GTA IV tops Japanese chart
PS3 version of Rockstar's blockbuster far outpaces Xbox 360 version
Grand Theft Auto IV for the PlayStation 3 has shot to the top of the Japanese software sales chart for the week ended November 2, according to data provided by Media Creat.
Rockstar's controversial title saw 133,000 unit sales in its first week on the PS3, which comes after weeks of the platform's flagging hardware sales. Square Enix's Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono for the Nintendo DS followed behind at number two with 80,000 units.
PS3 exclusive LittleBigPlanet debuted in third place with 52,000 units, with Pokemon Platinum for the DS coming in fourth at 47,000 units, and Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode, also for the DS, securing a place at number five with 40,000 units.
Rhythm Tengoku Gold, for the DS, took sixth place with 39,000 units, while Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360 debuted at number seven with 34,000 units.
Closing off the Japanese software chart were a number of new portable titles, each with approximately 26,000 unit sales, including the DS titles Personal Trainer: Walking and Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu + , as well as Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G for the PlayStation Portable in eighth, ninth and tenth places respectively.
Japanese software sales chart follows:
- 01. Grand Theft Auto IV (PS3)
- 02. Valkyrie Profile: Toga o Seoumono (DS)
- 03. LittleBigPlanet (PS3)
- 04. Pokémon Platinum (DS)
- 05. Wagamama Fashion Girls Mode (DS)
- 06. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS)
- 07. Grand Theft Auto IV (Xbox 360)
- 08. Personal Trainer: Walking (DS)
- 09. Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon: Toki Wasure no Meikyuu + (DS)
- 10. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP)