Big in Japan Nov. 2-8: Pro Evolution Soccer 2010

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Nov 13, 2009 3:48 pm PT

Latest installment in Konami's Winning Eleven series dominates a sales chart crammed with older releases.

While recent years have seen the Winning Eleven/Pro Evolution Soccer series fall behind EA's competing FIFA franchise in terms of critical acclaim, Konami's footie sim remains a commercial powerhouse. The latest evidence of that comes from Media Create's Japanese sales charts for the week of November 2-8, which were dominated by the PlayStation 3 version of World Soccer Winning Eleven 2010 (Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 internationally).

Winning Two Hundred Seventeen Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-Eight.

Winning Eleven 2010 racked up sales of 217,848, the best first-week Japanese sales for a game since Nintendo's Wii Fit Plus racked up nearly 340,000 copies sold for the first week of October. Speaking of Nintendo's latest Balance Board-compatible title, it has proven to have a considerable amount of sales stamina, selling 69,797 copies for the week ended November 8. It wasn't the only long-term resident on the week's Japanese sales charts, as the second through seventh spots were all occupied by previous weeks' and months' releases.

September release Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver was the week's runner-up with 73,554 sold, while Tomodachi Collection--a regular on the charts since June--came in fourth with 63,571 sold. Meanwhile, Inazuma Eleven 2 celebrated its first full month on the charts in sixth place, while Persona 3 for the PSP (fifth place), Final Fantasy Gaiden on the DS (seventh place), and the PS3 edition of Bayonetta (eighth place) all marked their second week on the charts.

The only new releases in the top 10 besides Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 were ninth-place DS role-playing game Summon Night X: Tears Crown from Namco Bandai and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games bringing up the rear. Under the agreement between Sega and Nintendo, the Sonic publisher released the game internationally, while the Mario factory handled the Japanese launch.

As for hardware, the charts were shaken up a bit. Sony's PS3 topped all consoles and handhelds with 48,925 sold, relegating former champ the DSi to second place with 37,421. Sony's PSP held its ground with 33,784 sold, but PSP Go sales dropped more than 50 percent week-over-week, selling just 13,992 units. Meanwhile, Nintendo put another 31,810 Wii systems in Japanese households, while Microsoft's Xbox 360 limped along with another 4,679 added to the console's installed base.

JAPAN GAME SALES WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2-8, 2009
Software:
Rank / Title / Publisher / Platform / Unit sales
1) Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 / Konami / PS3 / 217,848
2) Pokemon HeartGold and SoulSilver / Nintendo / DS / 73,554
3) Wii Fit Plus / Nintendo / Wii / 69,797
4) Tomodachi Collection / Nintendo / DS / 63,571
5) Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable / Atlus / PSP / 46,459
6) Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryokusha - Fire and Blizzard / Level 5 / DS / 42,186
7) Four Warriors of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden / Square Enix / DS / 35,195
8) Bayonetta / Sega / PS3 / 29,361
9) Summon Night X: Tears Crown / Namco Bandai / DS / 24,451
10) Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games / Nintendo / Wii / 21,541

Hardware:
PS3 - 48,925
DSi - 37,421
PSP - 33,784
Wii - 31,810
PSP Go - 13,992
DS Lite - 5,515
Xbox 360 - 4,679
PS2 - 2,066

39 Comments

  • capitalthoughts

    Posted Nov 17, 2009 11:02 am PT

    @Shii666-I will believe that when the PS3 maintains a dominance of 3 to 1 and sometimes 5 to 1 sales figures for the next 4 years straight like the Wii has done too the PS3 in Japan for the last 4 years. Of course, also that to even be recognized by the Japanese market, it had to cut it's price in half, which means the PS3 also never had the worth that Sony assigned too it.

  • mariokart64fan

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 9:13 pm PT

    ya but wiis overall us sales, added to japans wii sales are more then ps3 us/japan sales lol

  • shii666

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 8:16 am PT

    Well god... The PS3 seems to be murdering the Wii... In Japan.

  • laptop12

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 6:38 am PT

    well i dont like PES at all but yeah cheer for ps3

  • joynul

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 5:02 am PT

    is uncharted 2 not released in Japan?

  • Generalmojo

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 3:44 am PT

    Good job microsoft....your beating the ps2!!!!

  • santinodrake

    Posted Nov 16, 2009 3:35 am PT

    the psp & psp go combined has more sales than the ds

  • mugupo

    Posted Nov 15, 2009 11:20 pm PT

    the console pes is defintie has improve engine, the gameplay especially the master league borrow many thing from fifa, but still lack of license.

  • Zerosumgame

    Posted Nov 15, 2009 8:46 pm PT

    I love my PSPgo!

  • NoLifeGamin

    Posted Nov 15, 2009 7:19 pm PT

    As sad as i am to say, even though i'm a Sony fanboy, the PSP Go is a BIG disappointment for me. It did not include enough features to give owners of already owned PSP's a reason to buy it. The new features isn't even worth the price tag. I think it would be a lot more wise to upgrade/add hardware for it. Like another ANALOG STICK for example...i mean....is it really that difficult to do that? Again, it's Sony's console, what could i say to change what has gone wrong? Anyways, i'm glad i didn't buy it. Now a happy owner of a PSP-3000

  • ayumi_miyazaki

    Posted Nov 15, 2009 3:56 pm PT

    Nintendo and sony will continue to battle it out for the rest of the generation I think! Sony on top in japan- nintendo on top in america. And every once and awhile, nintendo takes japan. This leaves microsoft suffering at the bottom of the list. Lol

  • shafkat619

    Posted Nov 15, 2009 11:50 am PT

    hahahahaha.....take that u fifa fans and microsoft fans. PES and SONY rox.

  • 02050muh

    Posted Nov 15, 2009 6:02 am PT

    PES is a fast-pace football action..(or should i say soccer here?)

  • Doolum

    Posted Nov 14, 2009 11:25 pm PT

    It is nice to see the PS3 leading the sales figures(though there are no personal reasons as to why i find it nice!)

  • daabulls23

    Posted Nov 14, 2009 8:52 pm PT

    Wow. This just shows (along with FIFA selling fast in Europe) how much the world loves soccer more than we do in the US. That's crazy sales!

  • teknicz

    Posted Nov 14, 2009 8:49 pm PT

    PES 2010 looks pretty good in that video. A little surprised how good some of the players look, and the action looks fast.

  • BigBacon87

    Posted Nov 14, 2009 3:14 pm PT

    You beat the PS2 Xbox good for you!

  • aallx

    Posted Nov 14, 2009 11:30 am PT

    PS3 is actually starting to lead the sales. It's pretty amazing how it was even able to beat the handhelds. (I'm more amazed at the fact that a second generation console is still selling quite well)

  • lowerpass

    Posted Nov 14, 2009 11:11 am PT

    Bayonetta selling quite poorly even after all the glowing reviews. Though I am a very big fan in this beat-em-up genre but still I am not interested in that game. If you ask me why well bayonetta is a girl after all and it doesn't feel right playing a girl kicking ass. I can't think of any other game heroine rather than lara croft who reached out to all the audiences.So even though bayonetta is a good game it will sell quite poorly for sure.

  • wiidsduelpack

    Posted Nov 14, 2009 10:51 am PT

    Amazing. Sony sold more hardware than Nintendo. If Sony focused on being a developer when they had cash with the ps2, then they would have been #1. Nintendo sold more software than Sony. Soccer is now on the rise in Japan. Japan qualified in the World Cup, so now soccer is exploding in Japan. Let's see how Call of Duty will do for Sony and Nintendo and if New Super Mario Bros. Wii is still popular in Japan. One more week for results.

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