Posted on Wednesday 11-Jan-2012 5:10 PM

Japan: 3DS dominates sales, Vita slips to 5th place

3DS games take the top four spots on the weekly software chart

By CVG Staff for computerandvideogames.com

3DS remained Japan's best-selling platform by a country mile during the week ended January 8.

Nintendo 3DS Screenshot
The system sold close to a quarter of a million units during the seven day period, according to Media Create figures reported by Andriasang.

Its closest competitors, PS3 and PSP, both moved under 75,000 units, while Wii leapt above Vita with just shy of 50,000 sales. Sony's new portable sold almost 43,000 units.

On the software front, 3DS games took the top four spots on the chart, with third placed Monster Hunter 3G becoming the system's third million seller following Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land, which placed first and second.

Weekly hardware sales (previous week)

  1. 3DS: 240,819 (197,952)
  2. PS3: 74,459 (67,199)
  3. PSP: 71,033 (62,746)
  4. Wii: 49,525 (33,208)
  5. PSV: 42,915 (42,648)
  6. DSi LL: 3,971 (3,356)
  7. 360: 2,738 (2,453)
  8. DSi: 3,565 (2,418)
  9. PS2: 1,323 (1,659)

Weekly software sales (life to date)

  1. Mario Kart 7 (3DS, Nintendo) 157,188 (1,317,357)
  2. Super Mario 3D Land (3DS, Nintendo) 119,093 (1,199,285)
  3. Monster Hunter 3G (3DS, Capcom) 98,355 (1,083,853)
  4. Inazuma Eleven Go (3DS, Level-5) 56,134 (325,358)
  5. Musou Orochi 2 (PS3, Tecmo Koei) 42,464 (316,516)
  6. Just Dance Wii (Wii, Nintendo) 37,266 (490,677)
  7. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (PS3, Square Enix) 35,325 (739,561)
  8. Wii Party (Wii, Nintendo) 33,174 (2,256,803)
  9. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Wii, Nintendo) 33,040 (570,168)
  10. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Wii, Nintendo) 30,783 (833,757)
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    deepbluerd on 11 Jan '12 said:

    So nothing new then lol

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    JBoo on 11 Jan '12 said:

    PSV: 42,915 (42,648)? So it went up a bit from last week then? I wonder what the internet haters will say about that then? LOL;)

    + PS3: 74,459 (67,199) up to :P + 360: 2,738 (2,453) up to :D (poor gam007) + well done 3DS(top 3 games are excellent)

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    Data Ghost on 11 Jan '12 said:

    3DS Mario 3D Land makes me happy, great game!

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    Balladeer on 11 Jan '12 said:

    ^Yes.

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    SuperMike861 on 11 Jan '12 said:

    There are people who want what the Vita offers, I've just never been convinced that there's all that many of them. I don't think Sony should expect the Vita to sell by the bucketload, but it'll probably do alright. Doesn't look great when the Japanese sales are so low already though.

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    Imaduck on 11 Jan '12 said:

    Seriously JBoo, you actually keep track of theese numbers?!??!?!? Why the f**k ?! :shock:

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    tomcat1000uk on 11 Jan '12 said:

    I guess its best to simply summarise it as a Marathon...not a Sprint :-)
    When it eventually launches I'll wait for a bit to see whats available/coming soon on the games list to decide if I can really justify one (having a 3DS and a smartphone is already enough to keep me entertained on my travels)

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    me4pd on 11 Jan '12 said:

    I can't justify having one.

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    Troo Gamer on 11 Jan '12 said:

    There are people who want what the Vita offers, I've just never been convinced that there's all that many of them. I don't think Sony should expect the Vita to sell by the bucketload, but it'll probably do alright. Doesn't look great when the Japanese sales are so low already though.

    When Japan orientated games come out i.e Tales, Gundam, Yakuza and the sales are still at 50k then Sony will worry. Vita at the moment is geared towards the West hence the ridiculous amount of launch games.

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    Balladeer on 11 Jan '12 said:

    Seriously JBoo, you actually keep track of theese numbers?!??!?!? Why the f**k ?! :shock:

    Makes him feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

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    Imaduck on 11 Jan '12 said:

    Well, whatever floats yar boat I guess, but that's pretty heavily obsessive J. At the end of the day, it changes nothing for you or I as consumers, and in the run of history it's just numbers for a lump of plastic that'll be forgotten in time. You can do better than that dude, why not put your thought towards something worthy where you could make a difference? :)

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    bazz2k on 11 Jan '12 said:

    Why are no sites mentioning the shortage of wifi models available in Japan having a massive effect on these numbers??

    My mate lives in japan and can't get a wifi vita for love nor money but doesn't want the 3g version which is readily available!

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    Agent75 on 11 Jan '12 said:

    Whilst I sit back, playing on my Xbox 360 and 3DS, I'll be waiting for the Euro price drop. Does anyone know the date?....

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    stealth on 12 Jan '12 said:

    There are people who want what the Vita offers, I've just never been convinced that there's all that many of them. I don't think Sony should expect the Vita to sell by the bucketload, but it'll probably do alright. Doesn't look great when the Japanese sales are so low already though.

    When Japan orientated games come out i.e Tales, Gundam, Yakuza and the sales are still at 50k then Sony will worry. Vita at the moment is geared towards the West hence the ridiculous amount of launch games.


    Its geared toward japan which is scary