Bayonetta Launch - The Sales Charts

Bayonetta has been out over a week now and the sales charts have arrived. They show some interesting results for the multiplatform slash 'em up and although it didn’t come in at the top spot on either console, Bayonetta in fairly respectable spots on both platforms.

The PlayStation 3 version - which had some pretty poor press - managed to get in at a very respectable 5th place - just below Uncharted 2, one of the biggest titles of last year.

Check out the PlayStation 3 chart:

It fared a little better on the Xbox 360 chart, coming in 4th place above Dark Siders which was released on the same day, and below Forza Motorsport 3, Assassin’s Creed 2 and Modern Warfare 2 which continues to hold the top spot.

Check out the Xbox 360 chart:

Keeping in mind that these charts don't compare the cross-platform sales, it seems Bayonetta is doing pretty well on both considering the stiff competition from last year's big titles. Of course, whether it will go up or down the lists remains to be seen.

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On Thursday 21 Jan 2010 3:03 PM Posted by Donutta

Irony...

Anyway, I'm impressed it ranked at all and am happy to eat my words on the matter. However, it is interesting to note that it's still being beaten by Modern Warfare 2 and Assassin's Creed II... and the others. You think after the Christmas season most people would have those games. Either they're still selling well, which is impressive, or Bayonetta isn't selling as well as it seems, which isn't that good.

On Thursday 21 Jan 2010 3:27 PM Posted by Mr.Deflok

It's strange how many people were hating on Bayonetta right before its release yet it appears to have sold well (would be nice to see numbers).

I'm glad Darksiders is doing well, just so more people can experience its awesome character designs. I was at EB about a week ago and they were talking about how they were selling so many copies throughout the North Island. No mention of Bayonetta, though.

On Thursday 21 Jan 2010 5:23 PM Posted by Xenojay

I was amazed to see Darksiders doing so well. It's good to see Joe Madureira's style getting out to the masses.

It's hard to figure out if how Bayonetta is performing is good or not. But, for Sega I'm glad it's doing alright. I love Sega, even though they haven't been doing too well, just, nostalgia whenever I think about Sega :)

On Thursday 21 Jan 2010 7:16 PM Posted by Mr.Deflok

Hang on, why is this newspost about Bayonetta? I must be missing something?

On Thursday 21 Jan 2010 11:06 PM Posted by Gazza22

Good to see we have decent taste in games.

On Friday 22 Jan 2010 12:02 AM Posted by Oliver

Man, I'm more surprised that NFS Shift is in there. I mean, nothing wrong with the game, I just didn't think it did so well!

On Friday 22 Jan 2010 10:20 AM Posted by Oliver

Also, I didn't realise that avatar was supposed to be a shooter. Haven't played it though (and don't want to).

On Friday 22 Jan 2010 11:04 AM Posted by thizz

Aside from Avatar, majority of those games have been solid..good to see Bayonetta on the charts, we'll see in the upcoming weeks how its goin to fare amongst the staple titles that embedded on the charts e.g MW2 and AC2!!