MEDIA CREATE SALES- 3DS and Amored Core V top sales charts; Resident Evil Revelations makes a strong debut

Media Create has released the hardware and software sales for Japan for the week ending January 29. As always, the 3DS has topped the hardware charts, selling 84,789 units, about 4,000 units more than what it sold last week. The PS Vita saw a rise of only 3,000 units, but a rise nonetheless, and sold 18,942, finally managing to sell more than the PSP.

On the software side of things, Armored Core V for the PS3 made a strong debut, topping the charts by selling 163,906 units. Resident Evil: Revelations also had an impressive opening week with 146,559 units sold.

Tales of Innocence R, also a newcomer, beat Mario Kart 7 to the third spot (the latter is at #4) and sold 54,853 copies.

Here’re the full charts:

Software sales:

• [PS3] 01. Armored Core V (From Software, 01.26.2012): 163,906 <– NEW
• [3DS] 02. Resident Evil Revelations (Capcom, 01.26.2012): 146,559 <– NEW
• [PSV] 03. Tales of Innocence R (Namco Bandai, 01.26.2012): 54,853 <– NEW
• [3DS] 04. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12.01.2011): 29,230 (1,433,958)
• [3DS] 05. Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 12.10.2011): 27,032 (1,186,898)
• [360] 06. Armored Core V (From Software, 01.26.2012): 24,719 <– NEW
• [3DS] 07. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11.03.2011): 23,003 (1,288,495)
• [PS3] 08. Idolmaster Anime & G4U Pack Vol.4 (Namco Bandai, 01.26.2012): 18,179 <– NEW
• [3DS] 09. Rhythm Thief (Nintendo, 01.26.2012): 14,928 (46,526)
• [3DS] 10. Inazuma Eleven Go (Level-5, 12.15.2011): 10,479 (370,804)
• [PSP] 11. Gundam Mokuba no Kiseki (Namco Bandai, 01.26.2012): 9,121 <– NEW
• [WII] 12. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10.13.2011): 7,837 (519,199)
• [PS3] 13. Musou Orochi 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12.22.2011): 7,419 (355,033)
• [PSP] 14. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (Capcom, 09.22.2011): 7,072 (178,978)
• [PS3] 15. Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Square Enix, 12.15.2011): 6,405 (769,079)
• [WII] 16. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07.08.2010): 6,280 (2,279,598)
• [WII] 17. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, 11.11.2010): 6,056 (856,483)
• [3DS] 18. Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo, 02.26.2011): 5,397 (487,201)
• [WII] 19. Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo, 04.10.2008): 5,326 (3,495,100)
• [WII] 20. Hoshi no Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10.27.2011): 4,873 (590,133)

Hardware sales:

• 1. 3DS: 84,789 (80,960)
• 2. PS3: 22,924 (21,155)
• 3. PSV: 18,942 (15,219)
• 4. PSP: 16,008 (17,181)
• 5. Wii: 10,396 (10,173)
• 6. X360: 1,235 (1,588)
• 7. DSi LL: 1,180 (1,200)
• 8. DSi: 738 (822)
• 9. PS2: 713 (903)

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