Period: The week of January 30th – February 5th (2012)
Top-seller: Resident Evil: Revelations – 43,575
Nintendo 3DS sales: 75,018 | Total sales: 4,864,396
PlayStation Vita sales: 17,141 | Total sales: 552,564
Namco Bandai may want to rethink the old Soulcalibur tagline, at least in Japan. Soulcalibur V was released in the region last week, and sold just 43,500 copies on PlayStation 3 and another 7,500 on Xbox 360.
In comparison, Soulcalibur IV sold 74,607 copies on PlayStation and 34,786 copies on Xbox 360 in its opening week in 2008. A sorry state of affairs for the franchise.
Soulcalibur V only debuted at the #2 spot on the top-20 chart. The #1 spot was stolen by Resident Evil: Revelations, almost at 200,000 copies sold in its second week on the market. Meanwhile, Tales of Innnocence R on the PlayStation Vita dropped all the way from #3 to #14, with 63,250 copies sold so far.
Speaking of the Vita, this week’s new Vita release was Ragnarok Odyssey, selling 33,500 copies in its first week.
The full top-20 software sales list for the week was as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 02. | 01. | Resident Evil: Revelations | 43,575 | 190,134 | 3DS | Capcom |
| New | 02. | Soulcalibur V | 34,328 | New | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| New | 03. | Photo Kano | 34,095 | New | PSP | Kadokawa |
| New | 04. | Ragnarok Odyssey | 33,496 | New | PSV | GungHo |
| 01. | 05. | Armored Core V | 30,775 | 194,681 | PS3 | From Software |
| 04. | 06. | Mario Kart 7 | 26,791 | 1,460,749 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 05. | 07. | Monster Hunter 3G | 24,128 | 1,211,026 | 3DS | Capcom |
| 07. | 08. | Super Mario 3D Land | 22,817 | 1,311,312 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 09. | Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition | 21,416 | New | PS3 | Sony |
| New | 10. | Dragon Age II | 19,928 | New | PS3 | Spike |
| 09. | 11. | Rhythm Thief and the Emperor’s Treasure | 9,511 | 56,037 | 3DS | Sega |
| New | 12. | Monster Hunter Frontier Online: Forward .3 Premium Package | 9,047 | New | 360 | Capcom |
| 10. | 13. | Inazuma Eleven Go: Shine/Dark | 8,960 | 379,764 | 3DS | Level 5 |
| 03. | 14. | Tales of Innocence R | 8,397 | 63,250 | PSV | Namco Bandai |
| 12. | 15. | Just Dance Wii | 7,851 | 527,050 | Wii | Nintendo |
| New | 16. | Soulcalibur V | 7,679 | New | 360 | Namco Bandai |
| 14. | 17. | Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP the Best) | 6,875 | 185,853 | PSP | Capcom |
| 17. | 18. | Wii Sports Resort | 5,635 | 862,118 | Wii | Nintendo |
| 15. | 19. | Final Fantasy XIII-2 | 5,336 | 774,415 | PS3 | Square Enix |
| 19. | 20. | Mario Kart Wii | 5,068 | 3,500,168 | Wii | Nintendo |
Published: Feb 8, 2012 04:33 pm