Namco Bandai represents the majority of top 10 titles; 3DS sales spike due to new model colour.
Publisher Namco Bandai is on a roll, if the recently updated Media Creates sales charts are anything to go by. The update details sales in Japan for the week of October 17 to October 23, with new titles like Gekijouban Macross F: Sayonara no Tsubasa Hybrid Pack (also known as Macross F: The Wings of Goodbye) for the PS3 and Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact for the PSP sitting in the top two slots. The former sold 142,607 units, while the latter sold 53,148 units.
The Macross F Hybrid Pack consists of the movie Macross F: Sayonara no Tsubasa and a flight action game based on events from the movie. The latter puts players in the shoes of a pilot who controls a jet-robot hybrid with three forms to combat the biomechanical aliens known as the Vajra.
Former top-ranking title Ace Combat: Assault Horizon for the PS3 was at eighth place, with 167,591 units sold. AKB 1/48: Idol no Guam de Koishitara went from fourth to ninth place, with 17,562 units sold. The open-world zombie genocide title Dead Island also made its debut on the charts via Japanese publisher Spike. The PS3 version was at fifth place, with 39,945 units sold, while the Xbox 360 version was in 10th place, with 13,147 units sold.
Football title FIFA 12 from EA also made its mark on the top 10, coming in at sixth place, with 25,640 units sold, and just above renowned competitor Pro Evolution Soccer 2012, which sold 22,902 units.
In hardware news, the colour pink seems to have done a lot of good things for Nintendo, with the new 3DS colour, lavender-pink, helping the publisher to sell 73,933 units of the system this week. The rest of the consoles on the list went down in numbers--Sony sold 23,897 PS3 units and 22,095 PSP units.
Japan Game Sales Week of October 17 - October 23:
Software
Rank/Title/Publisher/Platform/Unit sales
1. Macross F Hybrid Pack/Namco Bandai/PS3/142,607
2. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact/Namco Bandai/PSP/53,148
3. Go Vacation/Namco Bandai/Wii/47,209
4. Just Dance Wii/Nintendo/Wii/45,580
5. Dead Island/Spike/PS3/39,945
6. FIFA 12/EA/PS3/25,640
7. Pro Evolution Soccer 2012/Konami/PS3/22,902
8. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon/Namco Bandai/PS3/18,120
9. AKB 1/48: Idol no Guam de Koishitara/Namco Bandai/PSP/17,562
10. Dead Island/Spike/Xbox 360/13,147
Software
3DS - 73,933
PS3 - 23,897
PSP - 22,095
Wii - 11,235
DSi XL - 2005
Xbox 360 - 1620
PS2 - 1296
DSi - 1293
DS Lite - 36
1 Like Someone PLEASE tell me that Macross Frontier will at LEAST be considered for a US release sometime in the near future! PLEASE! These games look awesome and to have the series itself over here would be even better. Are you listening A&E? Sentai? ANYBODY? PLEASE RELEASE MACROSS FRONTIER IN THE STATES!
I'd LOVE to see Macross Frontier over here at ALL. I'm tired of those games and the series for that matter not reaching our shores.
People are complaining about no 3DS game sales? Maybe everyone is just waiting for that right game...which comes out this week here in Japan, Mario 3DS is gonna sell like crazy! I can't wait to see what akiba is like on release night :P
Ps3 gets no1 with a differnet game yet again. DS lite loseing a lot money that they like DSI XL better in japan. gd to see fifa12 in there but didnt do gd than pes212 in japan
How is the 3DS on top of the list while it is completely absent from the top ten games?
@dxdevilex0 Monster Hunter coming in december is the main reason the sells are high, even without games in the top 10.
dead island? well there's a surprise.. i guess there's a market for violent games in japan after all.
Check out the official trailer for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Impact!
Users who looked at this article also looked at these content items.
United States Vice President Joe Biden believes there is no legal restriction on ability to tax violent media. Full Story
Avalanche Studios co-founder says developer's ambition is for action, not moments that make players cry; steampunk-style game on hold. Full Story
Developer confirms image suggesting version of upcoming shared-world shooter in development for Sony's latest portable is a fake. Full Story
Assassin's Creed and Far Cry publisher says its network of 26 studios and over 7,000 developers will allow company to ship major franchises more regularly. Full Story
4A Games creative director Andrew Prokhorov thanks Jason Rubin for telling the studio's story, but says, "We deserve the ratings we get." Full Story
DICE head would also like to poach top talent from rivals Infinity Ward and Treyarch. Full Story
Future EA games won't require Online Passes; the service is being scrapped after tepid player response. Full Story
Microsoft clarifies Xbox One used game stance
Xbox maker acknowledges "confusion" exists around secondhand games for next-gen platform, doesn't deny fee will be required to play secondhand titles.
