Soccer and 48 Pop Idols Show Rage Who's the Boss in Japan
Published on January 01, 0001
It was a big week for two very different video games in Japan. One, Konami’s World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 (a series you may know as Pro Evo), topped the charts overseas, selling more than a quarter million copies in its first week.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); The other, AKB1/48: Idol to Guam to Koishitara…, the dating simulation that lets you canoodle with one of the girls from Japanese pop group AKB48, also did quite well, selling more than 236,000 copies to PSP owners in search of romance.
From there, things quickly drop off, with F1 2011 in third at a little more than 25,000 copies. It’s still more than twice what id Software’s Rage sold on the PS3. yono all app The first-person shooter debuted with 11,000 copies sold on Sony’s console, another 7800 on the Xbox 360.
Take a look at the top 20 bestselling video games in Japan for the week of October all yono rummy 3 to 9, courtesy of 
Media Create, and see if you spot any surprises. 01. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2012 (PS3) – 272,036 / NEW 02. AKB1/48: Idol to Guam 
to Koishitara… (PSP) – 236,587 / NEW 03. F1 2011 (PS3) – 26,574 / NEW 04. Shin Sangoku Musou 6 Moushouden (PS3) – 18,305 / 101,206 05. Eiyuu Densetsu: Ao no y1 games latest Kiseki (PSP) – 16,423 / 155,361 06. Dark Souls (PS3) – 15,853 / 330,139 07. Dragon Quest Collection (Wii) – 15,338 / 349,810 08. Rage (PS3) – 11,320 / NEW 09. Rhythm Heaven Wii (Wii) – 10,731 / 492,112 10. Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus (Wii) – 10,295 / 587,913 11. Monster Hunter Portable 3rd (PSP) 12. Kirby Mass Attack (DS) 13. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Tag Force 6 (PSP) 14. Rage (Xbox 360) 15. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of 
Time 3D (3DS) 16. Phantom Kingdom Portable (PSP) 17. Family Fishing (Wii) 18. Okashi na Shima no Peter Pan: Sweet Never Land (PSP) 19. Pokemon Super Scramble (3DS) 20. God of War Origins Collection (PS3) In Japan’s video game hardware contest, the Nintendo 3DS once again comes out on top, even with no software representation in the top 10. Also of note, it looks like Media Create finally stopped counting PSP go sales, which have been in the single digits. Rest in peace, PSP go. Nintendo 3DS – 53,540 PlayStation 3 – 29,435 PSP – 26,780 Wii – 10,080 Nintendo DSi LL – 2,175 Nintendo DSi – 1,718 Xbox 360 – 1,346 PlayStation 2 – 1,326 Nintendo DS Lite – 51
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