This Week in Japan - Sales are Down

The week following Japan's Golden Week, is that time of the year when people are going back to work, resuming their daily life duties, and starting a normal week life again. Indeed, its effect on video game sales in the country is visible - with all sales from software to hardware going down.

Software Sales - May 7 - 13, 2012

[WII] 01. Mario Party 9 : 37,353 (334,821)
[3DS] 02. Fire Emblem Awakening : 16,530 (361,790)
[PS3] 03. Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City : 14,553 (319,505)
[PS3] 04. Starhawk : 12,873
[3DS] 05. Super Mario 3D Land : 11,260 (1,574,788)
[3DS] 06. Monster Hunter 3G : 9,105 (1,442,475)
[3DS] 07. Mario Kart 7 : 9,045 (1,704,350)
[3DS] 08. Kid Icarus Uprising : 7,636 (269,519)
[3DS] 09. Mario & Sonic at London Olympics : 4,933 (162,270)
[PSP] 10. Conception Please Give Birth to My Children : 4,600 (44,639)
[WII] 11. Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack : 4,416 (939,971)
[PSP] 12. Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 : 4,041 (132,450)
[WII] 13. Wii Party : 3,408 (2,348,884)
[PS3] 14. Pro Baseball Spirits 2012 : 3,342 (156,276)
[3DS] 15. Dynasty Warriors VS : 3,231 (27,423)
[3DS] 16. Kingdom Hearts 3D : 3,204 (311,688)
[PSP] 17. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best : 3,104 (252,765)
[3DS] 18. Harvest Moon Hajimari no Daichi : 3,040 (182,188)
[PSP] 19. 2nd Super Robot Wars Z Saisei Volume : 2,959 (331,392)
[NDS] 20. Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition : 2,819 (320,885)

In the hardware department, the same story takes place. While the Nintendo 3DS is still at the top, the sales were cut n 50%. Other hardware also experience the same sales slump, with the Playstation Via dropping to just 6,000 units.

3DS: 46,425 (91,868)
PS3: 12,996 (23,478)
PSP: 12,247 (20,033)
PSV: 6,340 (10,583)
Wii: 6,073 (15,789)
PS2: 1,212 (1,611)
X360: 1,023 (1,420)
DSi LL: 819 (1,097)
DSi: 387 (814)

It is interesting how sales will go by next week, and the following weeks with Pokemon Black and White 2 coming.