MC Japanese sales Week 25, 2012: Pokémon B&W 2 moves big numbers

[garyopa]

However, the new Pokémon launch didn't move a lot DS/3DS Hardware. Tracking from June 18 to June 24.



Media Create has released its weekly japanese sales chart. As expected, Pokémon B&W sequel moved almost 1.6 million units, however it didn't move a lot of hardware.

Japanese firm Media Create has released the sales chart for last week (Week 25, 2012, from Jun 18 - Jun 24).

- Software

As previously announced, Pokemon Black 2 and Pokemon White 2 were, the biggest sellers in Japan this past week, moving around 1.6 Million units.

Persona 4: The Golden, which debuted in first place last week, dropped to 29K Units, which is -79%, and its now on third place.

01./00. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2/White 2 (Pokemon Co.) - 1,561,738 / NEW
02./02. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry no Wonderland 3D (Square Enix) - 58,228 / 721,174 (-12%)
03./01. [PSV] Persona 4: The Golden (Atlus Co.) - 29,293 / 166,369 (-79%)
04./00. [PSP] Kenka Banchou Bros. Tokyo Battle Royale (Spike) - 21,797 / NEW
05./04. [PS3] Tokyo Jungle (SCEI) - 18,715 / 165,013 (-48%)
06./00. [PS3] K-On! Houkago Live!! (Afterschool Live!) HD Version (SEGA) - 13,581 / NEW
07./08. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 13,339 / 447,126 (-17%)
08./07. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo) - 13,036 / 198,047 (-27%)
09./06. [PS3] Dragon's Dogma (Capcom) - 9,162 / 446,410 (-49%)
10./03. [PS3] Lollipop Chainsaw (Kadokawa Shoten) - 7,898 / 61,246 (-85%)
11./10. [3DS] Super Mario Land 3D (Nintendo) - 7,609 / 1,631,358 (-18%)
12./12. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) - 5,091 / 1,746,836 (-24%)
13./05. [PSP] Akiba's Trip Plus (Acquire) - 5,034 / 34,539 (-83%)
14./00. [360] Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor (Capcom) - 4,889 / NEW
15./00. [PSP] Arcana Famiglia: Vascello Phantasma no Majutsushi (Comfort) - 4,854 / NEW
16./16. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (w/ Wii Remote+) (Nintendo) - 4,287 / 965,713 (+8%)
17./14. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 G (Capcom) - 4,269 / 1,481,643 (-23%)
18./13. [3DS] Fire Emblem: Awakening (Nintendo) - 3,972 / 417,760 (-31%)
19./11. [PSV] Kidou Senshi Gundam Seed: Battle Destiny (Namco Bandai) - 3,668 / 52,790 (-58%)
20./17. [3DS] Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Nintendo) - 2,965 / 186,789 (-17%)

Games Count: 3DS - 7, PS3 - 4, PSP - 3, PSV - 2, WII - 2, 360 - 1, NDS - 1

- Hardware

Looks like the Pokémon sequel wasn't able to move a lot 3DS or even DS/DSi hardware, as we saw just a little boost in their sales.

PS Vita dropped to 13K units after last week "major" boost, in which it sold around 34K units.

(Last week’s numbers in parenthesis):

1. 3DS – 68,056 (61,793)
2. PlayStation 3 - 15,680 (14,673)
3. PlayStation Vita - 13,589 (34,459)
4. PSP - 8,954 (9,740)
5. Wii - 6,127 (5,963)
6. Xbox 360 - 1,073 (1,084)
7. PS2 - 1,065 (1,237)
8. DSi LL - 900 (689)
9. DSi – 704 (380)

NEWS SOURCE #1: Media Create Sales 061812-062412 (via) Gematsu
NEWS SOURCE #2: Forum Thread #480258 (via) NeoGAF

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!

[Xenogears V]

I am heppy to see Persona 4 the Golden in third place.