3DS continues Japanese hardware sales dominance

October 4th, 2012, 01:40 Posted By: wraggster

Nintendo's vice grip on Japan's hardware market is as strong as ever with 3DS dominating charts for another week.
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The Gundam-loving Japanese snapped up almost 210,000 copies of that title last week, forcing Dead or Alive 5 to settle for second with 66,000 sales.
Full Japanese charts for the week ending September 30 below (courtesy of Gematsu).
Software, All-formats:
1)[PSP] SD Gundam G Generation Overworld (Namco Bandai, 09/27/12) - 209,815 (New)
2)[PS3] Dead or Alive 5 (Tecmo Koei, 09/27/12) - 66,586 (New)
3)[3DS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (Nintendo, 09/27/12) - 65,908 (New)
4)[PSV] Ys: Foliage Ocean in Celceta (Falcom, 09/27/12) - 42,146 (New)
5)[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07/28/12) - 36,607 (1,187,078)
6)[PS3] Sleeping Dogs (Square Enix, 09/27/12) - 17,580 (New)
7)[PSP] Love, Election, and Chocolate Portable (Kadokawa Games, 09/27/12) - 16,743 (New)
8)[PSP] Final Fantasy III (Square Enix, 09/20/12) - 16,702 (61,574)
9)[PSV] Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable Double Enlistment Pack (D3 Publisher, 07/27/12) - 14,827 (New)
10)[360] Dead or Alive 5 (Tecmo Koei, 09/27/12) - 14,811 (New)
11)[3DS] New Egokoro Classroom (Nintendo, 09/13/12) - 13,722 (68,392)
12)[NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon, 06/23/12) - 13,427 (2,777,159)
13)[PSV] Earth Defense Force 2017 Portable (D3 Publisher, 07/27/12) - 12,952 (New)
14)[3DS] Medabots 7 Kabuto Ver. / Kuwaga Ver. (Rocket Company, 09/13/12) - 9,352 (76,529)
15)[3DS] Run For Money: Flee from the Greatest Hunters in History! (Namco Bandai, 07/05/12) - 9,066 (160,527)
16)[PS3] Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Spike Chunsoft, 09/20/12) - 8,757 (29,452)
17)[PS3] Tekken Tag Tournament 2 (Namco Bandai, 09/13/12) - 7,468 (87,338)
18)[3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Namco Bandai, 07/12/12) - 7,406 (222,374)
19)[Wii] Dragon Quest X: Rise of the Five Tribes Online (Square Enix, 08/02/12) - 6,655 (562,746)
20)[3DS] Demon Training (Nintendo, 07/28/12) - 6,487 (168,807)
Hardware (last previous week in parenthesis)
1)3DS LL - 55,353 (35,206)
2)3DS - 24,822 (26,176)
3)PSP - 23,061 (14,921)
4)PlayStation Vita - 14,469 (9,295)
5)PlayStation 3 - 8,935 (11,440)
6)Wii - 5,421 (5,742)
7)PS2 - 1,103 (1,014)
8)Xbox 360 - 742 (748)
9)DSi LL - 429 (516)
10)DSi - 365 (504)

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