Black Ops Champions Japanese Sales Charts

Traditionally when we look at weekly sales charts from the land of the rising sun we expect a typical haul of RPGs as well as a gallery of other Japanese-developed games to grab the top spots. However, judging from this past week’s sales results, it appears that CoD-mania has gone global a second year on the trot, with Call of Duty: Black Ops snatching first place on the charts.

The seventh instalment of the series managed to sell a total of 129,000 copies on the PlayStation 3 (36,000 more than Modern Warfare 2) and an additional 30,000 on the Xbox 360 during launch week. Compared to the game’s record-breaking debut in the UK and the United States it may sound insignificant, though a foothold in the Japanese video game market for Activision is nothing to be scoffed at.

Black Ops took the throne from the previous week’s sales champion, Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together, which now stands in fifth place. Here is a full chart listing for the top 10 best-sellers:

1. Call of Duty: Black Ops (PS3) – 129,000 / NEW
2. Super Kasekihorida (DS) – 43,000 / NEW Super Kasekihorida
3. Pokemon Black / White (DS) – 40,000 / 4,451,000
4. Super Mario Collection Special Pack (Wii) – 38,000 / 566,000
5. Tactics Ogre: Unmei no Wa (PSP) – 37,000 / 214,000
6. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PSP) – 36,000 / NEW World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011
7. Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360) – 30,000 / NEW
8. Tongari Boushi to Mahou no Otana (DS) – 25,000 / 65,000
9. World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (PS3) – 22,000 / 324,000
10. Agarest Senki 2 (PS3) – 21,000 / NEW Agarest Senki 2

Source: Kotaku