The 3rd Birthday debuts at sixth on Japanese charts, Monster Hunter still king
by Griffin McElroy 
on Dec 30th 2010 10:00PM
Whether it's due to its significant lack of collectible monsters, or the considerable length of time since the last installment in the
Parasite Eve franchise, Square Enix's
The 3rd Birthday didn't have the strong debut showing on the Japanese sales charts to which the publisher is likely accustomed. The game placed sixth on the weekly
Media Create rankings, pulling in 140,000 during its first week on Japanese store shelves.
The game was buried under continuing top-sellers
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd, which placed first with 404,000 units sold, and
Pokémon Black and White, whose 165,000 units sold pushed the twin titles dangerously close to the five million mark. That's a
whole lot of monochromatic monsters.
