Nintendo Dominates Software Sales Chart In Japan

<p>The first half of 2013 software sales charts have been revealed by Japanese publication Famitsu and it has emerged that Nintendo is the victor by quite a mile&comma; as they sold 1&period;71 million more units than Namco Bandai&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to this&comma; other sales figures were revealed for titles such as Animal Crossing&colon; New Leaf&comma; New Super Mario Bros&period; U and Mario Party 9&period; When considering that these figures are exclusive to Japanese audiences&comma; it is pretty impressive that they have been reached in six months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Without further ado&comma; here are the software sales charts in addition to the top three software figures for 3DS&comma; Wii U and Wii courtesy of Nintendo Life&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Software sales<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>1&period; Nintendo – 5&period;19 million<br &sol;>&NewLine;2&period; Namco Bandai – 3&period;48 million<br &sol;>&NewLine;3&period; Square Enix – 2&period;06 million<br &sol;>&NewLine;4&period; Konami – 1&period;20 million<br &sol;>&NewLine;5&period; Capcom – 1&period;12 million<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>3DS<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>1&period; Animal Crossing&colon; New Leaf – 1&period;37 million<br &sol;>&NewLine;2&period; Dragon Quest VII – 1&period;21 million<br &sol;>&NewLine;3&period; Tomodachi Collection – 1&period;20 million<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Wii U<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>1&period; New Super Mario Bros&period; U – 140&comma;000<br &sol;>&NewLine;2&period; Nintendo Land – 110&comma;000<br &sol;>&NewLine;3&period; Dragon Quest X – 70&comma;000<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Wii<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>1&period; Taiko Drum Master – 190&comma;000<br &sol;>&NewLine;2&period; Mario Party 9 – 50&comma;000<br &sol;>&NewLine;3&period; Wii Sports Resort – 40&comma;000<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Source&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;nintendoeverything&period;com&sol;japan-2013-first-half-sales&sol;">Nintendo Everything<&sol;a> via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendolife&period;com&sol;news&sol;2013&sol;07&sol;nintendo&lowbar;tops&lowbar;japanese&lowbar;software&lowbar;sales&lowbar;in&lowbar;first&lowbar;half&lowbar;of&lowbar;the&lowbar;year">Nintendo Life<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"zemanta-pixie" style&equals;"margin-top&colon; 10px&semi; height&colon; 15px&semi;"><img class&equals;"zemanta-pixie-img" style&equals;"border&colon; none&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;img&period;zemanta&period;com&sol;pixy&period;gif&quest;x-id&equals;b1d0d408-9905-4956-b4b3-7303e2d09528" alt&equals;"" &sol;><&sol;div>&NewLine;