Call of Duty: Black Ops Tops in Japan

It may not havebroken any recordshere butCall of Duty: Black Opsis the number one selling game in Japan according to the weekly Media Create sales figures (via4Gamer.net). Nearly 170,000 copies of the multi-platform shooter were purchased, with the bulk of those being the PlayStation 3 version. Ranked separately, the PS3 version was first overall while the 360 version was in seventh place. In second place was a sequel to Nintendo'sFossil Fighters, a game where players dig up ancient remains and revive the creatures to do battle, Pokemon-style. It outsold its predecessor, released in 2008 in Japan, by 7,000 copies.

Call of Duty would prove to be the only Xbox 360 game in the top 20 despite November 20th being the Japanese launch day for Kinect. No specific sales data for the accessory has been made public, but it would appear that none of the new Kinect games managed to sell more than 8,000 copies. According toGpara, Konami'sDanceMastersis the highest one on the chart in 24th place.

Japanese hardware sales were up overall by a third. While the Xbox 360 got a bump from the Kinect launch, as did the DSi thanks to anew Pokemon bundle, the biggest winner was the PSP. The already popular console more than doubled its sales fromthe week before, moving nearly 100,000 units. 4Gamer speculates this sudden demand could be inspired by the new color schemes that debuted on the 18th or it could be anticipation for the new Monster Hunter game. However, that sure-fire hit doesn't go on sale until December 1st and it will launch alonside a redesigned PSP-3000 for Monster Hunter fans.

The full Top 10 software chart (new releases inbold):

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3)- 128,922
2. Super Fossil Fighters (DS)- 42,829
3. Pokemon Black/Pokemon White (DS) - 39,883
4. Super Mario All-Stars (Wii) - 38,219
5. Tactics Ogre (PSP) - 37,350
6. Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (PSP)- 35,500
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops (360)- 30,279
8. Tongari boushi to maho no omise (DS) - 24,918
9. Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 (PS3) - 22,383
10. Record of Agarest War 2 (PS3)- 20,889

And the hardware sales:

Home Consoles:

• Wii: 39,308
• PS3: 29,058
• 360: 7,083
• PS2: 1,255

Handhelds:

• PSP: 96,601
• DSi LL: 21,836
• DSi: 20,550
• DS Lite: 1,904
• PSP Go: 1,816

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