Sales numbers from the NPD differ with the Catherine congratulatory cake, which says the game sold 200,000 units. According to the NPD, the game sold 78,000 units between its launch on July 26 and the end of the month. That puts Catherine 7,000 units away from Mortal Kombat, which was the tenth best selling game in July.

Last week Tim Pivnicny, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Atlus, proclaimed "Catherine can boast the largest launch in the 20-year history of Atlus." Somewhere in the galaxy, Widget is smiling.