Gran Turismo 5 Boosts PS3 Sales in Japan

Gran Turismo 5 is the #1 selling game in Japan.  Better yet, it looks as if the game has helped to nearly double sales of the console it runs on.

Check out these stats and be in awe, or shock, or just remain ambivalent.

Sales from 11/22 – 11/28

  • 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 Duty: 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)

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)

Source: Andriasang

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