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Resident Evil 6 Sees Big Sales In Japan
First week sales for Resident Evil 6 is Japan got off to a hot start. The game sold over 650,000 units, according to retail tracker Media Create. Combined sales for Resident Evil 5 in Japan during the first week in 2009 totaled 398,000 copies.
Capcom announced earlier this month Resident Evil 6 shipped 4.5 million units to retailers worldwide.
Below are the top 5 games in Japan for the week of October 1-7.
1 [PS3] Resident Evil 6 - 634.933
2 [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 - 223.884
3 [PSP] Summon Night 3 - 51.453
4 [PSP] Sol Trigger - 42.037
5 [360] Resident Evil 6 - 41.652
[Source: Gamasutra]
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