PS3 Nier debuts atop Japanese charts

By Kyle Orland Published 30 April, 2010

New SMB Wii holds onto second.

Square Enix's Japan-exclusive PS3 version of Nier, dubbed Nier Replicant, debuted atop the Japanese sales charts for the week ending 25th April.

Media-create's regional sales chart (thanks Gpara) shows the game selling 60,000 copies for the week - more than twice as much as any other game on the list.

The Xbox 360 version of the game, Nier Gestalt, debuted way down at 11th place on the list, with only with 7800 units sold for the week.

Last week's sales leader, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, took second place despite falling 3000 units to weekly sales 29,000 units. The perennial seller led a line-up of five Nintendo-published games in the week's top ten Japanese sellers.

A "Game of the Year" re-release of Elder Scrolls: Oblivion made a notable debut in the Japanese top ten this week, selling 12,000 units on the PS3.

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  • doulema #1 2 years ago

    And to think that's one of Square's worst games the pact couple of years or so. I'll never get the eastern market.

    Then again next month they will see Alan Wake topping Europe/USA and they will think the same!? :p

  • sonicyoda #2 2 years ago

    Just out of curiosity, what version of Nier is the European PS3 version? Is this 'Japan-only' PS3 version somewhat better than Gestalt?

  • IonOnion #3 2 years ago

    Are you sure Gestalt sold 7,800? Because it looks like its 7,800 Yen which is the retail price for both PS3 and Xbox versions. That and m-create doesn't post sales figures past rank 10.

  • HornsDino #4 2 years ago

    @IonOnion, good spot, it must be the price otherwise the game at number 12 would have sold more as it has a higher value.

    On another note, given by how much the PS3 versions of their games outsell the 360 (even in the US) I wonder if Square are starting to feel burned by the fact they so heavily supported the 360 at the start or if MS paid them enough to make it worth their while.
    Edited by HornsDino at 01/05/10 @ 13:23