The start of 2012 has seen the Nintendo 3DS continue its domination of both the hardware and software charts in Japan, according to the latest sales figures from Media Create.
Monster Hunter 3G was also able to become the third Nintendo 3DS title to sell a million copies, and also the first third-party release to do so.
The handheld was able to sell 240,819 units between January 2nd – 8th, a 20% boost from that achieved the previous week.
Hardware sales are as follows, with the previous week’s in brackets.
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. X360: 2,738 (2,453)
8. DSi: 3,565 (2,418)
9. PS2: 1,323 (1,659)
Similarly, below are the top 20 software titles for the week – Nintendo held eight of the top ten! Lifetime sales are in brackets.
[3DS] 01. Mario Kart 7, Nintendo: 157,188 (1,317,357)
[3DS] 02. Super Mario 3D Land, Nintendo: 119,093 (1,199,285)
[3DS] 03. Monster Hunter 3G, Capcom: 98,355 (1,083,853)
[3DS] 04. Inazuma Eleven Go, Level-5: 56,134 (325,358)
[PS3] 05. Musou Orochi 2, Tecmo Koei: 42,464 (316,516)
[WII] 06. Just Dance Wii, Nintendo: 37,266 (490,677)
[PS3] 07. Final Fantasy XIII-2, Square Enix: 35,325 (739,561)
[WII] 08. Wii Party, Nintendo: 33,174 (2,256,803)
[WII] 09. Hoshi no Kirby Wii, Nintendo: 33,040 (570,168)
[WII] 10. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack, Nintendo: 30,783 (833,757)
[WII] 11. Go Vacation, Namco Bandai: 26,852 (208,017)
[WII] 12. Mario Kart Wii, Nintendo: 26,346 (3,474,659)
[3DS] 13. Nintendogs + Cats, Nintendo: 24,514 (467,914)
[WII] 14. Inazuma Eleven Strikers 2012 Extreme, Level-5: 23,521 (127,410)
[WII] 15. Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version, Namco Bandai: 23,422 (197,003)
[NDS] 16. Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery, Konami: 19,574 (165,962)
[NDS] 17. One Piece Gigant Battle! 2 New World, Namco Bandai: 18,789 (290,002)
[PSP] 18. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best, Capcom: 18,293 (154,438)
[WII] 19. Minna no Rhythm Tengoku, Nintendo: 15,903 (670,305)
[PSP] 20. Winning Eleven 2012, Konami: 15,689 (173,093)
[Thanks Andriasang]
Nintendo 3DS continues to dominate in Japan
