Dragon Quest 10 tops weekly sales in Japan

Dragon Quest 10 ruled the software charts this week in Japan with 420,311 copies sold for Wii.

New Super Mario Bros. 2 for 3DS placed second at 213,863 units, nearly half.

After that, the numbers drop off significantly, with Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 for DS taking third at 51,342 and Demon Training for 3DS claiming fourth with 29,170 copies.

The 3DS topped the hardware sales, although the numbers fell as expected after the previous week's rush of 3DS XLs. Dragon Quest 10 pushed the Wii into a firm second place, although one notably lower than the 3DS's.

Take a look at the charts below for a complete overview.

Top 10 software sales from July 30 through August 05, with lifetime sales in parentheses:

• [WII] 01. Dragon Quest 10 (Square Enix): 420,311 (NEW)
• [3DS] 02. New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo): 213,863 (644,048)
• [NDS] 03. Pokemon Black & White 2 (Pokemon): 51,342 (2,525,465)
• [3DS] 04. Demon Training (Nintendo): 29,170 (75,698)
• [WII] 05. Just Dance Wii 2 (Nintendo): 28,553 (89,935)
• [NDS] 06. All Kamen Rider Rider Generation 2 (Namco Bandai): 20,667 (NEW)
• [3DS] 07. Taiko Drum Master Chibi Dragon and the Mysterious Orb (Bamco Nandai): 16,394 (133,261)
• [PSP] 08. Digimon World Redigitize (Namco Bandai): 16,162 (119,507)
• [WII] 09. Kirby 20th Anniversary Special Collection (Nintendo): 15,414 (147,134)
• [PS3] 10. Persona 4 Arena (Atlus): 15,176 (132,494)

Hardware sales across the same dates:

• Nintendo 3DS: 118,786 (235,974)
• Wii: 41,561 (10,549)
• PlayStation 3: 14,544 (18,160)
• PlayStation Portable: 11,989 (14,029)
• PlayStation Vita: 8,203 (9,081)
• Xbox 360: 605 (632)
• PlayStation 2: 430 (439)
• Nintendo DSi: 372 (496)

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[Andriasang]