Bayonetta Tops Japan's Game Charts - PSPgo Makes Good Debut [UPDATED]

PlatinumGames and Sega's Bayonetta kicked her way to the top of the Japanese game charts, moving nearly 200,000 copies during week one, making it the country's bestselling game. So long Pokemons! Media Create

It was the PlayStation 3 version of Bayonetta, responsible for 135,000 of those copies sold in Japan, that secured the top spot on Media Create's list. It beat new DS release Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden by more than a hair, forcing Square Enix's latest outing to settle for second. The Xbox 360 version of Bayonetta sold a little less than half of its PS3 counterpart, giving it a second top ten spot.

PlatinumGames saw chart-topping success its previous DS release Infinite Space, which debuted at number one in June.

The week was strong with new releases, including Tekken 6 for the PS3 and 360 - again, the PS3 won that contest - Persona 3 Portable and the "Universal Tuning" re-release of Dissidia Final Fantasy. Starting off slowly were two other new releases, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS and Sin & Punishment 2 for the Wii. Those games charted at spots 16 and 21, respectively.

01. Bayonetta (PS3) - 135,000 / NEW
02. Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (DS) - 115,000 / NEW
03. Tekken 6 (PS3) - 103,000 / NEW
04. Persona 3 Portable (PSP) - 94,000 / NEW
05. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (DS) - 88,000 / 2,844,000
06. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) - 81,000 / 780,000
07. Bayonetta (Xbox 360) - 64,000 / NEW
08. Tomodachi Collection (DS) - 53,000 / 1,519,000
09. Inazuma Eleven 2 (DS) - 41,000 / 527,000
10. Super Robot Taisen NEO (Wii) - 27,000 / NEW

More after break.. Stay tuned for the hardware numbers in the UPDATE.

11. Tekken 6 (Xbox 360)
12. Dissidia Final Fantasy Universal Tuning (PSP)
13. Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
14. Flash Precure! Asobi Collection (DS)
15. Rune Factory 2 (DS)
16. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (DS)
17. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3)
18. Shin Sangoku Musou 5 Special (PSP)
19. Gran Turismo (PSP)
20. Elminage II: Sousei no Megami to Unmei no Daichi (PSP)
21. Sin & Punishment 2 (Wii)
22. Dragon Quest IX (DS)
23. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP)
24. Love Plus (DS)
25. Steins Gate (Xbox 360)
26. Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu Portable 4 (PSP)
27. Umihara Kawase Jun Second Edition kanzenban (DS)
28. Sekirei: Mirai Kara no Okurimono (PS2)
29. Way of the Samurai 3 Plus (the Best) (PS3)
30. Ultimate Macross Frontier (PSP)

UPDATE

In the hardware sector, the Japanese release of Sony's PSPgo may have been low-key in terms
of numbers, but we're only getting a look at one day of sales of the
platform. It was enough to give Sony the upper hardware hand this week.

Media Create's tally of PSPgo sales in Japan was 29,109—about what we were expecting—good
enough for a fourth place showing. Enough to just barely outsell the
Wii this past week but a contribution that puts the PlayStation family
in charge of more than half of the week's total hardware sales. And
look! It's brought a little purple to the pie chart. Welcome, purple.

PlayStation 3 sales were up considerably from the week prior,
probably thanks to the release of Bayonetta in Japan, with the Wii and
Xbox 360 seeing smaller percentage gains. Numbers in list form, right
after this.

The bestselling console hardware in Japan for the week of October 26 to November 1 is....