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This week’s GameStop deals are as follows:

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01./00. [WII] Dragon Quest X: Mezameshi Itsutsu no Shuzoku Online # (Square Enix) {2012.08.02} (¥6.980) – 367.148 / NEW
02./01. [3DS] New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥4.800) – 213.547 / 621.050 (-48%)
03./04. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) {2012.06.23} (¥4.800) – 66.758 / 2.521.764 (-9%)
04./07. [3DS] Tohoku Daigaku Karei Igaku Kenkyuusho – Kawashima Ryuuta Kyouju Kanshuu – Mono Sugoku Nou o Kitaeru 5-Funkan no Oni Training (Nintendo) {2012.07.28} (¥3.800) – 31.792 / 72.064 (-21%)
05./06. [WII] Just Dance Wii 2 (Nintendo) {2012.07.26} (¥5.800) – 29.602 / 89.723 (-51%)
06./09. [WII] Kirby’s Dream Collection: Special Edition (Nintendo) {2012.07.19} (¥3.800) – 21.001 / 150.655 (-28%)
07./02. [PS3] Persona 4: Arena (Atlus) {2012.07.26} (¥7.329) – 20.477 / 148.961 (-84%)
08./00. [NDS] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥5.230) – 20.459 / NEW
09./08. [PSP] Digimon World Re:Digitize (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.19} (¥5.230) – 17.508 / 134.362 (-44%)
10./22. [WII] Wii Sports Resort with Wii Remote Plus # (Nintendo) {2010.11.11} (¥5.800) – 15.706 / 1.012.372
11./13. [3DS] Kobitodzukan: Kobito Kansatsu Set (Nippon Columbia) {2012.07.26} (¥5.040) – 14.653 / 35.278 (-29%)
12./14. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.07.12} (¥5.040) – 14.321 / 131.794 (-29%)
13./05. [PSP] Super Dangan-Ronpa 2: Sayonara Zetsubou Gakuen # (Spike Chunsoft) {2012.07.26} (¥6.279) – 13.646 / 82.646 (-80%)
14./00. [PSP] All Kamen Rider: Rider Generation 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥6.280) – 12.928 / NEW
15./11. [3DS] Rune Factory 4: A Fantasy Harvest Moon (Marvelous Entertainment) {2012.07.19} (¥5.229) – 11.467 / 118.439 (-45%)
16./12. [PS3] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2012 (Konami) {2012.07.19} (¥6.980) – 11.292 / 94.980 (-46%)
17./16. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D # (Square Enix) {2012.05.31} (¥5.490) – 11.056 / 848.725 (-11%)
18./03. [PSP] Nayuta no Kiseki # (Nihon Falcom) {2012.07.26} (¥6.090) – 10.998 / 85.858 (-85%)
19./00. [3DS] Smile PreCure! Let’s Go! Marchen World (Bandai Namco Games) {2012.08.02} (¥5.040) – 8.786 / NEW
20./20. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) {2012.04.26} (¥5.800) – 8.718 / 510.638 (-9%)

Dragon Quest X does top the charts, but this is one of the lowest debuts for a Dragon Quest game in quite some time. The last entry, DQIX, sold well over two million units in its first week. The same goes for Dragon Quest VIII.

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The latest Japanese hardware sales from Media Create are as follows:

3DSLL – 82,251
3DS – 42,164
Wii – 41,415
PS3 – 13,944
PSP – 11,824
Vita – 9,038
PS2 – 1,154
Xbox 360 – 981
DSi – 637
DSi LL – 405

For comparison’s sake, here are the hardware numbers from last week:

3DSLL – 187,480
3DS – 42,155
PS3 – 15,916
PSP- 12,989
Vita – 10,846
Wii – 10,170
PS2 – 994
Xbox 360 – 948
DSi – 635
DSi LL – 543

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Nintendo of Europe has dated two games for the DSiWare service.

The Lost Town – The Jungle and Escape the Virus: Shoot’Ep Up! are expected to release next Thursday, August 16. The Lost Town will be available for £4.50 / 500 points while Escape the Virus: Shoot’Ep Up will cost £1.80 / 200 points.

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The life-to-date and year-to-date information below is based on data collected from the NPD Group through June 2012. Additional hardware sales will be provided on Thursday via the July report.

LTD

DS – 51,786,649
360 – 34,384,373
PS3 – 21,357,121
Wii – 39,497,294
3DS – 5,137,741
Vita – 638,400

YTD

DS – 648,641
360 – 1,720,000
PS3 – 1,379,200
Wii – 812,800
3DS – 1,051,741
Vita – 638,400

Thanks to Eru for the tip.

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Dragon Quest IX is on sale at Best Buy as the retailer’s “Deal of the Day” offer. Through the rest of the day, you can purchase the title for $9.99.

Best Buy normally sells Dragon Quest IX for $35, so you’d be saving $25 in total.

If interested, you can purchase Dragon Quest IX here. The offer is valid in-store and online.

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This month’s Nintendo Gamer review scores are as follows:

99Seconds (DSiWare) 77%
Escape The Virus: Swarm Survival (DSiWare) – 64%
Freaky Forms Deluxe: Your Creations, Alive! (3DS) – 65%
Goooooal Europa 2012 (DSiWare) – 10%
Marvel Pinball 3D (3DS eShop) 72%
New Art Academy (3DS) – 85%
New Super Mario Bros 2 (3DS) – 80%
Pokemon Black/White 2 (DS) – 89%
Sparkle Snapshots 3D (3DS eShop) – 73%
Wario Land II (3DS VC) – 90%
Zombie Slayer Diox (3DS eShop) – 35%

Thanks to joclo for the tip.

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Wedbush and EEDAR have provided predictions for the July 2012 NPD report. The actual data will be made available on Thursday.

Wedbush / EEDAR July sales estimates (change year-on-year):

360 – 200,000 (-28%) / 201,000 (-27%)
PS3 – 140,000 (-3%) / 152,000 (+5%)
3DS – 121,000 (+32) / 125,000 (+37)
Wii – 78,000 (-58%) / 75,000 (-60%)
DS – 100,000 (-67%) / 109,000 (-64%)
Vita – 60,000 (n/a) / 61,000 (n/a)
PSP – 10,000 (-84%) / 9,000 (-86%)
PS2 – 1,000 (-88%) / n/a
Total – 710,000 (-34%) / 732,000 (-32%)

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Individual formats

1 1 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME XB360 SEGA SEGA
2 2 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME PS3 SEGA SEGA
5 3 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES WII SEGA SEGA
3 4 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
7 5 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY XB360 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
13 6 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
15 7 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES 3DS SEGA SEGA
18 8 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM XB360 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
10 9 MARIO KART 7 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
26 10 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
4 11 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER XB360 UBISOFT UBISOFT
16 12 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND 3DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
6 13 KINGDOM HEARTS 3D: DREAM DROP DISTANCE 3DS SQUARE ENIX NINTENDO
9 14 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
20 15 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO DS MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
23 16 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM PS3 BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
12 17 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES PS3 WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
36 18 BATTLEFIELD 3 XB360 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
14 19 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES WII WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
– 20 WII MUSIC WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 21 RISEN 2: DARK WATERS XB360 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
17 22 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
11 23 POKEMON CONQUEST DS NINTENDO NINTENDO
37 24 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
32 25 THE SIMS 3 PC EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 26 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION PS3 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
19 27 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 PS3 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
22 28 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES DS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
29 29 WWE ’12 XB360 XBOX 360 CLASSICS THQ
30 30 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 XB360 MICROSOFT MICROSOFT
8 31 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 XB360 ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
28 32 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS PS3 PLATINUM UBISOFT
– 33 GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY XB360 ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
– 34 SKATE 3 XB360 EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 35 MARIO KART WII WII NINTENDO NINTENDO
– 36 BATTLEFIELD 3 PS3 EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
– 37 GRAN TURISMO 5 PS3 PLATINUM SONY COMPUTER ENT.
25 38 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION XB360 DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
21 39 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER PS3 UBISOFT UBISOFT
– 40 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2012 PC SEGA SEGA

All formats

1 1 LONDON 2012: THE OFFICIAL VIDEO GAME SEGA STUDIOS AUSTRALIA SEGA SEGA
2 2 LEGO BATMAN 2: DC SUPER HEROES TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
3 3 MARIO & SONIC LONDON 2012 OLYMPIC GAMES SEGA SEGA SEGA
5 4 BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY ROCKSTEADY STUDIOS WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
8 5 THE ELDER SCROLLS V: SKYRIM BETHESDA BETHESDA SOFTWORKS BETHESDA SOFTWORKS
11 6 ASSASSIN’S CREED: REVELATIONS UBISOFT (MONTREAL) XBOX 360 CLASSICS UBISOFT
7 7 THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BEENOX ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
16 8 BATTLEFIELD 3 DIGITAL ILLUSIONS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
4 9 TOM CLANCY’S GHOST RECON: FUTURE SOLDIER UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
6 10 CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 3 INFINITY WARD/SLEDGEHAMMER ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
9 11 FIFA 12 EA CANADA EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
15 12 DEAD ISLAND GOTY EDITION TECHLAND DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
18 13 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS TREYARCH XBOX 360 CLASSICS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
– 14 RISEN 2: DARK WATERS PIRANHA BYTES DEEP SILVER KOCH MEDIA
13 15 MARIO KART 7 RETRO STUDIOS / NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
14 16 SKYLANDERS: SPYRO’S ADVENTURE TOYS FOR BOB SKYLANDERS ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
19 17 WWE ’12 YUKE’S XBOX 360 CLASSICS THQ
20 18 SUPER MARIO 3D LAND NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
10 19 KINGDOM HEARTS 3D: DREAM DROP DISTANCE SQUARE ENIX SQUARE ENIX NINTENDO
24 20 MOSHI MONSTERS: MOSHLING ZOO BLACK LANTERN MIND CANDY MIND CANDY
25 21 THE SIMS 3 THE SIMS STUDIO EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
33 22 GRAND THEFT AUTO EPISODES – LIBERTY CITY ROCKSTAR NORTH ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
27 23 RAYMAN ORIGINS UBISOFT (CASABLANCA) UBISOFT UBISOFT
28 24 SKATE 3 EA BLACK BOX EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
22 25 LEGO PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN TRAVELLER’S TALES DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS DISNEY INTERACTIVE STUDIOS
– 26 WII MUSIC NINTENDO NINTENDO NINTENDO
12 27 MAX PAYNE 3 ROCKSTAR VANCOUVER ROCKSTAR TAKE 2
– 28 KINGDOMS OF AMALUR: RECKONING 38 STUDIOS EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
31 29 LEGO HARRY POTTER: YEARS 5-7 TRAVELLER’S TALES WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE
34 30 SONIC GENERATIONS DIMPS SEGA SEGA
17 31 POKEMON CONQUEST TECMO NINTENDO NINTENDO
26 32 SPEC OPS: THE LINE YAGER DEVELOPMENT 2K GAMES TAKE 2
23 33 SNIPER ELITE V2 REBELLION 505 GAMES 505 GAMES
36 34 SAINTS ROW: THE THIRD VOLITION THQ THQ
– 35 MASS EFFECT 3 BIOWARE EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
38 36 NEED FOR SPEED: THE RUN EA BLACK BOX EA GAMES ELECTRONIC ARTS
21 37 TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 13 TIBURON ENTERTAINMENT EA SPORTS ELECTRONIC ARTS
32 38 JUST DANCE 3 UBISOFT (FRANCE) UBISOFT UBISOFT
29 39 [PROTOTYPE 2] RADICAL ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVISION ACTIVISION BLIZZARD
39 40 FORZA MOTORSPORT 4 TURN 10 STUDIOS MICROSOFT MICROSOFT

Source: Chart-Track