Period: The week of April 23rd – April 29th (2012)
Top-seller: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City – 252,525
Nintendo 3DS sales: 74,282 | Total sales: 5,817,541
PlayStation Vita sales: 12,299 | Total sales: 680,176
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City released in Japan last week and was the top-selling game for the week, beating out sales of the recent Resident Evil: Revelations, at over 252,000 copies on the PlayStation 3 alone. Following at #2 was Mario Party 9 for the Wii with close to 153,000 copies.
At #4 was Gust’s latest, Ciel no Surge, for the PlayStation Vita, with over 33,000 copies sold. That having been said, Ciel no Surge is also being met with a harsh reception. 4Gamer’s reader reviews section gave it an average of 31/100 last we checked, and scores on Amazon appear to be neatly divided among the various star ratings.
The top-20 software sales chart for the week is as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| New | 01. | Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | 252,525 | New | PS3 | Capcom |
| New | 02. | Mario Party 9 | 152,883 | New | Wii | Nintendo |
| 01. | 03. | Fire Emblem: Awakening | 60,313 | 302,913 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 04. | Ciel no Surge | 33,324 | New | PSV | Gust |
| New | 05. | Conception: Please Deliver My Child!! | 29,846 | New | PSP | Spike Chunsoft |
| New | 06. | Steins;Gate: Hiyoku Renri no Darling | 24,849 | New | PSP | 5pb |
| New | 07. | The IdolM@ster: Anime & G4U! vol. 7 | 17,314 | New | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| New | 08. | Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | 16,285 | New | 360 | Capcom |
| 03. | 09. | Super Mario 3D Land | 15,696 | 1,534,999 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 10. | Dynasty Warriors Vs. | 15,578 | New | 3DS | Tecmo Koei |
| 05. | 11. | Monster Hunter Tri G | 13,578 | 1,416,873 | 3DS | Capcom |
| New | 12. | It’s a Game, but Listen to Me Girls, I’m Your Father! | 13,241 | New | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| New | 13. | Blue Exorcist: The Phantom Labyrinth | 11,939 | New | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 08. | 14. | Mario Kart 7 | 11,666 | 1,672,424 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 07. | 15. | Kid Icarus: Uprising | 11,537 | 243,095 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 06. | 16. | Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance | 9,284 | 298,953 | 3DS | Square Enix |
| 04. | 17. | The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z: Regeneration Chapter | 8,484 | 321,886 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 12. | 18. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 | 6,647 | 118,566 | PSP | Konami |
| 11. | 19. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 | 6,323 | 146,081 | PS3 | Konami |
| 15. | 20. | Wii Sports Resort | 6,239 | 925,498 | Wii | Nintendo |
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Published: May 2, 2012 02:13 pm