Final Fantasy XIII debuted on the Xbox 360 in Japan this week, but it had a somewhat disappointing performances, failing to make it to even the Top 20 games sold in the region. it sold even less than 22,500 copies.
Even Black Ops, which is a first person shooter (Japanese don’t like shooters) managed to claim the 18th spot, yet Final Fantasy XIII, an RPG and the thirteenth game of the FF series- a complete win-win combo for the Japanese people- failed to sell properly.
It sold even less than Mario Kart Wii, which sold 22,579 units so many years after its release.
To be fair, people must be really busy with Monster Hunter Freedom 3 and Pokemon Black/White to indulge in an RPG that was already released such a long time ago on a much powerful system.
Here are the full charts:
Weekly hardware sales / previous week’s
PSP: 164,507 / 159,933 |
NDS: 148,177 /119,011 |
WII: 99,681 / 79,424 |
PS3: 49,515 / 41,882 |
360: 3,726 / 3,695 |
PS2: 2,188 / 2,054 |
Weekly software sales / lifetime sales
1. Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom, PSP) – 581,543 / 3,161,801
2. Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 (Bandai Namco, PS3) – 185,908 / NEW
3. Inazuma Eleven 3: World Challenge!! The Ogre (Level 5, DS) – 175,604 / NEW
4. Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo, Wii) – 152,990 / 316,300
5. Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co, DS) – 115,438 / 4,744,211
6. Shining Hearts (Sega, PSP) – 106,733 / NEW
7. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii) – 92,949 / 1,411,824
8. Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo, Wii) – 87,114 / 299,534
9. Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5, DS) – 74,329 / 244,877
10. Mario Vs, Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem (Nintendo, DS) – 54,628 / 163,929
11. Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Nintendo, Wii) – 46,392 / 304,600
12. Super Fossil Fighters (Nintendo, DS) – 41,103 / 161,748
13. Magician’s Quest: The Merchant’s Store of Sorcery (Konami, DS) – 38,140 / 175,195
14. Wii Sports Resort (w/ Remote Plus) (Nintendo, Wii) – 37,239 / 123,348
15. Super Mario All-Stars (Nintendo, Wii) {21/10/10} – 29,872 / 742,861
16. New Super Mario Bros, Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 27,543 / 4,106,019
17. Castlevania: Lord of Shadow (Konami, PS3) – 27,155 / NEW
18. Taiko Drum Master Wii 3 (Bandai Namco, Wii) – 26,970 / 77,509
19. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Dubbed Edition) (Square Enix, PS3) – 23,253 / NEW
20. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, Wii) – 22,579 / 3,044,425