Skyward Sword: First Week Software Sales in Japan
Posted on November 28 2011 by Mases Hagopian
The folks over at VG Chartz have posted a preview of this weeks sales numbers over in Japan. The sales figures are as of the week ending November 27th. So with Skyward Sword hitting Japanese shelves on November 23rd, these numbers only show 5 days of sales. It’s no surprise, but Skyward Sword topped the charts in Japan, selling over 165,000 copies in the first 5 days alone. Here is some analysis of the Skyward Swords sales from the folks over at VG Chartz
It’s strange to hear that the Legend of Zelda series is no longer a top tier franchise in Japan. Perhaps it is a cultural thing, but it just doesn’t get the numbers that it did 15-20 years ago. That being said, Skyward Sword did finish with 103,000 pre-orders in Japan, so that means an additional 62,000 folks bought it in the first few days who didn’t reserve it. A solid number indeed. It’s still too soon to see what the numbers will be like here in America and for the folks in Europe, but we’ll likely get those opening weekend numbers in shortly.
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