Software Sales
| 01./00. | [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon <ACT> (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) – 280.151 / NEW |
| 02./00. | [PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (¥8.190) – 274.625 / NEW |
| 03./00. | [PS3] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥7.980) – 101.389 / NEW |
| 04./00. | [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥3.980) – 80.618 / NEW |
| 05./00. | [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 # <ACT> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (¥7.140) – 60.315 / NEW |
| 06./04. | [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf # <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 56.876 / 2.918.394 (-3%) |
| 07./00. | [PS3] Disgaea D2 # <SLG> (Nippon Ichi Software) {2013.03.20} (¥7.140) – 55.443 / NEW |
| 08./00. | [3DS] Pretty Rhythm: My Deco Rainbow Wedding <ACT> (Takara Tomy) {2013.03.20} (¥6.279) – 33.466 / NEW |
| 09./02. | [PS3] Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX <RPG> (Square Enix) {2013.03.14} (¥6.980) – 29.401 / 157.815 (-77%) |
| 10./00. | [PSV] Atelier Meruru Plus: The Alchemist of Arland 3 # <RPG> (Gust) {2013.03.20} (¥6.090) – 25.095 / NEW |
| 11./00. | [PSV] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 <SPT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥7.980) – 23.621 / NEW |
| 12./00. | [360] Gears of War: Judgment # <ACT> (Microsoft Game Studios) {2013.03.21} (¥7.140) – 23.345 / NEW |
| 13./03. | [3DS] Super Robot Wars UX # <SLG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.14} (¥7.140) – 18.818 / 134.202 (-84%) |
| 14./01. | [PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment # <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.14} (¥6.280) – 18.002 / 156.182 (-87%) |
| 15./05. | [PSV] Soul Sacrifice # <ACT> (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.07} (¥5.980) – 15.488 / 137.006 (-47%) |
| 16./00. | [3DS] Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate <ACT> (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥4.980) – 14.138 / NEW |
| 17./00. | [PSV] Dead or Alive 5+ # <FTG> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.03.20} (¥6.090) – 13.291 / NEW |
| 18./07. | [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8 # <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.02.28} (¥7.560) – 11.523 / 283.734 (-48%) |
| 19./06. | [PS3] Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F <ACT> (Sega) {2013.03.07} (¥7.329) – 11.482 / 147.959 (-56%) |
| 20./14. | [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 # <ACT> (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 10.497 / 1.970.061 (+20%) |
Hardware Sales
| 3DS | 76.553 |
| PS Vita | 41.073 |
| PS3 | 22.942 |
| PSP | 12.690 |
| Wii U | 11.398 |
| Wii | 1.720 |
| Xbox 360 | 610 |
Ladies and gentlemen, the Xbox 360 exists in Japan. Sure, sales may have been pretty much flatlining for Microsoft’s console, but I have proof that the Japanese have indeed heard of this thing. Just look to the 12th spot on the Media Create chart, and you’ll find Microsoft Studios’ newest game, Gears of War: Judgment. Sure, it only sold 23,000, but when am I ever going to talk about the Xbox 360 in this series? This is pretty much it.
For the ongoing uptrend of the Vita, you will notice a slight improvement over last week’s 36,000. Now, the Vita did have new games coming out this week (One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2, Atelier Meruru Plus, Pro Baseball Spirits 2013, and Dead or Alive 5+), along with Soul Sacrifice making another appearance on the chart. However, they didn’t have anything close to a 100,000+ seller this week. So, as was said last week, this 30,000–40,000 result in hardware sales is more than likely the actual result of the price cut and the new baseline for its sales.
Nintendo returns to the top of the software charts, with Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon selling 280,151. However, aside from Animal Crossing: New Leaf marching briskly toward 3 million, there is very little good news on the software side of things. Nintendo’s flagship handheld grabbed 6 spots in this week’s Media Create Top 20, a drop from last week’s 8 spots. The other two new games on the charts—Pretty Rhythm: My Deco Rainbow Wedding and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate (when else would you ever group two games like this together?)—managed sales of only 33,466 and 14,148 respectively. Hopefully, Luigi’s Mansion will have the same staying power as Animal Crossing and help push sales of the 3DS.
All of last week’s top 5 return to the chart. Last week’s #1, Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment, experienced an 87% drop-off, possibly from selling out (seems to be a trend). Super Robot Wars UX also experienced a major drop-off, as well, going down 84%. Kingdom Hearts 1.5 HD ReMIX holds on to the Top 10 with 29,401. Animal Crossing continues to sell. And Soul Sacrifice hangs in there on its third week with 15,488.
