Devil in disguise

We don’t think that we’ve ever seen this many new releases on a single Media Create chart. There are no less than 13 fresh titles included on this week’s Japanese best sellers list, with many of them for the PlayStation 3 and Vita. Of the newcomers, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen flew the highest, finishing in second with 125k units sold. Tomb Raider opened in fourth, while BioShock Infinite debuted in tenth.

PlayStation Vita titles Photo Kano Kiss and Labyrinth Cross Blood Infinity both got off to decent starts, shifting 30k units and 9k units respectively. It was a decent week for Sony’s handheld overall, with the console moving 21k units in total, up from 15k units. Meanwhile, the PS3 sold 14k units, while the PSP continued to bite at the Wii U’s heels with 8k units.

We’ve included the full list of movers and shakers below. It’s nice to see the Vita starting to stabilise in its home territory, though its revival will be put to the test over the next couple of weeks, as it doesn’t have a whole lot of content in the pipeline.

Hardware

3DS – 55,433 (75,922)
PlayStation Vita – 21,399 (15,011)
PlayStation 3 – 14,682 (13,915)
Wii U – 8,262 (8,798)
PSP – 7,536 (7,816)
Wii – 1,660 (1,379)
Xbox 360 – 490 (515)

Software

1. [3DS] Tomodachi Collection: New Life (Nintendo, 04/18/13) – 144,903 (549,761)
2. [PS3] Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (Capcom, 04/25/13) – 125,363 (New)
3. [3DS] Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo, 03/21/13) – 38,884 (596,155)
4. [PS3] Tomb Raider (Square Enix, 04/25/13) – 35,250 (New)
5. [PS3] Steins;Gate: Senkei Kousoku no Phenogram (5pb., 04/25/13) – 34,292 (New)
6. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 31,711 (3,128,270)
7. [PSV] Photo Kano Kiss (Kadokawa Games, 04/25/13) – 30,172 (New)
8. [PSP] Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere Portable (Kadokawa Games, 04/25/13) – 26,030 (New)
9. [PS3] Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 (Namco Bandai, 04/18/13) – 17,836 (105,496)
10. [PS3] BioShock Infinite (2K Games, 04/25/13) – 15,747 (New)
11. [PSP] Seven Dragon 2020 II (Sega, 04/18/13) – 15,180 (88,877)
12. [PS3] Mugen Souls Z (Compile Heart, 04/25/13) – 13,121 (New)
13. [360] Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (Capcom, 04/25/13) – 9,483 (New)
14. [3DS] Detective Conan: Marionette Symphony (Namco Bandai, 04/25/13) – 9,265 (New)
15. [PSV] Labyrinth Cross Blood Infinity (Cyberfront, 04/25/13) – 9,006 (New)
16. [360] Steins;Gate: Senkei Kousoku no Phenogram (5pb., 04/25/13) – 8,821 (New)
17. [360] BioShock Infinite (2K Games, 04/25/13) – 7,838 (New)
18. [PS3] The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky Second Chapter HD Edition (Falcom, 04/25/13) – 6,847 (New)
19. [Wii] Taiko Drum Master Wii Super Wonderful Edition (Namco Bandai, 11/29/12) – 6,197 (459,453)
20. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 6,098 (2,008,494)

[source 4gamer.net, via gematsu.com, neogaf.com]