Plus, PSV again selling pretty low. Tracking from July 23 to July 29.



Media Create has released its weekly sales chart. New Super Mario Bros. 2 'rakes' in the gold, 3DS XL has a big debut while PS Vita sinks again.

Japanese firm Media Create has released its sales chart for last Week, which was this year' No. 30 (tracking from July 23 to July 29).

- Software.

As expected, New Super Mario Bros. 2 had a very strong debut with 407,000 units sold. Persona 4 Arena for PS3 came in second with 128,485 units moved. Nayuta no Kiseki, the latest entry in the long-running "Trails" series for PSP from Falcom, came in at third with nearly 75k units sold.

01./00. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) - 407.503 / NEW
02./00. [PS3] Persona 4: Arena (Atlus) {2012.07.26} (¥7.329) - 128.485 / NEW
03./00. [PSP] Nayuta no Kiseki # (Nihon Falcom) {2012.07.26} (¥6.090) - 74.860 / NEW
04./02. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (¥4.800) - 73.420 / 2.455.006 (-20%)
05./00. [PSP] Super Dangan-Ronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen # (Spike Chunsoft) {2012.07.26} (¥6.279) - 69.000 / NEW

06./00. [WII] Just Dance Wii 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.26} (¥5.800) - 60.121 / NEW
07./00. [3DS] Tohoku Daigaku Karei Igaku Kenkyuusho - Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu - Mono Sugoku Nou o Kitaeru 5-Funkan no Oni Training (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥3.800) - 40.272 / NEW
08./04. [PSP] Digimon World Reigitize (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.19} (¥5.230) - 31.037 / 116.854 (-64%)
09./01. [WII] Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition (Nintendo) {2012.07.19} (¥3.800) - 29.367 / 129.653 (-71%)
10./00. [PS3] The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love - Hybrid Pack # (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.26} (¥7.140) - 25.753 / NEW
11./03. [3DS] Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (Marvelous Entertainment) {2012.07.19} (¥5.229) - 21.017 / 106.972 (-76%)
12./05. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) {2012.07.19} (¥6.980) - 20.948 / 83.688 (-67%)
13./00. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) - 20.625 / NEW
14./06. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) - 20.270 / 117.472 (-36%)
15./07. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) {2012.07.19} (¥5.250) - 12.666 / 40.808 (-55%)
16./13. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D # (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490) - 12.396 / 837.669 (-3%)
17./00. [PSP] Sangoku Koi Senki: Otome no Heihou! (Prototype) {2012.07.26} (¥5.880) - 10.887 / NEW
18./00. [360] Persona 4: Arena (Atlus) {2012.07.26} (¥7.329) - 9.801 / NEW
19./16. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost (Level 5) {2012.07.05} (¥4.400) - 9.642 / 92.392 (-6%)
20./14. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800) - 9.537 / 501.920 (-13%)
Games Count: 3DS - 7, PSP - 5, PS3 - 3, WII - 3, 360 - 1, NDS - 1.

- Hardware.

3DS XL (LL in Japan) claims the top spot on the hardware charts, selling 187,480 units. Combined with the original iteration, the Nintendo 3DS sold 229,635 units in total last week.

Plus, the PS Vita sinks again, selling around 10K units. And actually, Famitsu reported that the handheld sold less than that -9,081 Units-, being surpased even by the Nintendo Wii, which sold around 10,549 (check out the Source Links below for both charts).

But, here is what Media Create reported (last week’s numbers in parenthesis):

1. 3DS LL- 187,480 (N/A)
2. 3DS – 42,155 (44,399)
3. PlayStation 3 - 15,916 (15,214)
4. PSP - 12,989 (13,058)
5. PlayStation Vita - 10,846 (11,932)
6. Wii - 10,170 (9,002)
7. PS2 - 994 (1,093)
8. Xbox 360 - 948 (865)
9. DSi – 635 (706)
10. DSi LL – 543 (637)
And finally, here's the HW graphic chart for the week:



NEWS SOURCE #1: Forum Thread #484906 (via) NeoGAF
NEWS SOURCE #2: News G011794 #20120801070 (via) 4Gamer

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!