Japan Sales - Media Create, Famitsu & Dengeki Week 52

[EricFabian]

Incubi said:

Famitsu top 10 2013

01. [3DS] Pokémon X / Y (Nintendo) {2013.10.12} - 3.976.829
02. [3DS] Monster Hunter 4 (Capcom) {2013.09.14} - 3.293.312
03. [3DS] Animal Crossing: New Leaf (Nintendo) {2012.11.08} - 1.730.182 / 4.017.159
04. [3DS] Friend Collection: New Life (Nintendo) {2013.04.18} - 1.580.067
05. [3DS] Dragon Quest VII: Fighters of Eden (Square Enix) {2013.02.07} - 1.223.268
06. [3DS] PazuDora Z: Puzzle & Dragons Z (GungHo Online Entertainment) {2013.12.12} - 1.005.697
07. [3DS] Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon (Nintendo) {2013.03.20} - 982.737
08. [PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two Interactive Japan) {2013.10.10} - 605.882
09. [WIU] New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo) {2012.12.08} - 965.794
10. [WIU] Wii Party U (Nintendo) {2013.10.31} - 518.766

With this being the last numbers for calendar year 2013, i see it fitting to address the top selling software for that year. As we can see there is a Nintendo combobreaker at number 8 with GTA5 being the top selling western developed title in Japan. This is actually a historic event since at no prior year has this ever happened before. Could this be the sign of a paradigm shift where western publishers could have great success in Japan? 

So yes, another year of Nintendomination happened on the software front with Nintendo dominating the best seller list for 2013. 6 games in the top 10 was published by Nintendo, 1 game by Capcom, 1 game by SE, 1 game by GungHo, 1 game by T2 Interactive. 

Here's for 2014. Will Nintendo be dominant this year? I believe its going to be hard arguing against that. 

I'm glad Wii Party U did! After all that weeks with sub 7k is a impressive mark. I know it was bundled, but that means Wii Party U sold 518k Wii U's.