Gran Turismo 5 speeds past 430K sold to top weekly sales in Japan
Not quite Pokémon numbers, Gran Turismo 5's launch week sales were still plenty enough to land the long-awaited racing sim firmly in first place atop Japan's bestsellers list for the week ending November 28. With 430,707 units sold (by Media Create's count) in its first four days at Japanese retail, GT5 is well on its way to recouping development costs that were estimated at $60 million a year ago and becoming a commercial success for Sony.
But slow down, tiger -- Yamauchi's latest "game" is still far from topping the series' standout entry, Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec, which has amassed lifetime sales of 1.89 million units in Japan (14.89 million worldwide), according to developer Polyphony Digital.
Back to the present: Sony also enjoyed a tremendous spike in PS3 hardware sales last week in Japan, with 68,840 units sold -- nearly a 140-percent increase from the previous week. Complete Japanese software and hardware sales for the GT5 launch week are listed after the break.
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Top 20 Bestselling Software Titles by Platform for Nov. 22–28**
Gran Turismo 5* (PS3) [Sony] - 430,707 units
Super Robot Taisen L* (DS) [Namco Bandai] - 129,054 units
Mario Sports Mix* (Wii) [Nintnedo] - 84,983 units
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition (Wii) [Nintendo] - 47,487 units
Pokemon Black/White (DS) [Nintendo] - 43,227 units
Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3) [Square Enix] - 31,354 units
Super Kaseki Horider (DS) [Nintendo] - 26,195 units
Dangan-Ronpa* (PSP) [Spike] - 25,564 units
Power Pro Kun Pocket 13* (DS) [Konami] - 24,717 units
Wii Party (Wii) [Nintendo] - 24,525 units
Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Omise (DS) [Konami] - 22,395 units
Little Busters! Converted Edition [Prototype] (PSP - 20,066 units
Wii Sports Resort (Wii) [Nintendo] - 17,325 units
Tactics Ogre (PSP) [Square Enix] - 16,794 units
Trinity Zill O'll Zero* (PS3) [Tecmo Koei] - 16,551 units
Winning Eleven 2011 (PS3) [Konami] - 16,371 units
Winning Eleven 2011 (PSP) [Konami] - 15,832 units
Kirby's Epic Yarn (Wii) [Nintendo] - 13,878 units
Minna to Kimi no Piramekino!* (DS) [Namco Bandai] - 13,197 units
God Eater Burst (PSP) [Namco Bandai] - 12,983 units
*New release
Hardware Sales for Nov. 22–28 (versus previous week's sales)**
PSP - 75,689 units (96,601 units) / -21.65% change
PS3 - 68,840 units (29,058 units) / +136.91% change
Wii - 41,267 units (27,851 units) / +48.16% change
DSi LL (XL) - 28,370 units (21,836 units) / +29.92% change
DSi - 26,548 units (20,550 units) / +29.19% change
Xbox 360 - 4,329 units (7,083 units) / -38.88% change
PSP Go - 1,675 units (1,816 units) / -7.76% change
DS Lite - 1,539 units (1,904 units) / -19.17% change
PS2 - 1,332 units (1,255 units) / +6.14% change
**Source: Media Create (Japan)
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