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PlayStation titles dominate Japanese software chart

But company still lags behind 3DS on hardware

The Japanese hardware charts for the week ending November 4 saw a jump in sales for the Nintendo 3DS XL, from 38,089 last week to 63,993. Behind was the standard 3DS at 2, with Sony's PlayStation 3 at 3.

  1. 3DS LL - 63,993 (Last week - 38,089)
  2. 3DS - 29,996 (23,453)
  3. PlayStation 3 - 21,310 (20,364)
  4. PSP - 13,868 (14,541)
  5. PlayStation Vita - 4,842 (5,806)
  6. Wii - 3,806 (3,744)
  7. PS2 - 1,351 (1,006)
  8. Xbox 360 - 1,339 (1,931)
  9. DSi LL - 341 (214)
  10. DSi - 227 (227)

In the software chart however, the top five was dominated by games for Sony consoles, with four new entries for PS3 and PSP. New Super Mario Bros. 2 for the 3DS took the fifth spot, bringing its lifetime sales to 1,320,330.

  1. [PS3] Tales of Xillia 2 - 364,439 sales (New)
  2. [PS3] Okami HD - 68,644 sales (New)
  3. [PS3] Yakuza 1&2 HD Edition - 58,138 sales (New)
  4. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 - 38,388 sales (New)
  5. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 24,69 sales

Media Create charts via Gematsu

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