Big in Japan Jan. 25-31: Dragon Quest VI DS

Looking forward to Resonance of Fate and Ar tonelico 3.

Is there any news of a North American release for Ar Tonelico 3? Hopefully with a competent localization this time.

Resonance of Fate looks sweet. That's a very dark atmosphere for a JRPG

For the record, there is no equal to Dragon Quest. That thing outsold everything on the list, even the console included by 250,000. Unreal.

Can't wait for End of Eternity

Iamprey236, thanks for the clarification. Makes sense now. I appreciate it!

Well, FFXIII did sell colossally well in its first week. Maybe the majority of Japanese gamers interested in the title grabbed a copy then, lol. I didn't notice the game's absence until you guys mentioned it.

I want End of Eternity ^___^

Many want to live in Japan for the great library of games, but DS and PSP games are $60 in Japan. / In the West, handheld games are like $35. Just shows how popular handheld games are in Japan.

Final Fantasy isn't on this list because this is a Japanese list and the Japanese got FFXIII in December, according to VG Chartz it's sold 1.88 million copies there on the PS3 alone, by week 6 after release they were down to around 7,500 copies for the week, and around 5,400 copies the week after, being how MAG is #10 with just over 19K copies it's pretty obvious why FFXIII isn't on the list right now.

FFXIII ISN'N IN THAT LIST BECAUSE IT WILL NOT SELL NOW BUT IN MARCH

I normally don't care for industry sales but I was curious to see how Final Fantasy XIII was doing but to my surprise it's not in the top 10 list. What happen? Is it not selling well or did something happen to it? If anyone has a straight forward answer, let me know. No big deal really if no one answers but just curious.

...strange that FFXIII isn't on the list...

@madSomnambulist True, JRPG rarely makes it to the top ten list, especially games like Ar Tonelico. JRPG games really don't get the attention they deserves.

A 360 title on the list is indeed rare and will probably only be this 1 week. MW2 did the same thing and promptly disappeared. This was still 4:1 PS3 sales though. 6 of10 entries are RPGs... All 5 games of them are notable releases too with either announced or desired English releases. @AnonYC -- No silly! JRPGs wouldn't make ANY of the top 10 here. Never do, lol. Great releases in the next month though that might start to turn that and continue strategy-based as "the thing".

I should live in Japan seeing as how my views on gaming align so much more with their tastes. The top 2 selling games (with tons and tons upon more games sold than the rest) are RPGs and the PS3 sold 8x as many units of hardware as the 360. Plus the Japanese always have WAY better cover art. If I could time travel, I'd go back to when I was 10 and my friend was learning Japanese and I'd learn with him so by now I could be fluent and just import all my games.

I like this chart, shows the difference in culture between the east and the west. I mean if this was the US sales I could see MAG being in the top 5 and JRPGs would be in the bottom five, not that I hate JRPGs.

I'm shocked that there's a 360 title on the chart.

MAG haha !!!

WHAT? already ar tonelico 3! that was fast. finally get to read up on eoe aswell.

PS3 FTW!!! TREY 4LAIFE

well, nice to see MAG up there :D but even better, Dragon Quest and Square Enix scoring such big sales :) and woohoo for PSP leading the chart :D and one yeah for PSP Go! also leading the chart...but from the bottom :) (even PS2 sold better :P but then again that's one amazing console)

i like the way action is develop resonanance even though is turn based looks really cool and fresh cant w8 :D

@ REVOLUTIONfreak Well u are right there but PSP is leading the way right now, weird to me because I consider the psp a very disappointing portable even tough I have one myself.

Hm, technically the PSP isn't even close to being the best-selling platform of the week, if you count all of the various models of the DS' sales.

Good job for SEGA for getting Tri-Ace to work with so they can publish Resonance of Fate, but does this also mean Tri-Ace isn't doing business with Square Enix anymore? I kind of would really like to see Tri-Ace working with SEGA now, as Platinum Games is now getting their games published through SEGA, or also developing for SEGA, whichever, but SEGA is making a strong comeback and making a name out for themselves once again. As stoked as people are for Final Fantasy XIII, I'm actually considering picking up Resonance of Fate instead, then maybe get on to Final Fantasy XIII when I have time. They both release March 9th in North America. Kind of ballsy if you ask me, any other publisher probably would have delayed it by a month or so.

Nintendo you smart B@stereds good idea making 4 different types of ds's so you guys can get money any way you want to

i never know most of the games on Japanese charts but am always clad to see an x360 tittle making the top ten

this will be amazing i like it:)

..... MAG? wow that actually surprised me... not really Japs are getting into FPS in recent years, but still keep their RPG tastes, that's great and... wow not even JAPAN a leader in technology wants a PSP GO, great I'm against this kind of services, it's always nice to have the disk with box and everything (or cartridges etc) and not only an archive you can't touch.

no only some attention deficit twitch based gamers in the USA dont like turn based games but most of them would rather play a modern rahash 2 over a jrpg anyway. I love my turnbased games and I am from USA , fool! Still going to get this though. I just wish JP devs stop trying to focus on western audience and just make the games like they used to , keep your style jp devs, please don't try to be like western devs..we have enough shooters and "gun" games. This game does look cool though, will be picking it up along with FF13, Last rebellion, star ocean 4 international, already got WKC, and 3d dot heroes for my rpg fix

MAG is up there. nice!

psp go looks like a failure in japan......even the ps2 beat it by a margin

atually psp is not on top , lol , combine the dsi dsi xl and ds easily tops, then you got dslite still doing pretty decent

It's no surprise DQ is on top since they love that game over there in Japan.

Japanese gamers recognize good games when they see them .. unlike others >.>

i bet the only reason psp is on top is because of Valkyria Chronicles.. gosh that game is freakn amazing, why is the sequel on the psp :( :( and look at NSMB still top 3! XD resonance of fate is surprising to see up there with MAG.. i didn;t even know japanese play FPS's really, good to see the 360 selling some games there at least... even if it is a JRPG game instead of one of it's exclusives

Good for EOE, nice to see it's doing well

Two surprises on this one. First off seeing the 360 version of Resonance of Fate not only break the top 10 but actually get above something else is rather surprisingly. The second surprise is seeing MAG on this list as well. Hopefully we'll see more surprises like this as the year goes on.

I loved Dragon Quest III,IV (DS), and VIII, so DQ:VI just might be for me! I can't wait for Birth by Sleep or FFXIII. Luckily, my JRPG obsession can be filled by Star Ocean IV next week.

LOL nobody wants the psp GO

Man I want BBS in the US soon.

SEGA is very owning the top ten , Im happy that they are doing good I really liked they re consoles and even without new games the wii are beating the others and psp only selling because sega and square enix

Resonance of Fate seems pretty interesting.

japan know good stuff, but the 360 only out ranked the ps2(NEEDS 2 DIE W/ HONOR) and Sonys epic fail the PSPgo:(

One can't deny that hardware sales are really a lot. Nintendo and Sony really have a console war. However, Nintendo still manages to beat Sony on hardware and software. / Seems Square Enix is for DS; Sega is for PSP

good for japan they have good taste in games

@ BioWarsProduct I am surprised by that. Anyways, BioWarsProduct, when mentioning Japanese people just type out the whole word Japanase because the word you are using for them is inappropiate.

That's A LOT of sales for DQ. They pwned everyone else.

I would not be surprised that most of the new releases will drop more than 50% next week, but it would be interesting whether Dragon Quest VI will manage to keep its #1 spot or will New Super Mario Bros. Wii (which has yet to fall below #3) regain the crown as it did twice since its December 3rd release in Japan. If it manages to receive solid sales and stay in the Top 10 for months to come, it will eventually reach four million copies sold and beyond, passing Super Mario Land and within reach of New Super Mario Bros. The fact that a 2.5D is selling more than almost every 3D game shows that 2D-based gaming is not dead, but still alive and well. In speaking of hardware sales, while the normal PSP model is the top system selling, but adding the DS models together, it will outsell the PSP and PSP Go models combined. Unlike the West, Japan is a stronghold for the handheld market and where the "system wars" are not between consoles but between the DS versus the PSP.