS its still got poor games here in the UK. Super Mario is the only new game worth getting since Ive played Zelda and Starfox to death. I wonder if the Vita will have any impact on the sales. I doubt it though. Nintendo should at least announce a true Pokemon game or a new Zelda for the machine but I doubt we will get them until Xmas next year.
sepewrath on 17 Nov '11 said:
You know when I first heard about that, I was amazed how a fake character could have the kind of star power that is has generated. But then I stopped to think about it for a second and realized that all these pop stars, are nothing more than fake corporate images as well. So the next logical step would be to just straight make them lol. Oh and impressive dominance by the 3DS.
SpandexArmstrong on 17 Nov '11 said:
Nintendo is doomed. Nintendo must develop games for smartphones. Mario should be an fps, etc lol
Great sales for Nintendo, im gonna pre-order a limited edition Zelda 3DS next pay, then a Vita shortly after. Its a great time to be a gamer!!
Imaduck on 18 Nov '11 said:
They could make a Mario game like Bioshock though to be fair, complete with pipe flow puzzles!
Sentinator on 18 Nov '11 said:
I would think more along the lines of Rachet and Clank. With Mario and Yoshi.
Imaduck on 18 Nov '11 said:
Fair enough, but at least get Mario to do some plumbing for once!