Winning Eleven 2012 Tops Japanese Software Charts, Hardware Remains Consistent

The PlayStation 3 version of Winning Eleven 2012 was the top-selling game in Japan this week, beating out curious PSP dating sim AKB1/48

by Sammy Barker Thu 13th Oct 2011

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But despite another strong showing for PlayStation software — which dominated the Japanese top twenty, taking up twelve of the available slots — hardware remained static, with the PlayStation 3 scooping up sales in the region of 30k and the PSP just lower at 25k.

The full figures are available after the jump, courtesy of MediaCreate.

[Thanks Andriasang]

Software:

01. [PS3] Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami, 10/6): 272,036
02. [PSP] AKB1/48: If I Loved an Idol in Guam (Namco Bandai, 10/6): 236,587
03. [PS3] F1 2011 (Code Masters, 10/6): 26,574
04. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends (Tecmo Koei, 9/29): 18,305 (101,206)
05. [PSP] Legend of Heroes Ao no Kiseki (Falcom, 9/29): 16,423 (144,361)
06. [PS3] Dark Souls (Namco Bandai, 9/22): 15,853 (330,139)
07. [WII] Dragon Quest Collection (Square Enix, 9/15): 15,338 (349,810)
08. [PS3] Rage (Bethesda, 10/6): 11,320
09. [WII] Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Nintendo, 7/21): 10,731 (492,112)
10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, 11/11/2010): 10,295 (587,913)
11. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PDP the Best (Capcom, 9/22): 8,901 (34,742)
12. [NDS] Atsumete! Kirby (Nintendo, 8/4): 8,786 (248,820)
13. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh 5D's Tag Force 6 (Konami, 9/22): 8,671 (85,472)
14. [360] Rage (Konami, 10/6): 7,853
15. [3DS] Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo, 6/16): 7,559 (408,123)
16. [PS3] Phantom Kingdom Portable (Nippon Ichi, 10/6): 7,350
17. [WII] Family Fishing (Namco Bandai, 8/4): 7,252 (57,874)
18. [PSP] Okashi na Shima no Peter Pan Sweet Neverland (Queen Rose, 10/6): 6,265
19. [3DS] Super Pokemon Scramble (Pokemon, 10/6): 6,008 (182,746)
20. [PS3] God of War Collection (SCE, 10/6): 5,727