Media Create Japanese Sales Charts for the Week of 3/28/2010

Koei’s Fist of the North Star: Warriors for the PSP debuted at number 1 on the Japanese software chart for the week ending the 28th of March, selling 385,000 copies in its opening week. It knocks Yakuza 4 for the PS3 into second place, selling 83,000 copies this week after debuting at the top with 384,000 copies last week. Media Create

Pokemon Ranger: Tracks of Light for the DS continues to sell well in third with 51,000 copies while New Super Mario Bros. Wii hangs on to fourth with 51,000 copies. Friend Collection for the DS is a non-mover at number 5 with 44,000 copies.

The PS3 exclusive God of War III debuts at number 6 with 43,000 copies, Sony no doubt will be happy to earn a spot in the Top 10 at all. Meanwhile Fist of the North Star: Warriors for the Xbox 360 is new at number 7 with 30,000 copies.

Gundam: Assault Survive for the PSP drops six places to number 8 with 27,000 copies while Wii Fit Plus moves down to ninth position with 21,000 copies. Saki Portable for the PSP is also new at number 10 with 20,000 copies.

A few Top 10 regulars drop out of the spotlight this week: Dragon Quest IX is at number 15 (last week’s number 9), God Eater at number 17 (last week’s number 10), Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce 2 at number 19 (last week’s 6) and Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman at number 20 (last week’s number 8).

There are also a number of new entries in the Top 30 this week. Pro Baseball Family Stadium DS 2010 is new at number 11, Chaos: Head – Love Chu Chu! For the Xbox 360 debuts at number 13 and God of War Trilogy for the PS3 enters the charts at number 16.

Software Chart

Fist of the North Star: Warriors (Koei) - PS3 - 385 000 (New)
Yakuza 4: Heir to the Legend (Sega) - PS3 - 83 000
Pokemon Ranger: Tracks of Light (Pokemon Co.) - NDS - 51 000
New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Nintendo) - Wii - 51 000
Friend Collection (Nintendo) - NDS - 44 000
God of War III (SCE) - PS3 - 43 000 (New)
Fist of the North Star: Warriors (Koei) - Xbox 360 - 30 000 (New)
Gundam: Assault Survive (Namco Bandai) - PSP - 27 000
Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo) - Wii - 21 000
Saki Portable (Alchemist) - PSP - 20 000 (New)

The rest of the charts and hardware after the break..

11. Pro Yakyuu Famista DS 2010 (DS)
12. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (the Best) (PSP)
13. Chaos;Head - Love Chu*Chu! (Xbox 360)
14. Wii Sports Resort (Wii)
15. Dragon Quest IX (DS)
16. God of War Trilogy (PS3)
17. God Eater (PSP)
18. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
19. Dynasty Warriors Multi Raid 2 (PSP)
20. Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida Or 3D (PSP)
21. Crayon Shin-Chan: Obaka Daininden - Susume! Kasukabe Ninja Tai! (DS)
22. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks (DS)
23. Mario Kart Wii (Wii)
24. Prinny 2: Toukou Yuugi! Akatsuki no pants Daisakusenss!! (PSP)
25. Kenka Bancho 4 (PSP)
26. VitaminZ Revolution (PSP)
27. Seitokai no Ichizon: DS-suru Seitokai (DS)
28. Dragon Quest VI (DS)
29. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (PS3)
30. PachiPara 15: Super Umi Monogatari in Okinawa 2 (PS3)

Source: Media Create

Sony's PlayStation 3 enjoys its second week atop the pile of consoles being sold in Japan, another 50,000-plus new owners enjoying fresh copies of Hokuto no Ken and Yakuza 4, the country's current bestselling games.

It's followed closely by the PSP, which gets a big week-to-week boost, according to Media Create. In fact, pretty much every console saw an increase in its weekly numbers, even the generally poor performing PSPgo. The digital download-only go performs a rare feat outselling at
least one other console this week. (Sure it debuted strong, but the PSPgo has been idling at the bottom of the charts for months.)

The pie chart is pretty much Sony's this week, overtaking the Wii and DS platform. The latter comes pretty close to matching the PSP's numbers this week when combined, but not enough to claim victory. Here are the hardware numbers for March 22 to 28, 2010.