Japan Sales 25th to 31st July: 3DS Bombs, PSP Dominates

It was kind of obvious after last week’s announcement of a massive price cut for the 3DS, which takes effect on August 11, that the system wouldn’t be as hot on the sales charts for the upcoming two weeks. However, I don’t think any of us could have predicted just how much the 3DS would tank, especially after its chart topping performance for the last couple of weeks.

The 3DS plunged to fourth place in the hardware charts this week, outsold by the PSP, the PS3 and the Wii. I am assuming that it would have sold even less had the announcement of the price drop not come so late in the week.

The full chart is given below:

01. [Wii] Rhythm Heaven Wii – 81,938 / 200,112
02. [PSP] Queen’s Gate Spiral Chaos (PSP) – 66,959 / NEW
03. [DS] Devil Survivor 2 – 63,008 / NEW
04. [PSP] Sengoku Basara Chronicle Heroes (PSP) – 22,520 / 105,318
05. [PSP] Taiko Drum Master Portable DX – 21,915 / 137,825
06. [Wii] Wii Sports Resort – 20,242 / 441,889
07. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 – 19,703 / 173,201
08. [Wii] Inazuma Eleven Strikers – 18,941 / 129,724
09. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2011 – 18,242 / 118,653
10. [PSP] Hakuouki Reimeiroku Portable – 16,414 / NEW
11. [PS3] Operation Flashpoint: Red River – 13,331 / NEW
12. [DS] Puyo Puyo – 11,088 / 60,867
13. [Wii] Wii Play: Motion – 10,178 / 49,526
14. [PSP] The Little Battlers – 10,070 / 279,043
15. [DS] Pokemon Black/White – 9,769 / 5,259,203
16. [3DS] The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D – 9,674 / 277,321
17. [Wii] Wii Party – 6,866 / 1,951,859
18. [PS3] Dungeon Siege III – 6,576 / NEW
19. [PS3] Alice: Madness Returns – 6,261 / 26,255
20. [Wii] GoldenEye 007 – 6,204 / 73,986