JAPAN CHARTS: PES 2012 and 3DS sell like hot cakes

The Japan sales charts for the week are in, and there are some really impressive figures in here, PES 2012’s sales being the most shocking. Almost outdoing Dark Souls, which sold a little over 300,000 in its first week in Japan, PES 2012 has gone on and sold a whopping 272,036 copies, holding off Namco Bandai dating sim AKB1/48: If I Loved an Idol in Guam for PSP, which sold an almost equally impressive 236,587.

The gap between the second and third place, however, is much larger, with F1 2011 selling 26,574.

On the hardware front, each and every system saw a drop in sales, but the 3DS still managed to maintain its lead, selling 58,504 units, with the PS3- 30,362 units- and PSP- 25,401 units- coming in behind.

Here’s the full hardware and software charts for Japan:

Hardware:

3DS: 58,504 (70,159)
PS3: 30,362 (39,452)
PSP: 25,401 (28,533)
Wii: 10,301 (14,034)
Xbox 360: 2,411 (3,897)
DSi LL: 2,382 (2,991)
DSi: 1,679 (2,351)
PS2: 1,351 (1,517)
DS Lite: 52 (86)
PSP go: 14 (15)

Software:

01. [PS3] Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami, 10/6): 272,036
02. [PSP] AKB1/48: If I Loved an Idol in Guam (Namco Bandai, 10/6): 236,587
03. [PS3] F1 2011 (Code Masters, 10/6): 26,574
04. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends (Tecmo Koei, 9/29): 18,305 (101,206)
05. [PSP] Legend of Heroes Ao no Kiseki (Falcom, 9/29): 16,423 (144,361)
06. [PS3] Dark Souls (Namco Bandai, 9/22): 15,853 (330,139)
07. [WII] Dragon Quest Collection (Square Enix, 9/15): 15,338 (349,810)
08. [PS3] Rage (Bethesda, 10/6): 11,320
09. [WII] Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Nintendo, 7/21): 10,731 (492,112)
10. [WII] Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, 11/11/2010): 10,295 (587,913)
11. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PDP the Best (Capcom, 9/22): 8,901 (34,742)
12. [NDS] Atsumete! Kirby (Nintendo, 8/4): 8,786 (248,820)
13. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s Tag Force 6 (Konami, 9/22): 8,671 (85,472)
14. [360] Rage (Konami, 10/6): 7,853
15. [3DS] Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D (Nintendo, 6/16): 7,559 (408,123)
16. [PS3] Phantom Kingdom Portable (Nippon Ichi, 10/6): 7,350
17. [WII] Family Fishing (Namco Bandai, 8/4): 7,252 (57,874)
18. [PSP] Okashi na Shima no Peter Pan Sweet Neverland (Queen Rose, 10/6): 6,265
19. [3DS] Super Pokemon Scramble (Pokemon, 10/6): 6,008 (182,746)
20. [PS3] God of War Collection (SCE, 10/6): 5,727