Hot demand

Dragon’s Dogma got off to a roaring start in Japan, selling a whopping 302,040 units during its first week on sale. The impressive numbers make it the fastest selling new IP of the generation in the region.

Sadly, the title did nothing to increase the PS3’s hardware sales. Sony’s home system mustered just 14k units, a minor increase over its 12k tally the week prior. Meanwhile PSP and Vita remained static, selling a measly 10k and 6k units respectively.

Despite the poor numbers, there was one new Vita release in the software top 20. SEGA’s Samurai & Dragons managed to secure a spot in 17th after selling 6k copies.

The full hardware and software charts are included below.

Hardware

1. 3DS: 55,212 (45,752)
2. PS3: 14,771 (12,026)
3. PSP: 10,617 (10,652)
4. PSV: 6,675 (6,347)
5. Wii: 6,149 (5,956)
6. X360: 3,069 (825)
7. PS2: 1,027 (1,166)
8. DSi LL: 628 (683)
9. DSi: 431 (425)

Software

1. [PS3] Dragon's Dogma (Capcom, 05.24.2012): 302,040
2. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 101,645
3. [PSP] Uta no Prince Sama Debut (Broccoli, 05.24.2012): 61,376
4. [360] Dragon's Dogma (Capcom, 05.24.2012): 29,024
5. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, 04.26.2012): 20,820 (380,763)
6. [PS3] Idolmaster Anime & G4U Pack Vol.8 (Namco Bandai, 05.24.2012): 16,670
7. [3DS] Fire Emblem Awakening (Nintendo, 04.19.2012): 14,642 (391,345)
8. [PSP] Juuza Engi Engetsu Sangokuden (Idea Factory, 05.24.2012): 11,627
9. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online Forward .4 Premium Package (Capcom, 05.24.2012): 9,893
10. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 9,858 (1,595,096)
11. [3DS] G1 Grand Prix (Genki, 05.24.2012): 9,821
12. [PS3] Steins;Gate Double Pack (5pb., 05.24.2012): 9,223
13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 12.10.2011): 7,849 (1,458,658)
14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12.01.2011): 7,648 (1,720,566)
15. [PSP] My Sister Can't Possibly Be This Cute Portable Can't Possibly Be Continuing (Namco Bandai, 05.17.2012): 6,753 (59,929)
16. [PSP] Elminage Gothic (Star Fish SD, 05.24.2012): 6,169
17. [PSV] Samura & Dragons Deluxe Package Version (Sega, 05.24.2012): 6,072
18. [PS3] Steins;Gate Hiyoku Renri no Darling (5pb., 05.24.2012): 5,397
19. [360] Mushihimesama (Cave, 05.24.2012): 5,135
20. [PSP] Persona 2 Eternal Punishment (Atlus, 05.17.2012): 4,885 (29,431)

[source andriasang.com]