Oh wow, just realized Gears of War sold 22k...I didn't even know that there were even 22k active 360 users in Japan. Thats actually pretty amazing

Looks like the stock shortages of Luigi at Tsutaya affected its sales there, although Luigi and One Piece are so close in sales it could be a statistical error (people don't seem to realize Famitsu and Media Create are estimations just like VGC).

Luigi's Mansion 2 did very well, the original on GC opened at 116k and sold 349k total in Japan. In a single week the second game has nearly outsold the first. The difference in install base is immense though, 3DS has over 10 million hardware units sold, and GC only had 4 million by the end of its lifetime, and much lower at the time of Luigi's Mansion 1.

One Piece 2 dropped since the first game, which opened at 627k. Even with PS3+Vita that's a drop of almost half. The first game was infamously bad among consumers though, so that likely hurt demand of a sequel, even though it is far better. Word of mouth and good reviews might give it some hope for somewhat steady sales.

Meruru Plus opens at 25k, which is a drop from Totori Plus opening at 30k, further reinforcing the notion that Totori>>>Meruru. Nobody likes the pink haired princess!

Game and Wario and DQ should give Wii U a decent boost. I hope at least 18-20k.

Pretty average sales for all except PSP somehow still selling 10k a week.

Wow... Pokoko, the Sony fan, made a really terrible prediction regarding Luigi's Mansion 2 last week.

He, as an individual, really made a bad prediction.

it couldn't of been that bad lol

Interesting. Link to the thread? I noticed it too and pointed out to him, but he didn't listen...

wow vita actually rose and outsold both individual 3ds models. Looks like Luigi's mansion isn't really a system seller. Wii u still getting slaughtered by handhelds, no surprise there.

Does anyone know Gears Of War's first week sales for Japan?

Gears 1: 33k

Gears 2: 47k

Gears 3: 45k