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Gran Turismo 5 Tops the Charts With 430,000 Units

PlayStation 3 sees major sales spike, but still fails to beat hot PSP.

 
The Gran Turismo 5 hardware bundle. GT5 gave PS3 a big hardware sales boost.

In a week full of major releases, Gran Turismo 5 made its expected debut at the top of Media Create's weekly sales charts, causing a spike in PlayStation 3 sales.

GT5 sold 430,707 units in its first week, easily beating fellow newcomers Super Robot Taisen L and Mario Sports Mix. Other newcomers making it into the top 20 included the critically acclaimed Dangan-Ronpa at 8 and the long delayed Trinity Zill O'll Zero at 15.

PlayStation 3 hardware got a big boost from GT5, doubling last week's hardware total to 68,840 units. The racer was released as part of a hardware bundle featuring a blue PS3. Media Create's software figure includes this version of the game as well.

Here's the top 20 for 11/22 to 11/28, as reported at 4gamer:

  • 1. Gran Turismo 5 (Sony, PS3): 430,707
  • 2. Super Robot Taisen L (Namco Bandai, DS): 129,054
  • 3. Mario Sports Mix (Nintendo, Wii): 84,983
  • 4. Super Mario Collection Special Pack (Nintendo, Wii): 47,487 (613,415)
  • 5. Pokemon Black & White (Pokemon, DS): 43,227 (4,494,106)
  • 6. Call of Dut Black Ops Subtitled Ver. (Square Enix, PS3): 31,354 (160,275)
  • 7. Super Kaseki Horider (Nintendo, DS): 26,195 (69,024)
  • 8. Dangan-Ronpa (Spike, PSP): 25,564
  • 9. Power Pro Kun Pocket 13 (Konami, DS): 24,717
  • 10. Wii Party (Nintendo, Wii): 24,525 (1,232,562)
  • 11. Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Omise (Konami, DS): 22,395 (87,521)
  • 12. Little Busters! Converted Edition (Prototype, PSP): 20,066
  • 13. Wii Sports Resort (Nintendo, Wii): 17,325 (43,509)
  • 14. Tactics Ogre (Square Enix, PSP): 16,794 (230,296)
  • 15. Trinity Zill O'll Zero (Tecmo Koei, PS3): 16,551
  • 16. Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami, PS3): 16,371 (340,175)
  • 17. Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami, PSP): 15,832 (51,332)
  • 18. Kirby's Epic Yarn (Nintendo, Wii): 13,878 (213,495)
  • 19. Minna to Kimi no Piramekino! (Namco Bandai, DS): 13,197
  • 20. God Eater Burst (Namco Bandai, PSP): 12,983 (388,065)

Here's the hardware chart for the same period. Last week's sales are in parentheses.

  • 1. PSP: 75,689 (96,601)
  • 2. PS3: 68,840 (29,058)
  • 3. Wii: 41,267 (27,851)
  • 4. DSi LL: 28,370 (21,836)
  • 5. DSi: 26,548 (20,550)
  • 6. X360: 4,329 (7,083)
  • 8. PSP go: 1,675 (1,816)
  • 7. DS Lite: 1,539 (1,904)
  • 9. PS2: 1,332 (1,255)

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