Someone posted this over at GAF. It's not particularly COMG related, but since this is pretty much the only ongoing Japan-sales discussion thread and we do all like numbers, I thought I'd post it here. October-October sales numbers for the top 10 games on PS3; PSP & Vita:
http://www.famitsu.com/news/201311/01042596.html
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=88384415&postcount=518
[PS3] Yakuza 5: Yume, Kanaeshi Mono (SEGA) {2012-12-06} - 582,257
[PS3] Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (Konami) {2013-02-21} - 464,422
[PS3] JoJo's Bizarre Adventure All-Star Battle (Bandai Namco) {2013-08-29} - 455,974
[PS3] Tales of Xillia 2 (Bandai Namco) {2012-11-01} - 442,753
[PS3] Grand Theft Auto V (Take-Two) {2013-10-10} - 437,593
[PS3] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (Bandai Namco) {2013-03-20} - 404,294
[PS3] Dynasty Warriors 8 (Koei Tecmo) {2013-02-28} - 347,480
[PS3] Call of Duty: Black Ops II - Subtitled Edition (Square Enix) {2012-11-22} - 336,319
[PS3] Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 (Koei Tecmo) {2012-12-20} - 277,394
[PS3] Super Robot Wars OG 2nd (Bandai Namco) {2012-11-29} - 275,508
[PSP] One Piece: Romance Dawn (Bandai Namco) {2012-12-20} - 298,636
[PSP] AKB1/149: Renai Sousenkyo (Bandai Namco) {2012-12-20} - 217,891
[PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment (Bandai Namco) {2013-03-14} - 199,791
[PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 (Konami) {2013-03-20} - 166,858
[PSP] Toukiden (Koei Tecmo) {2013-06-27} - 152,651
[PSP] Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 (Konami) {2012-11-01} - 143,047
[PSP] Summon Night 5 (Bandai Namco) {2013-05-16} - 127,597
[PSP] 7th Dragon 2020-II (SEGA) {2013-04-18} - 112,940
[PSP] Uta no Prince-sama: All Star (Broccoli) {2013-03-07} - 107,827
[PSP] Shining Ark (SEGA) {2013-02-28} - 102,328
[PSV] Toukiden (Koei Tecmo) {2013-06-27} - 223,457
[PSV] Soul Sacrifice (SCE) {2013-03-07} - 189,657
[PSV] Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: Shoujotachi no Shoumei (Marvelous AQL) {2013-02-28} - 141,381
[PSV] The Legend of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki (Nihon Falcom) {2013-09-26} - 112,260
[PSV] Phantasy Star Online 2: Special Package (SEGA) {2013-02-28} - 105,171
[PSV] Dragon's Crown (Atlus) {2013-07-25} - 104,390
[PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (Bandai Namco) {2013-03-20} - 100,594
[PSV] DanganRonpa 1-2 Reload (Spike Chunsoft) {2013-10-10} - 88,334
[PSV] Muramasa Rebirth (Marvelous AQL) {2013-03-28} - 78,253
[PSV] Tales of Hearts R (Bandai Namco) {2013-03-07} - 73,324
Impressive to see GTA V up there for PS3, which has had a pretty firey year for its 7th on the market.
Crazy One Piece sales on PSP too... no wonder they ported it to 3DS as well. I wonder if we'll see a sequel incoming. Hopefully Sword Art will do similar numbers on Vita as it did on PSP.
As for Vita, from what I can see on Geimin, by the end of 2012 there were only 4 games which had sold over 100k on the console (Persona; Miku; Everybody's Golf & Uncharted). So far, 2013 has smashed that total (7 titles + Danganronpa incoming; God Eater is a safe bet as well). Still hasn't managed to find a break-out hit selling 300k+, but all things considered software is having a much better time this year.