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PSP, Bayonetta Triumph In Japan

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By Tom Ivan

November 8, 2009

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PSP was the bestselling hardware platform in Japan during the week ended November 1.

Including first day sales of PSPgo, which launched in the country on the final day of Media Create’s weekly tracking period, PSP hardware sales topped 64,000 units.

Nintendo’s DSi remained the most popular individual system, ahead of PS3, while Wii slipped to fifth place thanks to PSPgo’s debut.

Weekly hardware sales (previous week):

DSi - 37,517 (42,199)
PS3 - 36,061 (29,977)
PSP - 34,911 (32,865)
PSP Go - 29,109 (N/A)
Wii - 28,888 (25,917)
DS Lite - 6,902 (6,550)
Xbox 360 - 6,047 (4,470)
PS2 - 1,966 (1,951)

Sega’s and Platinum Games’ Bayonetta for PS3 debuted atop the software chart with 135,242 copies sold, while the Xbox 360 version placed seventh with 64,325 sales.

The other new entries to crack the top ten were Square Enix's Four Warriors Of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden for DS, Namco Bandai's Tekken 6 for PS3 and Super Robot Taisen Neo for Wii, and Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable for PSP.

01. Bayonetta (Sega, PS3) - 135,242
02. Four Warriors Of Light: Final Fantasy Gaiden (Square Enix, DS) - 114,714
03. Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai, PS3) - 103,105
04. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable (Atlus, PSP) - 94,287
05. Pokemon HeartGold/Soul Silver (Nintendo, DS) - 87,594
06. Wii Fit Plus (Nintendo, Wii) - 82,427
07. Bayonetta (Sega, Xbox 360) - 64,325
08. Tomodachi Collection (Nintendo, DS) - 53,159
09. Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui No Shinryokusha (Level 5, DS) - 41,437
10. Super Robot Taisen Neo (Namco Bandai, Wii) - 26,559

Sources: Media Create / GameSpot
2009 Japanese sales history

German's picture

I didn't think DMC4 was that bad, granted it wasn't anything to call home about I think it was a decent rental/buy it then resell it fast king of game.

xstavrosx83's picture

no it wasn't but after the great DMC3...

Top_Dollar's picture

Bayonetta can't be any worse than DMC 4.

xstavrosx83's picture

this game looks really good.as a fan of this category i hope it's going to be better than the disappointing DMC4