Tales Still Has The Sales To Rank #1 In Japan

A batch of new software debuts couldn’t unseat Namco Bandai’s Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 as Japan’s bestselling game, including a better than expected showing of the PlayStation 3 exclusive Demon’s Souls.

The continued impressive sales of the latest Tales role-playing game and Konami’s World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 gave the PlayStation family a strong showing in Media Create‘s weekly sales charts. From Software’s Demon’s Souls racked up a respectable 40,000 units sold, with Capcom’s Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G giving half of the top ten to games on Sony’s hardware.

The rest of the week’s new software didn’t chart too well, with Another Code R and the Japanese release of Midnight Club: Los Angeles landing just outside the top ten. The full list is after this.

New titles are listed in bold.

01. Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 2 (PSP) – 45,000 / 258,000

02. Demon’s Souls (PS3) – 40,000 / NEW

03. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (PSP) – 38,000 / 147,000

04. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (PS2) – 37,000 / 145,000

05. Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time (DS) – 34,000 / 136,000

06. Meitantei Conan & Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbou: Meguri au 2-Jin no Meitantei (DS) – 20,000 / NEW

07. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) (PSP) – 18,000 / 398,000

08. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii (Wii) – 16,000 / 356,000

09. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) – 16,000 / 1,650,000

10. Wii Fit (Wii) – 15,000 / 3,323,000

11. Another Code: R – Kioku no Tobira (Wii)