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Pokemon X and Y On Top Of Japan at 1.8 Million Units, Lifts 3DS Sales 200,000 Units

Oct 16, 2013 Ryan Parreno

GTA 5 also debuts in Japan this week, and performs well for a Western game.

Pokemon X and Y takes the expected commanding lead in Japan as it debuts in Media Create this week on the top spot, selling over 1.8 million units and basically taking the wind out of the sails of every other game out there, including  3DS’ money printer from the past few weeks, Monster Hunter 4. Grand Theft Auto 5 also debuts this week, and although it can’t hold a candle to Pokemon in its home turf, or match its performance in the US, the game has performed very well, as a Western game in Japan.

If you want to compare debuts, Monster Hunter 4 actually looks very favorable compared to Pokemon X and Y. In its first week out September 9 to 15, the game sold 1.7 million units. It also gave the 3DS a slightly higher sales jump, at 276,00 units, compared to Pokemon X and Y’s jump of 210,000 3DS units. This week’s sales of 110,000 units puts it at 3rd place, giving it that much of a lead for Pokemon to follow.

Grand Theft Auto 5 for the Playstation 3 ranks at number 2, with 360,000 units, and on the Xbox 360 at number 9, with 26,000 units, respectively.

Notably, there are also a lot of other debuting games on Playstation 3 and Vita, including Danganropa 1-2: Reload, Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club, and Tsukei Gakuen: Kou, helping raise sales for the Playstation Vita. These games do not really sell that well individually, but the renewed activity has benefited the console. This week, the Vita is the second best performing console in Japan at 60,000 units.

Media Create Sales: Week 41, 2013 (Oct 07 – Oct 13) 
 
01./00. [3DS] Pokemon X / Y <RPG> (Pokemon Co.) {2013.10.12} (¥4.800) – 1.866.570 / NEW 
02./00. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) – 360.115 / NEW 
03./01. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 <ACT> (Capcom) {2013.09.14} (¥5.990) – 110.208 / 2.652.824
04./00. [PS3] Tales of Symphonia Chronicles <RPG> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.10.10} (¥6.980) – 77.228 / NEW 
05./00. [PSV] Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload <ADV> (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.10.10} (¥5.229) – 76.172 / NEW 
06./00. [PS3] Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club! <SLG> (Sega) {2013.10.10} (¥8.379) – 73.696 / NEW 
07./00. [PS3] Fairy Fencer F <RPG> (Compile Heart) {2013.10.10} (¥7.329) – 40.666 / NEW 
08./00. [PSV] Soccer Tsuku: Pro Soccer Club! <SLG> (Sega) {2013.10.10} (¥7.329) – 33.898 / NEW 
09./00. [360] Grand Theft Auto V <ACT> (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) – 26.612 / NEW 
10./02. [PS3] Warriors Orochi 3: Ultimate <ACT> (Koei Tecmo) {2013.09.26} (¥6.615) – 11.044 / 116.054 
11./06. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life <ETC> (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} (¥4.800) – 7.727 / 1.466.168
12./00. [PS3] F1 2013 <RCE> (Codemasters) {2013.10.10} (¥7.770) – 7.406 / NEW 
13./08. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf <ETC> (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} (¥4.800) – 6.785 / 3.438.374 
14./03. [PS3] Armored Core: Verdict Day <ACT> (From Software) {2013.09.26} (¥6.800) – 6.619 / 80.425 
15./05. [PSV] The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki # <RPG> (Nihon Falcom) {2013.09.26} (¥7.140) – 5.920 / 98.633 
16./07. [3DS] Youkai Watch <RPG> (Level 5) {2013.07.11} (¥4.800) – 5.551 / 200.340 
17./11. [3DS] Disney Magic Castle: My Happy Life # <ETC> (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.08.01} (¥5.480) – 5.401 / 290.727 
18./04. [PS3] The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki # <RPG> (Nihon Falcom) {2013.09.26} (¥8.190) – 5.226 / 85.678 
19./12. [3DS] Mario & Luigi: Dream Team <RPG> (Nintendo) {2013.07.18} (¥4.800) – 4.650 / 328.863 
20./00. [PSV] Tsukei Gakuen: Kou <ADV> (Arc System Works) {2013.10.10} (¥6.090) – 4.527 / NEW 
 
Hardware
 
3DS       213.570
Vita           60.166
PS3           12.395
PSP             3.467
Wii U          3.276
Wii                 703
Xbox 360       575
 
Source: NeoGAF

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