Monster Hunter 4, 3DS Overwhelm Japan Sales Charts

Media Create numbers this week show the strong debut of Monster Hunter 4, AKB 1/149: Love Edition, and Brothers Conflict: Brilliant Blue.

I have written a bit about all three games before. To be brief, Monster Hunter 4 is the latest installment in Capcom’s killer franchise, while AKB1/149 and Brothers Conflict are dating sims for guys and girls, respectively.

The big story this week, of course, is the spectacular performance of Monster Hunter 4, which we did get hints about in the earlier Tsutaya sales charts. Now, to put this in perspective, the title has sold 16 times as much as all the other Top 10 games for the month combined, and the 3DS sold 9 times more than all the other consoles combined.

Personally, I think Monster Hunter just benefited from having so much momentum coming in without any serious contenders at the same time, and also from being exclusive to the 3DS, making all the fans focus on getting the game just for the one console.

Media Create Sales: Week 37, 2013 (Sep 09 – Sep 15)

Hardware

[3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 1.715.060 / NEW
[PS3] AKB1/149: Love Election (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.09.12} (¥5.980) – 27.052 / NEW
[PSP] Brothers Conflict: Brilliant Blue (Idea Factory) {2013.09.12} (¥6.090) – 15.297 / NEW
[3DS] Friend Collection: New Life (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 10.530 / 1.431.527
[PSP] Uta no Prince-Sama: Music 2 (Broccoli) {2013.09.05} (¥3.990) – 10.343 / 78.758
[3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team (Nintendo) {2013.07.18} (¥4.800) – 9.428 / 302.594
[PS3] JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.29} (¥7.980) – 8.906 / 454.343
[3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.01} (¥5.480) – 8.822 / 264.131
[PS3] Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Blacklist (Ubisoft) {2013.09.05} (¥7.770) – 8.252 / 30.677
[3DS] Youkai Watch (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 7.791 / 172.022
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 7.348 / 3.410.090
[3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} (¥4.800) – 5.352 / 896.600
[PSV] Killzone: Mercenary (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.09.05} (¥4.980) – 4.304 / 15.356
[3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo) {2011.12.01} (¥4.800) – 4.195 / 2.120.291 (-2%)
[PSV] Ragnarok Odyssey Ace (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.08.29} (¥4.935) – 3.969 / 44.975
[PS3] Dead or Alive 5: Ultimate (Koei Tecmo) {2013.09.05} (¥6.090) – 3.566 / 22.174
[PS3] Puppeteer (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.09.05} (¥5.980) – 3.503 / 12.403
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 3.400 / 2.094.152
[WII] Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.11.29} (¥5.040) – 3.390 / 560.681
[3DS] Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies (Capcom) {2013.07.25} (¥5.990) – 3.336 / 339.000