Ace Combat off to a flying start in Japan

Ace Combat off to a flying start in Japan
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Ace Combat: Assault Horizon has entered the Japanese weekly video game chart at No.1, shifting an impressive 149,470 copies on PS3. The game came in at No.6 on Xbox 360 with 20,523 copies shifted.

Just Dance is new at No.2 with 90,000 copies sold, followed by Winning Eleven 2012 which has now racked up 333,823 copies in two weeks. Forza 4 is also new at No.4 with 24,854 copies sold.

Chart for the week ending October 16:

01. [PS3] Ace Combat Assault Horizon (Namco Bandai, 10/13): 149,470

02. [WII] Just Dance Wii (Nintendo, 10/13): 90,039

03. [PS3] Winning Eleven 2012 (Konami, 10/06): 61,787 (333,823)

04. [PSP] AKB1/48 If I Loved an Idol in Guam (Namco Bandai, 10/06): 34,114 (270,701)

05. [360] Forza Motorsport 4 (Microsoft, 10/13): 24,854

06. [360] Ace Combat Assault Horizon (Namco Bandai, 10/13): 20,523

07. [PS3] Dead Rising 2 Off the Record (Capcom, 10/13): 16,913

08. [PSP] Class of Heroes Final (Acquire, 10/13): 16,904

09. [WII] Minna no Rhythm Tengoku (Nintendo, 07/21): 13,202 (505,315)

10. [WII] Dragon Quest Collection (Square Enix, 09/15): 12,987 (362,797)

11. [WII] Wii Sports Resort Wiimote Plus Pack (Nintendo, 11/11): 12,897 (600,810)

12. [PSP] Legend of Heroes Ao no Kiseki (Falcom, 09/29): 9,793 (154,154)

13. [NDS] Atsumete! Kirby (Nintendo, 08/04): 9,540 (258,361)

14. [PS3] Dark Souls (From Software, 09/22): 9,476 (339,615)

15. [PS3] Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends (Tecmo Koei, 09/29): 8,553 (109,760)

16. [PSP] Clock Zero Portable (Idea Factory, 10/13): 8,046

17. [PSP] Yu-Gi-Oh 5D’s Tag Force 6 (Konami, 09/22): 7,826 (93,299)

18. [PSP] Monster Hunter Portable 3rd PSP the Best (Capcom, 09/22): 7,781 (42,524)

19. [WII] Family Fishing (Namco Bandai, 08/04): 7,433 (65,307)

20. [3DS] Zelda Ocarina of time 3D (Nintendo, 06/16): 7,239 (415,362)

In the hardware chart it’s the 3DS which continues to dominate proceedings, pushing a further 55,000 units out the door. Chart compiler Media Create has also removed the PSPgo from the hardware chart.

1. 3DS: 55,025

2. PS3: 28,596

3. PSP: 25,271

4. Wii: 12,161

6. DSi LL: 2,721

7. DSi: 1,999

5. X360: 1,887

8. PS2: 1,280

9. DS Lite: 71

Via Andriasang