Period: The week of April 1st – April 7th (2013)
Top-seller: Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – 68,423
Nintendo 3DS sales: 22,684 | Total sales: 8,185,209
Nintendo 3DS XL sales: 34,180 | Total sales: 2,909,930
PlayStation Vita sales: 19,328 | Total sales: 1,486,212
Wii U sales: 14,783 | Total sales: 869,030
<< Last week’s software sales chart
Last week was slow on new releases, so the only new game in the top-20 was Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge… which sold 9,659 copies at launch.
Topping the charts again was Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, which appears to be developing quite the long tail. The game has proven to be a very strong seller and pushed another 70,000 copies last week. Behind it at #2 was Animal Crossing: New Leaf, with another 50,000 copies sold.
Namco Bandai’s games are doing well, too. One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 has moved close to 360,000 copies on the PlayStation 3 and an additional 85,000 on the Vita.
Meanwhile, despite a relatively slow start, Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission continues to sell week after week, and has reached 152,000 copies sold. This is likely due to its release being timed with the new Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods animated movie, and it isn’t Namco’s first 3DS game to show strong sales over a long period of time. Readers may recall Run for Money Tousouchuu and Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb doing very well, too.
The top-20 chart for the week was as follows:
| Lw | Tw | Title | Weekly Sales | Total Sales | Sys. | Publisher |
| 01. | 01. | Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon | 68,423 | 459,413 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 03. | 02. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 49,140 | 3,025,368 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 04. | 03. | One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 | 26,878 | 357,959 | PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| 08. | 04. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 | 15,411 | 141,665 | PS3 | Konami |
| 09. | 05. | Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 | 14,086 | 117,839 | PSP | Konami |
| 19. | 06. | Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Mission | 11,674 | 151,881 | 3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 38. | 07. | Taiko no Tatsujin: Super Splendid Edition | 11,533 | 442,322 | Wii | Namco Bandai |
| 05. | 08. | Muramasa Rebirth | 11,135 | 56,795 | PSV | Marvelous AQL |
| 02. | 09. | Fate/Extra CCC | 11,128 | 84,011 | PSP | Marvelous AQL |
| 10. | 10. | Game & Wario | 11,064 | 33,555 | WiiU | Nintendo |
| 15. | 11. | Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment | 10,611 | 180,009 | PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 06. | 12. | Dragon Quest X | 9,900 | 43,202 | WiiU | Square Enix |
| 13. | 13. | Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix | 9,801 | 183,176 | PS3 | Square Enix |
| 17. | 14. | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 9,669 | 1,990,057 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| New | 15. | Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge | 9,659 | New | PS3 | Tecmo Koei |
| 11. | 16. | One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 | 8,085 | 85,579 | PSV | Namco Bandai |
| 07. | 17. | Dungeon Travelers 2 | 7,566 | 39,305 | PSP | AquaPlus |
| 16. | 18. | Soul Sacrifice | 7,032 | 155,614 | PSV | Sony |
| 27. | 19. | Mario Kart 7 | 6,923 | 2,020,351 | 3DS | Nintendo |
| 26. | 20. | Professor Layton and the Azran Legacies | 6,389 | 199,246 | 3DS | Level 5 |
Sales data acquired from 4Gamer, Media Create and Geimin.net.
Published: Apr 10, 2013 01:30 pm