Japan Sales 12/10 - 12/16

[AaronSOLDIER]

機種	販売台数
3DS LL	206,973
Wii U	126,916
3DS	112,052
PS3	42,976
PSP	33,002
Vita	14,446
Wii	10,346
Xbox 360	1,760
PS2	1,102
DSi	320
DSi LL	221

Rank	Model	Title	Manufacturer	Release Date	Unit sales total number of	Reader Reviews
One		Inazuma Eleven GO 2 Chrono Stone nep c /thunder	Level Five	12/12/13	168,179 168,179
Two		(Including Bundle) Animal Crossing Tobidaseru	Nintendo	12/11/08	151,920 1,453,427
Three		Paper Mario Super Seal	Nintendo	12/12/06	92,363 221,416	Forty
Four		5 dream Yakuza (including Bundle) who do come true	SEGA	12/12/06	82,941 439,698	65
Five		New Super Mario Bros. U	Nintendo	12/12/08	71,011 234,539	Ninety
Six		(Including Bundle) New Super Mario Bros. 2	Nintendo	12/07/28	70,076 1,571,161	78
Seven		(Including Bundle) Wii Taiko no Tatsujin Super Deluxe Edition	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.	12/11/29	69,307 243,917
Eight		Dungeon ~ Labyrinth ∞ and gate Magna Pokemon Mystery ~ (modern labyrinth free)	Pokemon	12/11/23	53,529 266,053
Nine		Toriko Gourmet Monsters!	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.	12/12/13	43,146 43,146
Ten		Nintendo Land (Nintendo Land)	Nintendo	12/12/08	41,497 113,618
Eleven		Professor Layton VS Gyakuten Saiban	Level Five	12/11/29	23,402 181,529	Ninety
Twelve		(Including Bundle) (Tri) G HD Ver. Monster Hunter 3	Capcom	12/12/08	23,213 129,601
13		(Including Bundle) GOLF 6 of everyone	SCE	12/11/22	20,419 181,800
14		Nigekire most comprehensive fleeing from hunters!	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.	12/07/05	19,221 282,623
Fifteen		Monster Hunter 3 (Tri) G (Best Price!)	Capcom	12/11/15	19,184 73,251	75
Sixteen		Pokemon Black 2 / White 2	Pokemon	12/06/23	17,426 2,876,166	76
17		Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode declaration greedy!	Nintendo	12/09/27	17,179 216,470
Eighteen		(Including Limited Edition) 12 Sangokushi	Tecmo Koei Games	12/12/13	17,013 17,013
19		Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu 2012 definitive edition	KONAMI	12/12/13	15,030 15,030
Twenty		Chibi Dragon Orb and the Mysterious Taiko no Tatsujin	NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.	12/07/12	14,604 296,784

[coolguy]

dam nintendo is killing everything over there great wii u numbers

[RyanGT]

Holy crap they love their Nintendo over there in Japan...

A little surprised at the 360 sales...

[AaronSOLDIER]

Yeah the 360 went up with no new software what the hell?

[radgamer420]

Nintendo domination.

[DeviousOne]

all Nintendo all the time in japan shiggity

[Blacksite]

As usual, the PSP outsells the Vita. =/

[Kuro]

Same ish just a different week...

[Nitey]

That percentage of marketshare is scary from Nintendo. Crazy stuff!

Vita sales hardly picking up even though it's a holiday month, that is equally as scary lol

MH4 got pushed back to summer for wiiu/3ds so at least that's good news for soul sacrifice (vita) which was coming out around a very similar date if I remember correctly.

[DeviousOne]

With the Wii U and 3DS nintendo is owning japan....sony needs new hardware asap! Lol

[brebaz]

Nintendo are dominating Japan like always! Nothing new to see here.

[DeviousOne]

Can't believe Sony has not done anything other than bundles to help get the vita out there! Smh!

[radgamer420]

Can't believe Sony has not don't anything other than bundles to help get the vita out there! Smh!

Thats all Sony is doing in all of the territories. The old "value of the package" strategy clearly isnt working.

[DeviousOne]

Bundles can help only so much they need a price drop and just get the hardware out there once its out focus on content to make up the losses. It just pisses me off that they are letting this portable console die and they seem to be ok with it like they don't care...smh

[radgamer420]

Bundles can help only so much they need a price drop and just get the hardware out there once its out focus on content to make up the losses. It just pisses me off that they are letting this portable console die and they seem to be ok with it like they don't care...smh

Yep I agree. And lets not forget the obscenely overpriced memory cards.

[DeviousOne]

Yep I agree. And lets not forget the obscenely overpriced memory cards.

They need to sell those in a bundle where you pay for one and get 4.... As a sony fan I struggle with there recent logic and accepting failure which is how it appears. My god they better knock it out of the park at E3 next year.

[radgamer420]

They need to sell those in a bundle where you pay for one and get 4.... As a sony fan I struggle with there recent logic and accepting failure which is how it appears. My god they better knock it out of the park at E3 next year.

Yep and in their PR statements they always say how happy they are with the sales. Go figure.

[AaronSOLDIER]

I'd be happy with the profits but not the sales. You would've thought they'd get PD to release a GT game within the first year to kickstart things really.

[Nitey]

There will probably an official price drop in japan next year around the time of Soul Sacrifice releasing - March I think it is. The demo was released this week on JP psn and the game is being received very well so word of mouth + price drop + no MH4 releasing at the same time = some form of hope

Edit: On second thought: It could go the above way, or they could just continue with how things are now and bundle the fuck out of it and hope things change for the better; which they won't. Subsequently, Soul Sacrifice will not sell as many copies as the quality of the game deserve and it'll be a Sony classic



We shall see!

[DeviousOne]

If they priced it at what the 3ds xl goes for they would steal some of nintendo's thunder.

[Blacksite]

More games for the Vita would help. It's not just about a price drop.

[DeviousOne]

More games for the Vita would help. It's not just about a price drop.

At this point a price drop would benefit more than content. Even with great content when compared to the more established PSP and 3ds being cheaper with better libraries I don't think it'll help as much now if great content and a price drop happen at the same time like it did with 3ds then that would be the best chance to turn it around like nintendo did with the 3ds

[Nitey]

More games for the Vita would help. It's not just about a price drop.

Indeed, which is why if a price drop is to be soon, I think it will come with the release of SS. The game is hopefully marketed well and moves some Vita units

[DeviousOne]

If I was sony this would be my train of thought.

Focus on the entry price level at this point we are screwed by taking a loss per unit so we need to focus on how we can get the hardware in more peoples hands. The bigger the user base the more potential to move software and profit on software and accessories.

I would find a way to bundle accessories with a screen cleaner or skin kit.

[AaronSOLDIER]

There will probably an official price drop in japan next year around the time of Soul Sacrifice releasing - March I think it is. The demo was released this week on JP psn and the game is being received very well so word of mouth + price drop + no MH4 releasing at the same time = some form of hope

Edit: On second thought: It could go the above way, or they could just continue with how things are now and bundle the fuck out of it and hope things change for the better; which they won't. Subsequently, Soul Sacrifice will not sell as many copies as the quality of the game deserve and it'll be a Sony classic



We shall see!

Yeah it's looking great, I'm much more tempted to get one than I was a year ago with the current lineup. Problem is, even though PSP lacked western development support, it had (and still has) very strong Japanese developer support, the Vita kinda lacks both.