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- Here are the first day sales of new titles released in Japan on December 10:

1. Tales of Graces (Wii, Namco Bandai) - 113,000
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, Square Enix) - 64,000
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360, Square Enix) - 42,000 (60+% sell-through)
4. Naruto Shippuden Narutimate Accel 3 (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 40,000
5. Winning Eleven 2010 (PSP, Konami) - 21,000
6. Luminous Arc 3 (NDS, Marvelous) - 20,000
7. Kyoukugen Dasshutsu 9 Jikan 9 nin 9 no Tobira (NDS, Spike) - 15,000
8. Winning Eleven 2010 (PS2, Konami) - 14,000
9. Bleach Soul Carnival (PSP, SCEJ) - 7,400
10. Winning Eleven 2010 Playmaker (Wii, Konami) - 4,800
11. R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate (PSP, Irem) - 2,600
12. Samurai Spirits Sen (360, SNK Playmore) - 2,300
13. Fullmetal Alchemist: Daughter of the Dusk (Wii, Square Enix) - 1,800
14. Toshinden (Wii, Takara Tomy) - 1,100
15. Eiyuu Densetsu: Sora no Kiseki Set (Super Price Set) (PSP, Falcom) - 1,000
16. Again: FBI Chou-Shinri Shousakan (NDS, Tecmo) - 900

- Here are some comparison of first week / total sales for recent Tales games from Namco Bandai in Japan.

1. Tales of Vesperia (PS3) - 227k / 312k
2. Tales of the World Radiant Mythology 2 (PSP) - 210k / 317k
3. Tales of Versus (PSP) - 153k / 216k
4. Tales of Symphonia Dawn of the New World (Wii) - 151k / 212k
5. Tales of Hearts (NDS) - 141k / 259k
6. Tales of Graces (Wii) - 113k
7. Tales of Vesperia (360) - 101k / 161k

- Square Enix released another new TVCM video for Final Fantasy XIII in Japan, which contains new scenes not found in the last preview trailer.

- With Final Fantasy XIII coming out next week in Japan, Enterbrain estimates the first day sales would be between 1 to 1.7 millions in Japan. Here are some comparison of first day sales of Final Fantasy games from Square Enix.

1. Final Fantasy V (SFC) - 476,000 (Dec 1992)
2. Final Fantasy VI (SFC) - 1,209,992 (Apr 1994)
3. Final Fantasy VII (PS1) - 2,034,879 (Jan 1997)
4. Final Fantasy VIII (PS1) - 2,504,044 (Feb 1999)
5. Final Fantasy IX (PS1) - 1,954,421 (Jul 2000)
6. Final Fantasy X (PS2) - 1,749,737 (Jul 2001)
7. Final Fantasy XI Online (PS2) - 63,958 (May 2002)
8. Final Fantasy X-2 (PS2) - 1,472,914 (Mar 2003)
9. Final Fantasy XII (PS2) - 1,840,397 (Mar 2006)
10. Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) - ?? (Dec 2009)

- Here is a new preview trailers of Capcom's Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition [Biohazard 5 Alternative Edition] with Chris Redfield in warrior costume and Sheva in Fairytale costume.

- Here are the Media Create console hardware sales for the week of Nov 30 - Dec 6 in Japan:

1. Wii - 106,555 [1,419,425]
2. PSP - 67,880 [1,919,539]
3. PS3 - 57,782 [1,341,811]
4. DSiLL - 53,791 [221,587]
5. DSi - 51,635 [2,737,731]
6. DSL - 8,367 [485,613]
7. 360 - 5,314 [347,257]
8. PSP Go - 3,412 [61,323]
9. PS2 - 2,277 [197,433]

- Here are the Media Create console software sales for the week of Nov 30 - Dec 6 in Japan:

1. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 934,739
2. Phantasy Star Portable 2 (PSP, Sega) - 286,896
3. Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs Gundam Next Plus (PSP, Namco Bandai) - 222,985
4. Sengoku Musou 3 [Samurai Warriors 3] (Wii, Koei) - 121,182
5. Layton Kyoujo no Majin no Fue [Professor Layton & the Flute of Malevolent Destiny] (NDS, Level 5) - 85,034 [391,507]
6. Tamodatchi Collection (NDS, Nintendo) - 74,951 [1,822,466]
7. PokePark Wii: Pikachu no Daibouken (Wii, Pokemon Co.) - 63,760
8. Pokemon Heart Gold / Soul Silver (NDS, Pokemon Co.) - 63,026 [3,153,412]
9. Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo) - 51,849 [1,044,488]
10. Assassin's Creed II (PS3, Ubisoft) - 48,748
11. Tokimeki Memorial 4 (PSP, Konami)
12. Powerful Pro-Kun Pocket 12 (NDS, Konami)
13. Inazuma Eleven 2: Kyoui no Shinryakusha - Fire/Blizzard (NDS, Level 5)
14. Metal Fight Beyblade: Bakutan Cyber Pegasus (NDS, Hudson)
15. Kamen Rider: Climax Heroes W (Wii, Namco Bandai)
16. Assassin's Creed II (360, Ubisoft)
17. Momotaro Dentetsu 2010: Sengoku Ishin no Hero Daishuugou! no Maki (Wii, Hudson)
18. Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo)
19. Stitch! Ohana to Rhythm de Daibouken (NDS, Disney)
20. Taiko Drum Master Wii: Dodon to 2 Yome! (Wii, Namco Bandai)

- NPD released November 2009 console hardware sales in US, Xbox 360 outsold PS3 during the month despite the lower Black Friday sales, thanks to the Modern Warfare 2 bundles and Walmart $99 Xbox 360 Arcade bundles. However, sales of PS3 still doubled from last year due to the price cut. Although Wii sales remain strong but the total has dropped by 39% comparing to last year.

1. DS - 1,700,000
2. Wii - 1,260,000
3. 360 - 819,500
4. PS3 - 710,400
5. PSP - 293,900
6. PS2 - 203,100

- Here are the NPD top 10 best selling videogames in US in November 2009:

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (360, Activision) - 4.20M
2. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PS3, Activision) - 1.87M
3. New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 1.39M
4. Assassin's Creed II (360, Ubisoft) - 795K
5. Left 4 Dead 2 (360, EA) - 744K
6. Wii Sports Resort (Wii, Nintendo) - 720K
7. Wii Fit Plus (Wii, Nintendo) - 679K
8. Assassin's Creed II (PS3, Ubisoft) - 448K
9. Dragon Age: Origins (360, EA) - 362K
10. Mario Kart Wii (Wii, Nintendo) - 315K

P L A Y S T A T I O N   3

- Here are some new images of EastAsia Soft and SideQuest Studio's PS3 shooter Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype, the game will be coming to PSN in winter 2010.

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- Nintendo announced New Super Mario Bros. Wii have sold over 2 million copies in North America.