Nintendo dominates in post-holiday Japan
Software and hardware charts virtually monopolised by publisher
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Whilst the holiday sales news has largely been focused on Sony and Microsoft in the US and Europe, Nintendo continues to completely dominate the retail market in its home territory, occupying an incredible 80 percent of the top ten for the last week of 2013.
The platform holder is also very much in charge of hardware sales, with the 3DS and Wii U pushing ahead of a field of competitors which has yet to include either the Xbox One or the PS4.
All sales data is courtesy of Famitsu.
Japanese software chart, December 23-29, 2013.
- 01 (NEW) - The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS) - 225,418
- 02 (01) - PazuDora Z: Puzzle & Dragons Z (3DS) - 198,968 (1,005,697)
- 03 (NEW) - Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster (PS3) - 182,638
- 04 (02) - Pokémon X / Pokémon Y (3DS) - 156,483 (3,976,829)
- 05 (NEW) - Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: Twin Pack (PSV) - 134,645
- 06 (03) - Wii Party U (Wii U) - 87,262 (518,766)
- 07 (04) - New Super Mario Bros. U (Wii U) - 75,131 (965,794)
- 08 (07) - Super Mario 3D World (Wii U) - 71,159 (410,041)
- 09 (08) - Monster Hunter 4 (3DS) - 40,338 (3,293,312)
- 10 (10) - Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) - 37,300 (4,017,159)
Japanese hardware chart, December 23-29, 2013.
- 3DS - 208,893 (245,046)
- WIU - 79,174 (119,159)
- PSV - 75,207 (49,366)
- PS3 - 27,020 (23,493)
- PSP - 9,451 (7,697)
- WII - 2,719 (2,444)
- 360 - 770 (607)