MC Japanese sales: RE Operation Raccoon City tops software and Vita sales see upturn!

[garyopa]

Covering April 23 through April 29.



Media Create just released the last week Japanese VG sales chart. The Resident Evil spin-off sells big and the Vita sales increase... well just a bit!

Japanese firm, Media Create just released the sales chart for Week 17, 2012 (Apr 23 - Apr 29).

* Software.

Even if Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City its just a spin-off from the series, the game debutted on top with more than 252K units sold! Mario Party 9 is in second place, selling more than 152K units. And finally... a PS Vita game on the Top-5!

[PS3] 01. Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, 04.26.2012): 252,525 (NEW)
[WII] 02. Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, 04.26.2012): 152,883 (NEW)
[3DS] 03. Fire Emblem Awakening (Nintendo, 04.19.2012): 60,313 (302,913)
[PSV] 04. Surge Concerto Ciel nosurge (Gust, 04.26.2012): 33,324 (NEW)
[PSP] 05. Conception Please Give Birth to My Children (Spike Chunsoft, 04.26.2012): 29,846 (NEW)
[PSP] 06. Steins;Gate Hiyoku Renri no Darling (5pb., 04.26.2012): 24,849 (NEW)
[PS3] 07. Idolmaster Anime & G4U! Pack Vol.7 (Namco Bandai, 04.26.2012): 17,314 (NEW)
[360] 08. Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City (Capcom, 04.26.2012): 16,285 (NEW)
[3DS] 09. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11.03.2011): 15,696 (1,534,999)
[3DS] 10. Dynasty Warriors VS (Tecmo Koei, 04.26.2012): 15,578 (NEW)
[3DS] 11. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 12.10.2011): 13,578 (1,416,873)
[PSP] 12. Even in a Game, Listen to Me, Girls. I Am Your Father! (Namco Bandai, 04.26.2012): 13,241 (NEW)
[PSP] 13. Ao no Exorcist Toki no Labyrinth (Namco Bandai, 04.26.2012): 11,939 (NEW)
[3DS] 14. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 11.03.2011): 11,666 (1,672,424)
[3DS] 15. Kid Icarus Uprising (Nintendo, 03.22.2012): 11,537 (243,095)
[3DS] 16. Kingdom Hearts 3D (Square Enix, 03.29.2012): 9,284 (298,953)
[PSP] 17. 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Saisei Volume (Namco Bandai, 04.05.2012): 8,484 (321,886)
[PSP] 18. Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami, 03.29.2012): 6,647 (118,566)
[PS3] 19. Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 (Konami, 03.29.2012): 6,323 (146,081)
[WII] 20. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11.11.2010): 6,239 (925,498)

Games Count: 3DS - 7, PSP - 6, PS3 - 3, WII - 2, 360 - 1, PSV - 1

* Hardware.

3DS is still on top, while PS Vita sales increased a bit this week!

(Last week’s numbers in parenthesis):

1. 3DS: 74,282 (84,760)
2. PSP: 22,457 (11,779)
3. PS3: 21,114 (16,390)
4. PSV: 12,299 (8,206)
5. Wii: 9,200 (7,025)
6. PS2: 1,395 (1,172)
7. X360: 1,327 (1,282)
8. DSi LL: 895 (760)
9. DSi: 717 (516)

NEWS SOURCE #1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=472546
NEWS SOURCE #2: http://www.vg247.com/2012/05/02/japa...slight-upturn/

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news story!

[DEDDOA]

Just looks like a game some liked was launched as there is only one PSV game on the list, I assume thats behind the console sales spike as well.

[Xenogears V]

13.000 pieces in all japan is really few.