Japanese Sales Charts Have The Last of Us Still in the Top 10, Earth Defense Force 2025 Starts at #1

Even a 57% drop in sales couldn’t keep The Last of Us out of the top 10 best-selling games in Japan between July 1st and 7th, as it held its ground and stayed in 8th place. As for a new release this week, Earth Defense Force 2025, the PS3 version placed first with just shy of 155,000 sold, whereas the Xbox 360 finished at 6th, with over 23,300 sold.

On systems, the PlayStation Vita took a dip, ending up at 20,776, with the PS3 and PSP garnering 11,683 and 5,768, respectively.

Here’s the top 20 selling games in Japan for the week ending July 7th:

1. Earth Defense Force 2025 (PS3) – 154,689
2. Toukiden (PSV) – 43,315
3. Toukiden (PSP) – 33,126
4. Gundam Breaker (PS3) – 32,030
5. Friend Collection: New Life (3DS) – 31,996
6. Earth Defense Force 2025 (360) – 23,371
7. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D (3DS) – 18,819
8. The Last of Us (PS3) – 14,085
9. Toriko: Gourmet Battle! (3DS) – 13,315
10. Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl (3DS) – 12,765
11. Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) – 11,354
12. Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon (3DS) – 10,813
13. Digimon World Re:Digitize Decode (3DS) – 10,690
14. Atelier Escha & Logy: The Alchemist of Empty Twilight (PS3) – 10,292
15. Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Super Deluxe Edition (Wii) – 4,665
16. Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 (PS3) – 4,034
17. Dragon Ball Heroes: Ultimate Missions (3DS) – 3,732
18. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate (3DS) – 3,683
19. Date A Live: Rine Utopia (PS3) – 3,678
20. Dangan-Ronpa (PSP) – 3,660

Are you surprised that The Last of Us continued to do so well? Let us know in the comments below.

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