Top developers like Hideo Kojima offered pre-release praise for L.A. Noire, which also scored highly in Famitsu.

L.A. Noire and Infamous 2 topped this week's Media Create sales charts. And immediately below them were the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon, an overseas-developed entry in the EDF franchise.

There were a few homegrown debuts in the top 20, though. Nintendo's Wii Play spiritual successor Wiimote Plus Variety Pack came in at 5 in its first week. Class of Heroes 3D and Haruhi Suzumiya Mahjong also debuted in the top 20.

Here's the full Media Create software sales chart covering 7/4 through 7/10, as posted today at 4Gamer. Life to date sales are in parentheses.

• [PS3] 1. L.A. Noire (Rockstar Games, 07.07.11): 58,436 NEW!
• [PS3] 2. inFamous 2 (SCEJ, 07.07.11): 33,474 NEW!
• [PS3] 3. Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon (D3 Publisher, 07.07.11): 30,189 NEW!
• [X360] 4. Earth Defense Force Insect Armageddon (D3 Publisher, 07.07.11): 17,817 NEW!
• [WII] 5. Wiimote Plus Variety Pack (Nintendo, 07.07.11): 17,008 NEW!
• [PSP] 6. Little Battle eXperience (Level 5, 06.16.11): 15,807 (244,790)
• [N3DS] 7. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of time 3D (Nintendo, 06.16.11): 14,985 (240,738)
• [PSP] 8. Steins; Gate (5pb., 06.23.11): 13,700 (99,088)
• [WII] 9. 007 Goldeneye (Nintendo, 06.30.11): 13,216 (49,390)
• [WII] 10. Wii Sports Resort (Wii Remote Plus Pack) (Nintendo, 11.11.10): 12,877 (388,074)
• [X360] 11. L.A. Noire (Rockstar Games, 07.07.11): 12,621 NEW!
• [PS3] 12. Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (Capcom, 06.30.11): 10,512 (65,436)
• [PS3] 13. Atelier Meruru: Alchemist of Arland 3 (Gust, 06.23.11): 10,421 (116,762)
• [N3DS] 14. Tales of the Abyss (Namco Bandai, 06.30.11): 10,034 (84,207)
• [PSP] 15. To Heart 2 Dungeon Travelers (AquaPlus, 06.30.11): 9,321 (46,717)
• [N3DS] 16. Class of Heroes 3D (Acquire, 07.07.11): 8,353 NEW!
• [NDS] 17. Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, 09.18.10): 8,271 (5,227,336)
• [PSP] 18. Gundam Memories: Memories of the Battle (Namco Bandai, 06.23.11): 6,559 (72,327)
• [PS3] 19. Yakuza Of The End (Sega, 06.09.11): 6,297 (394,902)
• [PSP] 20. Haruhi Suzumiya's Mahjong (Kadokawa Shoten, 07.07.11): 5,285 NEW!

3DS saw a drop from last week, once again switching positions with PSP, which took back first place. PS3 managed to sell fewer hardware units this week despite having the top three titles.

Here's the full hardware chart for the same period. Last week's sales are in parentheses.

• 2. PSP: 26,373 (29,871)
• 1. 3DS: 22,943 (30,233)
• 3. PS3: 22,900 (26,441)
• 4. Wii: 13,068 (12,423)
• 5. DSi LL: 4,811 (4,963)
• 6. DSi: 4,725 (4,504)
• 7. X360: 2,016 (2,244)
• 8. PS2: 1,309 (1,222)
• 9. DS Lite: 56 (138)
• 10. PSP go: 34 (7)