Square Enix Rockets To The Top Of Japan's Sales Charts With Star Ocean

Square Enix’s Star Ocean 4 helped propel the Xbox 360 to the front of the console pack in Japan, thanks to an impressive 162,000 copies sold in just one week. That’s damn good.

The new role-playing game knocked off last week’s champ, Mario & Luigi RPG3!!!, a Nintendo DS title whose fall was cushioned by a trio of new Idolm@ster games for the PSP. Don’t ever say that Namco Bandai doesn’t know how to milk. The rest of the week’s new debuts, including the Japanese release of Dead Rising: Chop Til You Drop and Metroid Prime for the Wii, weren’t so spectacular.

While a handful of new titles couldn’t crack the top ten, PlayStation 3 games Street Fighter IV and Demon’s Souls held strong, selling well enough to hang in there for one more week.

01. Star Ocean 4: The Last Hope (X360) – 162,000 / NEW

02. Mario & Luigi RPG3!!! (DS) – 62,000 / 255,000

03. Idolm@ster SP: Perfect Sun (PSP) – 46,000 / NEW

04. Idolm@ster SP: Missing Moon (PSP) – 39,000 / NEW

05. Idolm@ster SP: Wandering Star (PSP) – 35,000 / NEW

06. Shining Force Feather (DS) – 30,000 / NEW

07. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP the Best) – (PSP) – 18,000 / 435,000

08. Sacred Blaze (PS2) – 17,000 / NEW

09. Street Fighter IV (PS3) – 17,000 / 103,000

10. Demon’s Souls (PS3) – 15,000 / 78,000

11. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2009 (PSP)

12. Wii Fit (Wii)