DmC takes over Japan, 3DS XL still the clear hardware winner

By Stephany Nunneley

DmC Devil May Cry debuted at number one on the Media Create charts last week, knocking Animal Crossing : New Leaf down a notch.

The Capcom actioner moved 110,429, besting Animal Crossing by 12,981 units.

3DS LL and 3DS were both down over last week, however, both handheld were still the best and second-best selling systems for the week, respectively. All but one hardware system showed a sales decline over the week prior, and that system was Wii, which sold an extra 326 units over last week.

Here’s the full software chart for the period. Life-to-date sales are in parentheses:

[PS3] DmC Devil May Cry (Capcom, 01/17/13) – 110,429 (New)
[3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 97,448 (2,283,756)
[PSP] Digimon Adventure (Namco Bandai, 01/17/13) – 47,807 (New)
[3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 17,803 (1,873,642)
[3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom, 11/15/12) – 13,728 (184,139)
[3DS] Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone Reimei / Neppuu (Level-5, 12/13/12) – 12,019 (391,389)
[3DS] Run For Money: Flee From the Strongest Hunters in History (Namco Bandai, 07/05/12) – 11,684 (399,382)
[3DS] Paper Mario: Sticker Star (Nintendo, 12/06/12) – 11,055 (495,922)
[Wii U] New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo, 12/08/12) – 9,598 (441,708)
[PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 (Tecmo Koei, 12/20/12) – 9,365 (216,811)
[Wii U] Nintendo Land (Nintendo, 12/08/12) – 8,740 (270,917)
[3DS] Taiko Drum Master: Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Namco Bandai, 07/12/12) – 8,408 (393,485)
[PSP] One Piece: Romance Dawn (Namco Bandai, 12/20/12) – 8,068 (281,853)
[3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12/01/11) – 7,547 (1,954,951)
[PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II Stand-In Edition (Square Enix, 12/20/12) – 7,379 (106,853)
[PS3] Yakuza 5 (Sega, 12/06/12) – 6,045 (133,846)
[3DS] Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Machi (Konami, 12/20/12) – 6,045 (133,846)
[3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity (Pokemon, 11/23/12) – 5,873 (421,881)
[Wii] Taiko Drum Master Wii Super Wonderful Edition (Namco Bandai, 11/29/12) – 5,844 (360,313)
[NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon, 06/23/12) – 5,724 (29,948,796)

Here’s the full hardware chart for January 7-13, with last week’s sales in parentheses.

3DS LL – 51,015 (56,377)
3DS – 30,840 (36,284)
PS3 – 19,697 (22,991)
Wii U – 16,654 (20,715)
PSP – 15,343 (17,069)
PSV – 9,036 (11,088)
Wii – 2,199 (1,873)
360 – 706 (921)

Thanks, Gematsu.