Media Create: Top 30 best-selling games of 2012, hardware totals
January 27th, 2013 Posted in 3DS, News, Podcast Stories, Posted by Brian, Wii, Wii UMedia Create sent out its own set of data for the top 30 best-selling games of last year. The Japanese sales tracker also published hardware figures for 2012.
Both sets of data can be found below.
Software sales
| Rank | Title | 2012 sales Tot. sales |
Sys. | Publisher |
| 01. | Pokémon Black/White 2 | 2,919,977 2,919,977 |
DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 02. | Animal Crossing: New Leaf | 1,969,955 2,919,977 |
3DS | Nintendo |
| 03. | New Super Mario Bros. 2 | 1,743,791 1,743,791 |
3DS | Nintendo |
| 04. | Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D | 919,870 919,870 |
3DS | Square Enix |
| 05. | Resident Evil 6 | 833,012 833,012 |
PS3 | Capcom |
| 06. | One Piece: Pirate Warriors | 828,150 828,150 |
PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| 07. | Mario Kart 7 | 748,797 1,908,966 |
3DS | Nintendo |
| 08. | Super Mario 3D Land | 689,374 1,769,566 |
3DS | Nintendo |
| 09. | Mario Party 9 | 641,348 641,348 |
Wii | Nintendo |
| 10. | Dragon Quest X | 609,783 609,783 |
Wii | Square Enix |
| 11. | Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate | 602,058 1,587,556 |
3DS | Capcom |
| 12. | Yakuza 5 | 518,224 518,224 |
PS3 | Sega |
| 13. | Dragon’s Dogma | 467,375 467,375 |
PS3 | Capcom |
| 14. | Fire Emblem: Awakening | 455,268 455,268 |
3DS | Nintendo |
| 15. | Tales of Xillia 2 | 428,913 428,913 |
PS3 | Namco Bandai |
| 16. | Paper Mario: Sticker Star | 402,133 402,133 |
3DS | Nintendo |
| 17. | Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 | 399,340 399,340 |
PS3 | Konami |
| 18. | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Infinity | 373,699 373,699 |
3DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 19. | New Super Mario Bros. U | 369,392 369,392 |
WiiU | Nintendo |
| 20. | Wii Sports Resort (w/ MotionPlus pack-in) | 358,627 1,161,600 |
Wii | Nintendo |
| 21. | The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z | 344,018 344,018 |
PSP | Namco Bandai |
| 22. | Pokémon Conquest | 341,250 341,250 |
DS | Pokémon Co. |
| 23. | Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb | 340,533 340,533 |
3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 24. | Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | 338,889 338,889 |
PS3 | Capcom |
| 25. | Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance | 338,812 338,812 |
3DS | Square Enix |
| 26. | Run for Money Tousouchuu | 337,472 337,472 |
3DS | Namco Bandai |
| 27. | Taiko Drum Master: Super Splendid Edition | 321,959 321,959 |
Wii | Namco Bandai |
| 28. | Kid Icarus: Uprising | 316,133 316,133 |
3DS | Nintendo |
| 29. | Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu/Raimei | 314,016 314,016 |
3DS | Level 5 |
| 30. | Resident Evil: Revelations | 296,040 296,040 |
3DS | Capcom |
TOTAL Hardware sales to date (lifetime):
PlayStation 2 – 21,833,215
Wii – 12,638,836
PSP – 19,453,023
Nintendo 3DS – 7,689,512
Nintendo 3DS XL – 2,090,372
PlayStation 3 – 8,860,082
PlayStation Vita – 1,130,820
Xbox 360 – 1,613,832
One Response to “Media Create: Top 30 best-selling games of 2012, hardware totals”
By ehead on Jan 27, 2013
Crazy Nintendo numbers! Japan is really Nintendoland.