Media Create Weekly Sales: August 05-18

August 05-11

Software Sales

Hardware Sales

August 12-18

Software Sales

Hardware Sales

I’m sure I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again: it’s odd to see the Hardware Sales jump when nothing of note released on a system. Seriously, if you look at this past week’s stats compared to the week before, you’ll see a 21,000 unit increase from last week, despite no new games making the Top 20. Meanwhile, if you look at the Week of August 5th, you’ll see four new games in the Top 20 while–compared to the previous Media Create article–hardware takes an 18,000 unit hit.

The other point for this week is the return of “Nintendomination” (at least, for the past two weeks). Games that were published on Nintendo consoles absolutely dominated this past two weeks, earning 17 of 20 spots, as well as the entire Top 10 last week. The only games that kept Nintendo from earning a clean sweep last week were Dragon’s Crown for PS3 and Vita and The Witch and the Hundred Knights on PS3.

Other games of note:

-Both versions of Dragon’s Crown continue to earn spots in the Top 20, combining for over 250,000 units sold overall. The game has released in North America, and will release in Europe on October 11th, thanks to NIS America.

-You know how Danganronpa on PSP got a boost thanks to the new anime that premiered this past Summer? Well, Pikmin 2 on the Wii is getting the same kind of boost with the success of Pikmin 3. The New Play Control! version of the game released back in 2009 for Japan and the PAL regions, while getting a Nintendo Selects discounted release in 2012 for North America.

-Speaking of Danganronpa, we say goodbye for now to that game, as well as Toukiden, MIND≒0 and Killer Is Dead. All four games failed to make the Top 20 either week. Except for MIND≒0, we will see them again in their western releases.

Sources: 1, 2