MC Japanese charts for Week 23, 2012: Vita sales finally pick up in Japan (a little)

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The week from June 04 to June 10 also saw a very strong 'Tokyo Jungle' debut



Media Create has released its Japanese sales chart for las week. Tokyo Jungle comes in strong and PS Vita sales are finally 'on the rise'.

Japanese firm Media Create has released its weekly sales chart, which corresponds to Week 23, 2012 (Jun 04 - Jun 10).

- Software.

New PlayStation 3 release Tokyo Jungle took the top spot on the software chart, selling more than 110K units. Dragon Quest Monsters remake for the 3DS dropped 84%, and it's now in second place. Also, we finally see a PS Vita release on the top games list, after a long time!

01./00. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCEI) - 110,309 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D (Square Enix) - 83,329 / 596,512 (-84%)
03./00. [PSV] Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny (Namco Bandai) - 40,297 / NEW
04./02. [PS3] Dragon's Dogma (Capcom) - 34,184 / 419,208 (-59%)
05./03. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) - 24,030 / 167,154 (-42%)
06./04. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 17,253 / 417,643 (-12%)
07./07. [3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) - 9,390 / 1,614,505 (-6%)
08./00. [PSP] Storm Lover Kai!! (D3 Publisher) - 7,931 / NEW
09./09. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) - 7,031 / 408,030 (-27%)
10./10. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) - 6,743 / 1,735,081 (-13%)
11./12. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom) - 6,146 / 1,471,805 (-12%)
12./05. [3DS] Guild01 (Level 5) - 5,297 / 20,087 (-64%)
13./06. [PS3] Jissen Pachi-Slot Hisshouhou! Hokuto no Ken F - Legend of the End of the Century Savior (SEGA) - 4,880 / 18,638 (-65%)
14./16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) (Nintendo) - 4,159 / 957,445 (-1%)
15./14. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 3,888 / 180,244 (-11%)
16./21. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) - 3,342 / 2,361,947
17./18. [3DS] Kid Icarus: Uprising (Nintendo) - 3,157 / 287,709 (-21%)
18./26. [3DS] Nintendogs + cats (Nintendo) - 2,568 / 559,947
19./22. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (BEST) (Capcom) - 2,366 / 263,502
20./29. [WII] Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo) - 2,264 / 3,573,260

Games count: 3DS - 10, WII - 4, PS3 - 3, PSP - 2, PSV - 1

- Hardware.

That's right, PlayStation Vita had a "strong" week in Japan, moving over 13,000 units thanks to the release of the Gundam game, which came in at third on the software chart, and it finally managed to sell more than the PSP. 3DS remains on top.

(Last week’s numbers in parenthesis).

1. 3DS – 64,876 (101,075)
2. PlayStation 3 - 15,593 (14,799)
3. PlayStation Vita - 13,383 (7,551)
4. PSP - 10,038 (10,547)
5. Wii - 6,029 (5,825)
6. PS2 - 1,091 (1,106)
7. Xbox 360 - 1,001 (2,719)
8. DSi LL - 615 (665)
9. DSi – 383 (379)

And here's an interesting graphic chart which covers all the current Japanese Handheld sales:



NEWS SOURCE #1: Forum Thread #478249 (via) NeoGAF
NEWS SOURCE #2: Media Create Sales 060412-061012 (via) Gematsu

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!

[Xenogears V]

Vita sales finally pick up in Japan

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(a little)

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Need a price cut a good games.