3DS back on top in Japan hardware charts

By Fred Dutton Published 20 April, 2011

Pilotwings, Homefront enter top 10.

The 3DS is back at the top of the Japanese hardware charts after a few weeks of PSP dominance.

According to the latest Media Create figures, as posted on NeoGAF, Nintendo's new portable sold 28,252 units last week, compared to 24,053 PSPs, bringing its life-to-date sales to 897,095.

PlayStation 3 came in third with 22,265 sales, followed by the DS at 14,956. The Wii sold 8122, the Xbox 360 1898 and the PlayStation 2 1261.

Nintendo will no doubt be happy to see its handheld overtake the PSP, but sales are still dropping – it sold 32,910 the week before.

Over on the software side, Namco's PSP effort Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Wars Z: Hakai-hen took the weekly sales crown, shifting 307,019 copies.

Two 3DS games made the top 10, with Pilotwings Resort debuting at six and Konami's Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 at nine. The PlayStation 3 version of Homefront made it in at seven, with the 360 version entering at 14.

Here's the full top 20:

  1. 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Hakai Volume (PSP, Namco Bandai): 307,019 NEW!
  2. Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (PS3, Konami): 86,486 NEW!
  3. Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2 Professional (DS, Square Enix): 86,364 (291,769)
  4. Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (PS3, Konami): 71,264 NEW!
  5. Persona 2 Innocent Sin (PSP, Atlus): 62,721 NEW!
  6. Pilotwings Resort (3DS, Nintendo): 26,554 NEW!
  7. Homefront (PS3, Spike): 22,111 NEW!
  8. Earth Defense Force 2 Portable (PSP, D3 Publisher): 16,898 (80,693)
  9. Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (3DS, Konami): 11,644 NEW!
  10. Dynasty Warriors 7 (PS3, Tecmo Koei): 10,369 (410,977)
  11. Ebicore+ Amagami (PSP, Kadokawa Games): 9,378 (102,447)
  12. Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection (PSP, Square Enix): 8,996 (163,942)
  13. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (PSP, Capcom): 8,371 (4,437,948)
  14. Homefront (Xbox 360, Spike): 7,752 NEW!
  15. Nintendogs + cats (3DS, Nintendo): 7,421 (189,939)
  16. Wii Party (Wii, Nintendo): 6,950 (1,853,384)
  17. Pokémon Black & White (DS, Pokémon): 5,881 (5,150,023)
  18. Dissidia Duodecim Final Fantasy (PSP, Square Enix): 5,706 (434,326)
  19. Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (PSP, SEGA): 5,524 (326,765)
  20. Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask (3DS, Level 5): 4,921 (265,225)
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  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #1 1 year ago

    3DS is only back on top because of PSP shortages, and the 3DS numbers are still dropping every week, Nintendo still need to get that must have title out soon, before sales really get bad.

  • Phishfood #2 1 year ago

    lol Homefront, they sure don't like those North Koreans

  • GreyBeard #3 1 year ago

    Incredible to think that in 2011 Sony are struggling to keep up with demand for PSP in Japan whereas the rest of the world is completely indifferent. Nutty.

  • des #4 1 year ago

    "Nintendo will no doubt be happy to see its handheld overtake the PSP"

    hahaha

  • giapel #5 1 year ago

    Nintendo launched with nothing on the 3DS to give yet again a chance to 3rd parties. And yet again they completely dropped the ball. Once Nintendo releases it's big hitters, it's game over for most 3rd parties. Oh well, same old.

  • Bluetooth #6 1 year ago

    The japanese hate the best of the FPS genre, why would they like a really average one?

  • Triggerhappytel #7 1 year ago

    Of all the western games to do well over there, fucking Homefront's in the top 10?!

  • LazyDan #8 1 year ago

    The early adopters have adopted, there's no must-have casual game and there's no must-have core game. It's a situation that's so clear you have to hope it's intentional. It kinda feels like a soft-launch, which has happened now rather than a proper November launch in an effort to make sure game sales this Christmas aren't impeded by hardware shortages.

    As for the early adopters... I've at least burned through all my launch stuff now. Roll on May for the eShop and June for Zelda.

  • Gojiratron #9 1 year ago

    "2nd Super Robot Wars Z Hakai Volume"

    Gotta love Japanese game names. :D

  • Ashcroft #10 1 year ago

    Who the hell is buying all those PS2s?

  • dunbain #11 1 year ago

    @giapel

    Or, Nintendo titles will be system sellers, with spaced out 3rd party titles to fill in the gaps. Hence the early Super Mario release, which will continue to sell throughout its life cycle. Other companies will be cautious enough to avoid Nintendo releases -- the 3rd party situation will certainly be better than before.

    The 3DS is a slow-burner -- it can't get people excited about it unless they see it in person. It needs word of mouth, hence the early release (other than stock price reasons).