Dragon’s Dogma got off to a roaring start in Japan, selling a whopping 302,040 units during its first week on sale. The impressive numbers make it the fastest selling new IP of the generation in the region.
Sadly, the title did nothing to increase the PS3’s hardware sales. Sony’s home system mustered just 14k units, a minor increase over its 12k tally the week prior. Meanwhile PSP and Vita remained static, selling a measly 10k and 6k units respectively.
Despite the poor numbers, there was one new Vita release in the software top 20. SEGA’s Samurai & Dragons managed to secure a spot in 17th after selling 6k copies.
The full hardware and software charts are included below.
Hardware
1. 3DS: 55,212 (45,752)
2. PS3: 14,771 (12,026)
3. PSP: 10,617 (10,652)
4. PSV: 6,675 (6,347)
5. Wii: 6,149 (5,956)
6. X360: 3,069 (825)
7. PS2: 1,027 (1,166)
8. DSi LL: 628 (683)
9. DSi: 431 (425)
Software
1. [PS3] Dragon's Dogma (Capcom, 05.24.2012): 302,040
2. [3DS] Mario Tennis Open (Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 101,645
3. [PSP] Uta no Prince Sama Debut (Broccoli, 05.24.2012): 61,376
4. [360] Dragon's Dogma (Capcom, 05.24.2012): 29,024
5. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo, 04.26.2012): 20,820 (380,763)
6. [PS3] Idolmaster Anime & G4U Pack Vol.8 (Namco Bandai, 05.24.2012): 16,670
7. [3DS] Fire Emblem Awakening (Nintendo, 04.19.2012): 14,642 (391,345)
8. [PSP] Juuza Engi Engetsu Sangokuden (Idea Factory, 05.24.2012): 11,627
9. [360] Monster Hunter Frontier Online Forward .4 Premium Package (Capcom, 05.24.2012): 9,893
10. [3DS] Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 05.24.2012): 9,858 (1,595,096)
11. [3DS] G1 Grand Prix (Genki, 05.24.2012): 9,821
12. [PS3] Steins;Gate Double Pack (5pb., 05.24.2012): 9,223
13. [3DS] Monster Hunter 3G (Capcom, 12.10.2011): 7,849 (1,458,658)
14. [3DS] Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 12.01.2011): 7,648 (1,720,566)
15. [PSP] My Sister Can't Possibly Be This Cute Portable Can't Possibly Be Continuing (Namco Bandai, 05.17.2012): 6,753 (59,929)
16. [PSP] Elminage Gothic (Star Fish SD, 05.24.2012): 6,169
17. [PSV] Samura & Dragons Deluxe Package Version (Sega, 05.24.2012): 6,072
18. [PS3] Steins;Gate Hiyoku Renri no Darling (5pb., 05.24.2012): 5,397
19. [360] Mushihimesama (Cave, 05.24.2012): 5,135
20. [PSP] Persona 2 Eternal Punishment (Atlus, 05.17.2012): 4,885 (29,431)
[source andriasang.com]
Comments 3
thats very bad news for vita,jrpgs is a must for japan
I think Japan is the one who is becoming more interested in generic Western fantasy worlds rather than the West.
@Mickeymac Generic? I haven't seen half the monsters in Dragon's Dogma in Skyrim, Two Worlds, Dragon Age etc.
Dragon's Dogma takes a lot of it's influences in terms of big monsters from Norse Mythology, something most Western RPGs actually don't. Whilst it does have the traditional goblins and dragons a like it's rare you see some of the monsters seen in Dragon's Dogma like Chimera's in open world western RPGs.
Tap here to load 3 comments
Leave A Comment
Hold on there, you need to login to post a comment...