Japan's most unlikely success story

Japan may be quite introverted with its video game tastes, but it does enjoy the odd first-person shooter. That’s evidenced this week by the surprising sales numbers for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, which managed to shift a whopping 197,350 units on PlayStation 3 alone.

In fact, it was a good week for Sony’s home console in general, with the big-screen port of Hot Shots Golf 6 also posting a respectable 100,862 units. Assassin’s Creed III added another 16,379 units to its total, while the excellent looking E.X. Troopers stumbled out of the gate with 8,717 units.

The wealth of new software pushed the PS3’s tally up to 34,167 units, but it was still a million miles away from the Nintendo 3DS. After a slight bump, the Vita dipped back below 10,000 units, while the PSP stayed in front at 16,903 units.

You can peruse the full set of figures in the space below.

Hardware

1. 3DS – 162,077 (168,876)
2. PS3 – 34,167 (17,035)
3. PSP – 16,903 (12,217)
4. PSV – 9,712 (13,091)
5. Wii – 3,590 (3,001)
6. 360 – 1,495 (2,063)
7. PS2 – 747 (723)
8. DSi – 452 (353)

Software

1. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo, 11/08/12) – 213,414 (1,106,758)
2. [PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Square Enix, 11/22/12) – 197,350 (New)
3. [3DS] Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Magna Gate and the Infinity Labyrinth (Pokemon, 11/22/12) – 121,480 (New)
4. [PS3] Hot Shots Golf 6 (SCEJ, 11/22/12) – 100,862 (New)
5. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo, 07/28/12) – 34,971 (1,420,184)
6. [360] Call of Duty: Black Ops II (Square Enix, 11/22/12) – 22,177 (New)
7. [3DS] E.X. Troopers (Capcom, 11/22/12) – 17,402 (New)
8. [PS3] Assassin’s Creed III (Ubisoft, 11/15/12) -16,379 (88,883)
9. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (Best Price!) (Capcom, 12/10/11) – 11,369 (24,604)
10. [3DS] Grandpa Danger Jya 1000-nin no Otomodachi Yokoshima (Namco Bandai, 11/22/12) – 10,452 (New)
11. [PS3] E.X. Troopers (Capcom, 11/22/12) – 8,717 (New)
12. [3DS] Ouchi Mainichi Tamagotchi (Namco Bandai, 11/22/12) – 8,643 (New)
13. [PSP] Wand of Fortune 2 FD: Kimi ni Sasageru Epilogue (Idea Factory, 11/22/12) – 8,023 (New)
14. [3DS] Run For Money: Flee From the Strongest Hunters in History (Namco Bandai, 07/05/12) – 7,627 (244,363)
15. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires (Tecmo Koei, 11/08/12) – 7,462 (92,474)
16. [PSP] Summon Night 4 (Namco Bandai, 11/15/12) – 7,405 (47,516)
17. [3DS] Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode Yokubari Sengen (Nintendo, 09/27/12) – 7,364 (180,476)
18. [PSP] Kokoro Connect Yoci Random (Namco Bandai, 11/22/12) – 7,163 (New)
19. [3DS] Bravely Default: Flying Fairy (Square Enix, 10/11/12) – 7,017 (264,901)
20. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 (Konami, 10/04/12) – 6,967 (362,952)

[source gematsu.com]