Period: The week of December 12th – December 18th (2011)
Top-seller: Final Fantasy XIII-2 – 524,217
Nintendo 3DS sales: 367,691 | Total sales: 3,601,990
PlayStation Vita sales: 324,859
The PlayStation Vita released in Japan this past weekend. In its first two days on shelves, it sold 324,859 units, but was unable to surpass 3DS sales — boosted by a strong line-up of popular titles — during the same week. The two top-selling Vita games at launch were:
#7 Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational – 61,412 copies
#8 Uncharted: Golden Abyss – 48,224 copies
Here’s a quick comparison of the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS launches, comparing both hardware sales and software that charted during each system’s opening weekend:
| Nintendo 3DS | Sales | PlayStation Vita | Sales |
| Hardware | 374,764 | Hardware | 324,859 |
| Layton: Mask of Miracles | 119,591 | Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational | 61,412 |
| Nintendogs + cats | 63,213 | Uncharted: Golden Abyss | 48,224 |
| Samurai Warriors: Chronicles | 49,327 | Dynasty Warriors Next | 29,181 |
| Super Street Fighter IV 3D | 44,649 | Lord of Apocalypse | 28,742 |
| Ridge Racer 3D | 38,226 | N/A | |
| Pro Evo Soccer 2011 3D | 24,556 | N/A |
The top-selling game for the week was Final Fantasy XIII-2 on the PlayStation 3. The Xbox 360 version of XIII-2 didn’t show up in the top-20 software sales chart for the week, which isn’t surprising, given the strong competition. You can read more about XIII-2’s performance in this post.
At #2 was Monster Hunter 3G, with another 200,000 copies sold. We expect Monster Hunter 3G, Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land to benefit from the coming holiday week. Thus far, Capcom have shipped 1 million copies of 3G, so it should be interesting to see how long it takes for them to sell through the shipment.
Meanwhile, Inazuma Eleven Go debuted at #3, with 135,000 copies sold. This game will likely benefit from the holiday week as well. While on the subject of the holiday effect, a quick comparison of the chart below with last week’s sales report will illustrate it already working its magic on several popular titles.
The complete top-20 chart is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Final Fantasy XIII-2 | 524,217 | New | PS3 | Square Enix |
| 01. | 02. | Monster Hunter 3G | 208,427 | 730,386 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 02. | 03. | Mario Kart 7 | 182,418 | 789,871 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 04. | Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine/Dark | 135,259 | New | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 03. | 05. | Super Mario 3D Land | 112,533 | 837,1430 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 08. | 06. | Kirby’s Return to Dreamland | 71,028 | 398,516 | Wii | Nintendo |
| New | 07. | Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational | 61,412 | New | PSV | Sony |
| New | 08. | Uncharted: Golden Abyss | 48,224 | New | PSV | Sony |
| 10. | 09. | Just Dance Wii | 44,021 | 323,293 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 12. | 10. | PokéPark 2: Beyond the World | 43,829 | 164,018 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 11. | 11. | Wii Party | 42,632 | 2,129,236 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 06. | 12. | Magician’s Quest: The Stylish Wizard | 25,068 | 81,110 | DS | Konami |
| 13. | 13. | Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games | 34,351 | 64,573 | Wii | Nintendo |
| New | 14. | Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru: 11 Hitome no Suspect | 33,686 | New | PS3 | Chunsoft |
| New | 15. | Blazblue: Continuum Shift Extend | 32,992 | New | PS3 | Arc System Works |
| 16. | 16. | Wii Sports Resort | 30,804 | 734,046 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 17. | 17. | Taiko no Tatsujin: Definitive Edition | 30,046 | 100,284 | Wii | Namco Bandai |
| New | 18. | Dynasty Warriors Next | 29,181 | New | PS3 | Tecmo Koei |
| New | 19. | Lord of Apocalypse | 28,742 | New | PSV | Square Enix |
| 06. | 20. | One Piece: Gigant Battle 2 New World | 28,406 | 207,458 | DS | Namco Bandai |
Update: We mistakenly listed the PSV version of BlazBlue: Continuum Shift in the top-20 chart. It was actually the PlayStation 3 version. The error has been rectified.
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media-Create and Geimin.net.
Published: Dec 21, 2011 12:01 pm