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Japan's top-selling games of 2013 listed

This won't come as a surprise, but the 3DS dominates Japanese sales and consequently this list. Looking at the full sheet, you can see what most Japanese developers are losing money, with very few big sellers beyond the usual suspects.

The Vita and PSP, managed 20 games in the list (10 each), with God Eater leading despite being a newer release on the block. Sword Art Online should do well on the Vita in 2014 given the PSP sales while Toukiden proved that new games can sell:

20. [PSV] God Eater 2 # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980) – 354.498
35. [PSV] Toukiden # (Koei Tecmo) {2013.06.27} (¥6.090) – 229.455
43. [PSP] Sword Art Online: Infinity Moment # (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.14} (¥6.280) – 200.845
47. [PSV] Soul Sacrifice # (Sony Computer Entertainment) {2013.03.07} (¥5.980) – 190.592
53. [PSP] God Eater 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.11.14} (¥5.980) – 180.781
58. [PSP] Pro Baseball Spirits 2013 (Konami) {2013.03.20} (¥3.980) – 170.684
65. [PSP] Toukiden (Koei Tecmo) {2013.06.27} (¥5.040) – 155.473
69. [PSV] Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus: # (Marvelous AQL) {2013.02.28} (¥6.980) – 145.979
73. [PSV] Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster: Twin Pack # (Square Enix) {2013.12.26} (¥7.140) – 134.645
76. [PSP] Summon Night 5 (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.05.16} (¥5.980) – 129.557
81. [PSP] Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2013 (Konami) {2013.10.24} (¥3.980) – 119.307
82. [PSV] The Legend Of Heroes: Sen no Kiseki # (Nihon Falcom) {2013.09.26} (¥7.140) – 119.220
83. [PSP] 7th Dragon 2020-II (Sega) {2013.04.18} (¥6.279) – 114.353
86. [PSP] Uta no Prince-Sama: All Star # (Broccoli) {2013.03.07} (¥6.090) – 111.898
88. [PSV] Dragon’s Crown (Atlus) {2013.07.25} (¥8.190) – 109.549
89. [PSV] Phantasy Star Online 2: Special Package (Sega) {2013.02.28} (¥5.229) – 108.343
90. [PSP] Shining Ark (Sega) {2013.02.28} (¥6.279) – 104.689
91. [PSV] One Piece: Pirate Warriors 2 (Bandai Namco Games) {2013.03.20} (¥7.140) – 103.757
94. [PSV] Dangan-Ronpa 1-2: Reload (Spike Chunsoft) {2013.10.10} (¥5.229) – 99.610
97. [PSP] Fate/Extra CCC # (Marvelous AQL) {2013.03.28} (¥6.279) – 98.105

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