Zelda Skyward Sword Sells Nearly 200,000 First Week
3DS continues to outsell all other platforms combined.
Zelda Skyward Sword took the top spot in its first week, selling 194,978 units according to Media Create stats. The Wii nearly doubled in sales, but still managed just 20,148 units for the week.
From 7th Dragon 2020 to Saint Seiya Senki and Metal Gear Solid HD, Zelda was surrounded by new releases. Here's the full top 20 covering November 21 through November 27. Life to date sales are in parentheses.
- [WII] 01. Zelda Skyward Sword (Nintendo, 11/23): 194,978
- [PSP] 02. 7th Dragon 2020 (Sega, 11/23): 122,498
- [PSP] 03. Saint Seiya Senki (Namco Bandai, 11/23): 66,557
- [3DS] 04. Super Mario 3D Land (Nintendo, 11/23): 61,710 (560,960)
- [PS3] 05. Metal Gear Solid HD Edition (Konami, 11/23): 61,192
- [PSP] 06. Little Battler eXperience Boost (Level-5, 11/23): 60,727
- [PSP] 07. Weiss Schwarz Portable (Namco Bandai, 11/23): 47,586
- [PSP] 08. Uta no Prince Sama Music (Broccoli, 11/23): 38,918
- [WII] 09. Taiko Drum Master Wii Ultimate Version (Namco Bandai, 11/23): 32,098
- [PS3] 10. Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Subtitled Version (Square Enix, 11/17): 29,726 (210,098)
- [NDS] 11. One Piece Gigant Battle 2 (Namco Bandai, 11/17): 27,379 (143,441)
- [PSP] 12. Pop'n Music Portable 2 (Konami, 11/23): 20,965
- [PS3] 13. Ni no Kuni (Level-5, 11/17): 20,185 (87,217)
- [WII] 14. Kirby Wii (Nintendo, 10/27): 19,527 (255,566)
- [PSP] 15. Final Fantasy Type-0 (Square Enix, 10/27): 16,655 (698,828)
- [PSP] 16. Hatsune Miku Project Diva Extend (Sega, 11/10): 16,322 (231,037)
- [WII] 17. Pokepark 2 Beyond the World (Pokemon, 11/12): 14,710 (69,740)
- [WII] 18. Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 14,013 (230,268)
- [WII] 19. Wii Party (Nintendo, 07/08/10): 13,756 (2,036,622)
- [PS3] 20. Sengoku Basara 3 Utage (Cacpom, 11/10): 13,233 (163,201)
3DS was once again the top selling hardware for the week, and this time it returned to outselling all other systems combined. PS3 and PSP both saw drops following last week's new color revisions.
Here's the full hardware chart for the week, with last week's sales in parentheses.
- 1. 3DS: 120,920 (96,219)
- 2. PS3: 34,031 (40,085)
- 3. PSP: 33,151 (41,069)
- 4. Wii: 20,148 (13,613)
- 5. DSi LL: 2,237 (1,813)
- 6. X360: 1,678 (1,763)
- 7. PS2: 1,294 (1,291)
- 8. DSi: 993 (897)
- 9. DS Lite: 35 (31)
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