Bayonetta was released this week in Japan and it shot all the way to the top of the Japanese game charts, with a combine PS3 and Xbox360 sales of nearly 200,000 copies.
The PS3 version of Bayonetta sold 135,000, while the Xbox 360 version sold less than half of its PS3 counterpart, despite the earlier perfect score awarded by Famitsu for the Xbox 360 Version.
Here’s the list of top ten selling games in Japan this week, which was compiled by Kotaku:
01. Bayonetta (PS3) – 135,000 / NEW
02. Hikari no 4 Senshi: Final Fantasy Gaiden (DS) – 115,000 / NEW
03. Tekken 6 (PS3) – 103,000 / NEW
04. Persona 3 Portable (PSP) – 94,000 / NEW
05. Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver (DS) – 88,000 / 2,844,000
06. Wii Fit Plus (Wii) – 81,000 / 780,000
07. Bayonetta (Xbox 360) – 64,000 / NEW
08. Tomodachi Collection (DS) – 53,000 / 1,519,000
09. Inazuma Eleven 2 (DS) – 41,000 / 527,000
10. Super Robot Taisen NEO (Wii) – 27,000 / NEW
Source: Kotaku
I just gotten my copy of the games yesterday and I can appreciate why the game is topping the charts. The action in the game feels really tight, and sometimes I feel compelled to play though some of the chapters again just to obtain perfect scores and earn more halos to unlock new techniques. Definitely a must-get for any action game fan.
