From 05/07/12 – 05/14/12



Media Create has released the post-Golden Week Japanese sales chart. MP9 and 3DS remain on top, Vita sales hit a new low... again!

Japanese firm Media Create has released its sales charts for Week 19, 2012 (May 07 - May 13).

Being the week after the "Golden" one, everything saw significant drop in sales.

* Software.

01./01. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 37,353 / 334,821 (-74%)
02./03. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) - 16,530 / 361,790 (-61%)
03./02. [PS3] Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (Capcom) - 14,553 / 319,505 (-72%)
04./00. [PS3] Starhawk (SCEI) - 12,873 / NEW
05./04. [3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) - 11,260 / 1,574,788 (-61%)
06./07. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom) - 9,105 / 1,442,475 (-45%)
07./05. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) - 9,045 / 1,704,350 (-60%)
08./06. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) - 7,636 / 269,519 (-59%)
09./08. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 4,933 / 162,270 (-64%)
10./09. [PSP] Conception: Please Have My Children! (Spike) - 4,600 / 44,639 (-55%)
11./10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) (Nintendo) - 4,416 / 939,971 (-56%)
12./11. [PSP] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012 (Konami) - 4,041 / 132,450 (-59%)
13./15. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 3,408 / 2,348,884 (-60%)
14./16. [PS3] Pro Yakyuu Spirits 2012 (Konami) - 3,342 / 156,276 (-51%)
15./14. [3DS] Shin Sangoku Musou VS (Koei-Tecmo) - 3,231 / 27,423 (-62%)
16./12. [3DS] Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance (Square Enix) - 3,204 / 311,688 (-66%)
17./24. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (BEST) (Capcom) - 3,104 / 252,765
18./19. [3DS] Harvest Moon: The Land of Origin (Marvelous) - 3,040 / 182,188 (-53%)
19./18. [PSP] Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saisei-hen (Namco Bandai) - 2,959 / 331,392 (-55%)
20./13. [NDS] Pokemon + Nobunaga no Yabou (Pokemon Co.) - 2,819 / 320,885 (-69%)
Game count: 3DS - 9, PSP - 4, PS3 - 3, WII - 3, NDS - 1

* Hardware.

Yes, Vita sales falled down to 6,340 units – its lowest figure yet, however, actually everything dropped last week.

(Last week’s numbers in parenthesis):

1. 3DS: 46,425 (91,868)
2. PS3: 12,996 (23,478)
3. PSP: 12,247 (20,033)
4. PSV: 6,340 (10,583)
5. Wii: 6,073 (15,789)
6. PS2: 1,212 (1,611)
7. X360: 1,023 (1,420)
8. DSi LL: 819 (1,097)
9. DSi: 387 (814)
Apparently, this is the 4th worst selling overall hardware week since 2004...

NEWS SOURCE #1: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=474361
NEWS SOURCE #2: http://www.vg247.com/2012/05/16/mari...g-golden-week/

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news story!